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

[Mark Reinhold]

2024/11/14 9:14:30 -0500, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> 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.

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

- Mark