Quantum computers will change the cryptography as we know it. It is not a matter of “if,” but a matter of “when.” We might not like it. We may have opinions about when this will happen. But rather than waiting for when the large-scale quantum computers cause issues to our cryptographic systems, we should study and implement algorithms that are quantum resistant.
We already wrote several posts on post-quantum cryptography. We are covering the current NIST efforts related to post-quantum cryptography standardization. Most importantly, we also announced a great partnership with Raiffeisen Bank International in the area of post-quantum cryptography research.
Today, after over a half a year of effort, we are proud to announce the first practical results of this cooperation that you can try yourselves: the open-source SIKE for Java library, available on Github:
We prepared a short “Getting Started” video to show you the library in action:
SIKE is a NIST 3rd round alternate candidate for the public key encryption and key encapsulation mechanisms. It solves the issue of establishing a shared secret between two parties — Alice and Bob — in a way that can withstand the enormous computational power of large-scale quantum computing.
The SIKE for Java library by Wultra is the world’s first production-quality implementation of SIKE/SIDH algorithms in pure Java. It contains reference implementation (where the code readability is a priority) and optimized implementation (for the best performance).
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