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liboqs version 0.9.0

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. Details about liboqs can be found in README.md. See in particular limitations on intended use.

liboqs can be used with the following Open Quantum Safe application integrations:

  • oqs-provider: A standalone prototype OpenSSL 3 provider enabling liboqs-based quantum-safe and hybrid key authentication and exchange for TLS 1.3, X.509 certificate generation and CMS operations.
  • OQS-BoringSSL: A prototype integration of liboqs-based authentication and key exchange into TLS 1.3 in our fork of BoringSSL; see https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/boringssl.
  • OQS-OpenSSH: A prototype integration of liboqs-based authentication and key exchange into Secure Shell (SSH) version 2 in our fork of OpenSSH; see https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/openssh.

Several demos are available for using the above libraries in applications, including Apache, Chromium, curl, haproxy, nginx, and Wireshark. Performance of liboqs in several settings is measured at https://openquantumsafe.org/benchmarking/.

liboqs can also be used in the following programming languages via language-specific wrappers:

Release notes

This is version 0.9.0 of liboqs. It was released on October 12, 2023.

This release features an update to the Classic McEliece KEM, bringing it in line with NIST Round 4. It also adds or updates ARM implementations for Kyber, Dilithium, and Falcon.

What's New

This release continues from the 0.8.0 release of liboqs.

Key encapsulation mechanisms

  • Classic McEliece: updated to Round 4 version.
  • Kyber: aarch64 implementation updated.

Digital signature schemes

  • Dilithium: aarch64 implementation updated.
  • Falcon: aarch64 implementation added.

Other changes

  • Update algorithm documentation
  • Support compilation for Windows on ARM64, Apple mobile, and Android platforms
  • Improve resilience of randombytes on Apple systems

Release call

Users of liboqs are invited to join a webinar on Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 12-1pm US Eastern time for information on this release, plans for the next release cycle, and to provide feedback on OQS usage and features.

The Zoom link for the webinar is: https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/98288698086

Detailed changelog

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 0.8.0...0.9.0

Contributors

bhess, planetf1, and 7 other contributors
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