Implementing Production-Grade ML-KEM (Q21c)
The ML-KEM post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithm recently achieved standardization with the publication of NIST FIPS-203. A reference design and the liboqs library provide implementations of this and other PQC algorithms; however, these implementations are intended for research purposes and are not suitable for production use. This talk examines the pitfalls in the ML-KEM reference design that make it unfit for production environments and explores the strategies employed to address these issues.