Cloudflare Introduces Merkle Tree Certificates for Post-Quantum Internet Security
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Summary
Cloudflare is introducing Merkle Tree Certificates as part of its post-quantum cryptography initiative to protect internet security against future quantum computing threats. The company is launching an experiment with Chrome to evaluate these quantum-ready certificates that maintain performance while securing web traffic without changing existing WebPKI trust relationships. The article discusses the urgent need to migrate internet infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography as quantum computers threaten current encryption standards.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledThe world is in a race to build its first quantum computer capable of solving practical problems not feasible on even the largest conventional supercomputers.
While the quantum computing paradigm promises many benefits, it also threatens the security of the Internet by breaking much of the cryptography we have come to rely on.
To mitigate this threat, Cloudflare is helping to migrate the Internet to Post-Quantum (PQ) cryptography.
Today, about 50% of traffic to Cloudflare's edge network is protected against the most urgent threat.
Cloudflare is launching an experiment with Chrome to evaluate fast, scalable, and quantum-ready Merkle Tree Certificates, all without degrading performance or changing WebPKI trust relationships.
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