draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc

Post-Quantum Cryptography in OpenPGP

streamIETF groupopenpgp stateactive intendedProposed Standard pages271 rev17 expires2026-07-17 canonicalhttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc/
This document defines a post-quantum public key algorithm extension for the OpenPGP protocol, extending RFC9580. Given the generally assumed threat of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, this extension provides a basis for long-term secure OpenPGP signatures and ciphertexts. Specifically, it defines composite public key encryption based on ML-KEM (formerly CRYSTALS-Kyber), composite public key signatures based on ML-DSA (formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium), both in combination with elliptic curve cryptography, and SLH-DSA (formerly SPHINCS+) as a standalone public key signature scheme.