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Expand Up @@ -142,13 +142,15 @@ Plans to transition protocols to post-quantum cryptography sometimes focus
on confidentiality, given the potential risk of store and decrypt attacks,
where data encrypted today using traditional algorithms could be decrypted
in the future by an attacker with a sufficiently powerful quantum computer,
a.k.a. a Cryptographically-Relevant Quantum Computer (CRQC). While traditional
authentication is only at risk once a CRQC exists, it is important to
consider the transition to post-quantum authentication before this point.
This is particularly relevant for systems where algorithm turn-over is
complex or takes a long time (e.g., long-lived systems with hardware roots of
trust), or where future checks on past authenticity play a role (e.g.,
digital signatures on legal documents).
a.k.a. a Cryptographically-Relevant Quantum Computer (CRQC).

It is important to also consider transitions to post-quantum authentication;
delaying such transitions creates risks. For example, attackers may be able
to carry out quantum attacks against RSA-2048 years before the public is
aware of these capabilities. Furthermore, there are applications where
algorithm turn-over is complex or takes a long time. There are also
applications where future checks on past authenticity play a role, such as
long-lived digital signatures on legal documents.

The relative newness of many (although not all) post-quantum algorithms means
that less cryptanalysis of such algorithms is available than for
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who have contributed to pushing this draft forward, offered insights and
perspectives, and/or stimulated work in the area:

Scott Fluhrer, Felix Günther, John Gray, Serge Mister, Max Pala, Mike
Ounsworth, Douglas Stebila, Falko Strenzke, Brendan Zember
D.J. Bernstein, Scott Fluhrer, Felix Günther, John Gray, Serge Mister,
Max Pala, Mike Ounsworth, Douglas Stebila, Falko Strenzke, Brendan Zember

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