The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years
Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current cryptographic foundation of the internet by the year 2030 – years before other nations plan to do so – over fears that advances in quantum computing could render it insecure.
Quantum computing has been deemed a sufficiently plausible threat to legacy encryption schemes that the US National Institute for Standards and Technology in 2016is that some future quantum machines may be able to crunch numbers so efficiently that current encryption – applied with the assumption that data protection will last decades – could be easily cracked.for the"Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards" in a bid for public comment.
Whether Aussie government agencies will be afforded the flexibility to upgrade their cryptography-dependent kit after the 2030 deadline remains to be seen. It may be that systems not deemed HACE could get a bit more wiggle room.
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