A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma
Abstract
In August 2015, the NSA released a major policy statement on the need for postquantum cryptography. Certain peculiarities in its wording and timing have puzzled many people and given rise to speculation concerning the NSA, elliptic curve cryptography, and quantum-safe cryptography. Of the various theories that have been proposed, some seem more plausible than others, but a definitive explanation is elusive.
- Publication:
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IEEE Security & Privacy
- Pub Date:
- 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016ISPri..14f..34K
- Keywords:
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- Elliptic curve cryptography;
- Elliptic curves;
- Protocols;
- NIST;
- security;
- public-key cryptosystems;
- quantum computers;
- National Security Agency;
- standards;
- postquantum cryptography