[HN Gopher] OpenSSH now uses hybrid post-quantum streamlined NTR...
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       OpenSSH now uses hybrid post-quantum streamlined NTRU Prime X25519
       by default
        
       Author : DyslexicAtheist
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2022-04-09 19:14 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | raimue wrote:
       | Previous discussion:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30953634
        
       | adhesive_wombat wrote:
       | I wonder how much of the warehoused data[1] being sat on by
       | security agencies will be decrypted in any meaningful timeframe.
       | 
       | [1]: E.g. the exabytes at
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center, but there's lots
       | of these agencies in the world
        
         | flatiron wrote:
         | Once there is a tingle it'll happen they'll reissue keys and
         | reencrypt. Nobody is going go "oh well out of business time was
         | a good run"
        
           | adhesive_wombat wrote:
           | But all the data up to that point is wide open. If it ever
           | becomes practical to decrypt captured data, there's going to
           | be some interesting leaks from non-quantum-proof encryption
           | age.
           | 
           | Also lots of cryptocurrencies will shit themselves, which
           | might be a feature or a bug, depending on your perspective.
        
       | po1nt wrote:
       | It's hard for me to comprehend simple asymmetric encryption let
       | alone understand how this solution is quantum proof. Everytime I
       | read something like this I wonder if I'll ever catch up with the
       | times.
        
         | floatboth wrote:
         | IIUC, NTRU is only "quantum proof" because there is no
         | (publicly known) quantum algorithm for breaking it, while there
         | is Shor's for everything discrete logarithm based (both RSA and
         | elliptic curve anything).
        
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