With the fast development of quantum computers, NIST has issued the National Security Memorandum for the timely and equitable transition of cryptographic systems to quantum-resistant cryptography by 2035. This movement has urged that any new digital systems should directly implement post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms for all layers’ protection mechanisms.
The goal of this project is to investigate efficiency and implementations of zero-knowlodge /multiparty computation in the head (MCPitH) based digital signatures in NIST Additional Digital Signature Schemes Round 1 candidates for the PQC Standardization Process, announced on 17 July 2023. Examples include Preon which uses AES block ciphers as the circuits and Aurora zero- knowledge succinct noninteractive argument of knowledge (zkSNARK) as the zero-knowledge proof system. This is the design of quantum resistant cryptographic primitives without based on any computational hard problems.
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Although the fast development of quantum computers poses no immediate threat to currently deployed cryptography, NIST has started the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardization project in December 2016.