wolfSSL Supports Post-Quantum Cryptography
Embedded devices that use wolfSSL TLS library are now possible to connect using Post-quantum cryptography
EDMONDS, Wash., March 16, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --WolfSSL Inc. (Headquarters: Edmonds, Washington, USA), a vendor specializing in network security for embedded systems, announced today that its flagship product, wolfSSL, a security library for embedded systems, supports post-quantum cryptography. As a result, users who use the wolfSSL library can communicate using post-quantum cryptography on TLS (Transport Layer Security), a standard Internet security protocol, without having to make changes to their applications.
The era of quantum computing is becoming a reality, and ensuring secure network communication is beginning to appear as a real challenge. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) in the competition for Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization are in Round 3, as of 2022, of narrowing down four encryption/key exchange and signature algorithms, centering on lattice-based crypto candidates. The results are expected to be announced shortly. Open Quantum Safe (OQS), an open source project, provides these finalist algorithms as a library, liboqs.
This post-quantum cryptography support for wolfSSL implements the algorithms provided by liboqs in wolfSSL, a TLS library product, and provides it as a product that can be used in embedded systems. This allows device manufacturers using wolfSSL to easily incorporate post-quantum cryptography protocols into their network connectivity capabilities without changing the structure or development environment of their products.
The latest version of wolfSSL, 5.2.0, supports post-quantum cryptography.
We also publish a sample program to try post-quantum cryptography with TLS and how-to-use-it instruction.
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl-examples/tree/master/pq
https://github.com/wolfSSL/osp/blob/master/apache-httpd/README_post_quantum.md
wolfSSL software is available in two licensing models: open source and commercial licensing. Incorporating wolfSSL products into devices and commercial software products requires a commercial license agreement. If you have any questions about the license, please contact info@wolfssl
About wolfSSL:
wolfSSL focuses on providing lightweight and embedded security solutions with an emphasis on speed, size, portability, features, and standards compliance. With its SSL/TLS products and crypto library, wolfSSL is supporting high security designs in automotive, avionics and other industries. In avionics, wolfSSL supports complete RTCA DO-178C level A certification. In automotive, we support MISRA-C capabilities. For government consumers, wolfSSL has a strong history in FIPS 140-2, with upcoming FIPS 140-3. wolfSSL supports industry standards up to the current TLS 1.3 and DTLS 1.2, is up to 20 times smaller than OpenSSL, offers a simple API, an OpenSSL compatibility layer, is backed by the robust wolfCrypt cryptography library, 24x7 support and much more. Our products are open source, giving customers the freedom to look under the hood.
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