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

[Mark Reinhold]

2024/11/14 9:14:27 -0500, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> 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.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 24.

- Mark