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@dstebila dstebila released this 11 Aug 21:23
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liboqs version 0.7.0

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-OpenSSL 1.1.1: A prototype integration of liboqs-based authentication and key exchange into TLS 1.3 in our fork of OpenSSL 1.1.1; see the OQS-OpenSSL-1_1_1-stable branch of our OpenSSL fork's repository.
  • oqs-provider: A standalone prototype of liboqs-based key exchange for TLS 1.3 using the OpenSSL 3 (alpha) provider integration mechanism.
  • 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.

Several demos are available for using the above libraries in applications, including Apache, Chromium, curl, haproxy, and nginx. 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 0.7.0 of liboqs. It was released on August 11, 2021.

What's New

This release continues from the 0.6.0 release of liboqs.

Key encapsulation mechanisms

  • Update BIKE to Round 3 (version 3.2) -- add BIKE1, BIKE3, remove BIKE1-L1-CPA, BIKE1-L1-FO, BIKE1-L3-CPA, BIKE1-L3-FO
  • Update NTRU Prime implementation
  • Update SIKE implementation
  • Remove OQS_KEM_DEFAULT alias

Digital signature schemes

  • Remove OQS_SIG_DEFAULT alias

Other changes

  • Allow liboqs to build on other architectures, with preliminary builds on ppc64le and x86.
  • Support for building liboqs on Apple Silicon
  • New algorithm datasheets with more details on implementations.
  • Optimized SHA-256 implementation on ARMv8 with crypto extensions.
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