Post-Quantum Algorithms & Protocols
Compare post-quantum algorithms and track their support across IETF protocols
Compare post-quantum algorithms and track their support across IETF protocols
What this means for you
- Executive / Business Leader
- The "What you're required to adopt" box states that CNSA 2.0 requires ML-KEM-1024 and ML-DSA-87 for US National Security Systems; "View Top 4 →" highlights the four to know, and the "CNSA 2.0" lens filters the tables to that suite.
- GRC / Risk & Compliance
- The Transition Guide tab lists each classical algorithm, its PQC alternative, region, status and transition or deprecation; filter Status to Certified — the page hint reminds you that certified is not the same as compliant.
- Developer / Engineer
- Detailed Comparison sorts on Pub key, Sig / CT, KeyGen, Sign / Enc, Verify / Dec and RAM, with "Compare side-by-side"; Validation › "KAT Validation" runs pinned known-answer tests in your browser.
- Security Architect
- The Protocol Support tab tracks 28 protocols across pure-KEM, hybrid-KEM, pure-Sig and hybrid-Sig, each marked RFC, Draft, Experimental or None, with filters for OSS, commercial and live deployment.
- Researcher / Academic
- The "Research needed" toggle narrows to algorithms with an incomplete data row; Validation › "Implementation Attacks" gives side-channel and fault-injection notes per family; the Region filter includes KpqC, CACR and CRYPTREC.
- Certification & Validation Engineer
- The page opens on the Validation tab: "Implementation Attacks" gives side-channel and fault-injection notes per family, and the known-answer tests run in the browser; the hint keeps a CAVP validation apart from a module certificate.
- IT Ops / DevOps
- The "FIPS-validated" quick preset shows only algorithms that completed FIPS validation; on Protocol Support each row carries a Production, Pilot or Experimental deployment posture and a "Has OSS" filter.
- Curious Explorer
- You get a short preview — "three you actually need to know": ML-KEM-768, ML-DSA-65, SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s — then "Show full algorithm comparison" or "Learn the basics first".
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Encryption/KEM | RSA2048-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2030 (Deprecated) / 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | RSA3072-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | RSA4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | ECDH (P-256)256-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | ECDH (P-384)384-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | ECDH (P-521)521-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | X25519256-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | X448448-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | DH (Diffie-Hellman)2048-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Signature | RSA-PSS2048-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2030 (Deprecated) / 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | RSA-PSS3072-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | ECDSA (P-256)256-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | ECDSA (P-384)384-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | ECDSA (P-521)521-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | RSA-PSS4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | Ed25519256-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | Ed25519256-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | Ed448456-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | Ed448456-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | RSA-PSS2048-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2030 (Deprecated) / 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | ECDSA (P-256)256-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | secp256k1256-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | Any (Stateless) | NIST | FIPS 205 | Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Encryption/KEM | DH (Diffie-Hellman)3072-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Encryption/KEM | DH (Diffie-Hellman)4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 203 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 203) | |
Signature | RSA PKCS#1 v1.52048-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2030 (Deprecated) / 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | RSA PKCS#1 v1.53072-bit | NIST | FIPS 204 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 204) | |
Signature | RSA-PSS4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | ECDSA (P-521)521-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | Ed25519256-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | ECDSA (P-384)384-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA2048-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2030 (Deprecated) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA2048-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2030 (Deprecated) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA3072-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA3072-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) | |
Signature | RSA4096-bit | NIST | FIPS 205 | 2035 (Disallowed) Std: 2024 (FIPS 205) |
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