Security News > 2016 > December > NIST is Continuing to Work on Post-Quantum-Computing Cryptography Standards (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-23 12:39
NIST is accepting proposals for public-key algorithms immune to quantum computing techniques. Details here. Deadline is the end of November 2017. I applaud NIST for taking the lead on this, and for taking it now when there is no emergency and we have time to do this right. Slashdot thread....
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