OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable snapshot 2021-03
OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable snapshot 2021-03
About
The Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project has the goal of developing and prototyping quantum-resistant cryptography. More information on OQS can be found on our website: https://openquantumsafe.org/ and on Github at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/.
liboqs is an open source C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms.
open-quantum-safe/openssl is an integration of liboqs into (a fork of) OpenSSL. The goal of this integration is to provide easy prototyping of quantum-resistant cryptography in TLS 1.3, X.509 certificates, CMS, and S/MIME. The integration should not be considered "production quality".
Release notes
This is the 2021-03 snapshot release of OQS-OpenSSL, which was released on March 26, 2021. Its release page on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssl/releases/tag/OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable-snapshot-2021-03. This release is intended to be used with liboqs version 0.5.0.
What's New
This is the fifth snapshot release of OQS-OpenSSL_1_1_1-stable. It is based on OpenSSL 1.1.1k.
- Removes algorithms from NIST PQC Round 2 that did not advance to Round 3: NewHope, ThreeBears, MQDSS, qTesla.
- Updates algorithms to those used in liboqs 0.5.0, as described in the liboqs release notes.
- Adds HQC, NTRUPrime.
- Improvements to continuous integration testing and build process, including building of shared libraries.
- Change format of hybrid key exchange in TLS 1.3 to follow https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tls-hybrid-design-01
Previous release notes
- OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2020-08 aligned with liboqs 0.4.0 (August 11, 2020)
- OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2020-07 aligned with liboqs 0.3.0 (July 10, 2020)
- OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2019-10 aligned with liboqs 0.2.0 (October 8, 2019)
- OQS-OpenSSL 1.1.1 snapshot 2018-11 aligned with liboqs 0.1.0 (November 13, 2018)