Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
Source: Arstechnica ·
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
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Cloudflare said Tuesday it plans to issue quantum-proof TLS certificates, making it one of the first authorities to issue such certificates that use a form of cryptography that is widely believed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. The Internet infrastructure provider said it will use an open source platform that issues both classic TLS certificates and a post-quantum equivalent known as Merkle Tree Certificates. The hybrid certificates will be free to both paying and non-paying users. To help build the massive system and establish ubiquity across the sprawling TLS ecosystem, Cloudflare will be acquiring an already trusted certificate root from CA GlobalSign. Cloudflare said the move will let millions of websites use post-quantum certificates at the flip of a switch and without incurring any increased performance overhead. Fundamental architectural changes ahead Cloudflare’s plans are part of a major overhaul in the web public key infrastructure (WebPKI) required to make…