JEP proposed to target JDK 24: 497: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm

[Mark Reinhold]

The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 24:

  497: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm
       https://openjdk.org/jeps/497

  Summary: Enhance the security of Java applications by providing an
  implementation of the quantum-resistant Module-Lattice-Based Digital
  Signature Algorithm (ML-DSA).  Digital signatures are used to detect
  unauthorized modifications to data and to authenticate the identity of
  signatories.  ML-DSA 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 204.

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