Daniel J. Bernstein on Nostr: Why add a PQ layer? To try to reduce the damage caused by quantum computers. Why also ...
Why add a PQ layer? To try to reduce the damage caused by quantum computers. Why also keep the existing (low-cost) ECC layer? To try to reduce the damage from further PQ security failures. For some reason this suddenly seems difficult for U.S. military contractors to understand.
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