Java Resists Quantum Attacks - Inside Java Newscast #85

While we all get excited imagining the many happy path scenarios using quantum computers, what if such computation power will be employed for compromising the cryptographic algorithms that secure data and communications? How can Java applications help withstand such security threats?

Today's episode is about how Java applications can help resist quantum attacks with Key Derivation Function (KDF) API, Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM), and Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm (ML-DSA).

Note: These APIs, algorithms and standards like RFC 9180 Hybrid Public Key Encryption are areas under development and potential directions of broader quantum resistant solutions.

Show Notes

• Why I Called It 'Quantum Supremacy'

• What is the quantum apocalypse and should we be scared?

• Who’s afraid of quantum computing?

Prevent "steal now, decrypt later":

• Y2Q

• Solving the Quantum Decryption ‘Harvest Now, Decrypt Later’ Problem

• NIST Post Quantum Encryption Standards

• NIST Post Quantum Cryptography

• time to upgrade

• Strengthen your Java App's Defenses with Key Encapsulation Mechanism API

Conceptual connection:

• New Directions in Cryptography

• RFC 9180 Hybrid Public Key Encryption

• Key Encapsulation Mechanism API

• Key Derivation Function API (Preview)

Lattice-based components in JDK 24:

• Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism

• Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm

Additional Resources

• dev.java: the destination for Java developers

• OpenJDK: the place to collaborate on the Java Platform and related projects

• Oracle Java: the #1 programming language and development platform

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