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Cloudflare's transition to a public Certificate Authority marks a strategic shift toward issuing Merkle Tree Certificates, which solve the bandwidth inefficiency inherent in current post-quantum signature standards. By co-authoring the underlying IETF draft and validating the approach with Google Chrome, this move accelerates the industry-wide preparation needed before quantum computers render traditional encryption obsolete. The initiative directly addresses systemic risks in certificate issuance while providing a scalable path for the web to upgrade its security infrastructure against future quantum threats.
Cloudflare to become a public certificate authority with post-quantum certificates
Cloudflare Inc. today announced plans to become a public certificate authority that will offer certificates designed for the point when quantum computers can break current encryption. The new authority will issue a post-quantum format called Merkle Tree Certificates from the same system as conventional ones. The format is aimed at a size problem in post-quantum […] The post Cloudflare to become a public certificate authority with post-quantum certificates appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Cloudflare Inc. today announced plans to become a public certificate authority that will offer certificates designed for the point when quantum computers can break current encryption. The new authority will issue a post-quantum format called Merkle Tree Certificates from the same system as conventional ones. The format is aimed at a size problem in post-quantum certificates. Output from one of the newly standardized post-quantum signature…
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