Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Merge pull request #64 from thomas-fossati/pqc-again
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
add more refs on PQC experiments in TLS 1.3
  • Loading branch information
hannestschofenig authored Oct 14, 2024
2 parents 9ba6950 + 2331754 commit 70b2357
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion draft-ietf-uta-tls13-iot-profile.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ normative:
informative:
RFC9146:
I-D.ietf-pquip-pqc-engineers:
PQC-ENERGY: DOI.10.1145/3587135.3592821
PQC-PERF: DOI.10.1007/978-3-031-21280-2_24
CoAP: RFC7252
ADD:
author:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -802,7 +804,7 @@ determinism, for example, as described in

# Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Considerations

As detailed in {{I-D.ietf-pquip-pqc-engineers}}, the IETF is actively working to address the challenges of adopting PQC in various protocols, including TLS. The document highlights key aspects engineers must consider, such as algorithm selection, performance impacts, and deployment strategies. It emphasizes the importance of gradual integration of PQC to ensure secure communication while accounting for the increased computational, memory, and bandwidth requirements of PQC algorithms. These challenges are especially relevant in the context of IoT, where device constraints limit the adoption of larger key sizes and more complex cryptographic operations.
As detailed in {{I-D.ietf-pquip-pqc-engineers}}, the IETF is actively working to address the challenges of adopting PQC in various protocols, including TLS. The document highlights key aspects engineers must consider, such as algorithm selection, performance impacts, and deployment strategies. It emphasizes the importance of gradual integration of PQC to ensure secure communication while accounting for the increased computational, memory, and bandwidth requirements of PQC algorithms. These challenges are especially relevant in the context of IoT, where device constraints limit the adoption of larger key sizes and more complex cryptographic operations {{PQC-PERF}}. Besides, any choice need to careful evaluate the associated energy requirements {{PQC-ENERGY}}.

Incorporating PQC into TLS is still ongoing, with key exchange message sizes increasing due to larger public keys. These larger keys demand more flash storage and higher RAM usage, presenting significant obstacles for resource-constrained IoT devices. The transition from classical cryptographic algorithms to PQC will be a significant challenge for constrained IoT devices, requiring careful planning to select hardware suitable for the task considering the lifetime of an IoT product.

Expand Down

0 comments on commit 70b2357

Please sign in to comment.