JEP proposed to target JDK 24: 496: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism

[Mark Reinhold]

The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 24:

  496: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism
       https://openjdk.org/jeps/496

  Summary: Enhance the security of Java applications by providing
  an implementation of the quantum-resistant Module-Lattice-Based
  Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM).  Key encapsulation mechanisms
  (KEMs) are used to secure symmetric keys over insecure communication
  channels using public key cryptography.  ML-KEM is designed to
  be secure against future quantum computing attacks.  It has been
  standardized by the United States National Institute of Standards and
  Technology (NIST) in FIPS 203.

Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
are raised by 20:00 UTC on Thursday, 21 November, or if they’re raised
and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal
[2] I’ll target this JEP to JDK 24.

- Mark


[1] https://openjdk.org/census#jdk
[2] https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jep/jep-2.0-02.html