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| author | Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2022-09-10 22:55:00 +0300 |
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| committer | Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2022-09-10 23:07:30 +0300 |
| commit | 1489528a1fecbcd9b308d3df0fa02028bcd89595 (patch) | |
| tree | 392e8bfe42f7962027adb0747a36b37ff93bc74a /doc | |
| parent | 0ef56759b8dd51d55ae3a3f94c85496783c30f52 (diff) | |
docs: Mention NTRU-Prime/Curve25519 kex.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/config.but | 7 |
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diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 0be4a227..1f9b5937 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -2347,6 +2347,13 @@ cipher selection (see \k{config-ssh-encryption}). PuTTY currently supports the following key exchange methods: +\b \q{NTRU Prime / Curve25519 hybrid}: NTRU Prime is a lattice-based +algorithm intended to resist quantum attacks. In this key exchange +method, it is run in parallel with a conventional Curve25519-based +method (one of those included in \q{ECDH}), in such a way that it +should be no \e{less} secure than that commonly-used method, and +hopefully also resistant to a new class of attacks. + \b \q{ECDH}: \i{elliptic curve} \i{Diffie-Hellman key exchange}, with a variety of standard curves and hash algorithms. |