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Re Blog Post: A first step toward post-quantum security
Fascinating. But one thing I think would have been helpful. The post contains a test to see if your browser is ready for post-quantum security. From what I've read, consumers reading this will always fail the test, as there aren't yet any consumer level routers capable of handling the new protocol. It would have been helpful had there been a note to this effect.
Thanks.
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fssbob, can you please elaborate on the router requirement issue for supporting post-quantum cryptography? Mullvad VPN, for example, currently supports post-quantum cryptography by default across multiple platforms and devices - and, there is no router requirement.
P.S.: Link to the 1Password blog post: A first step toward post-quantum security.
If there's no router in the picture, then of course it's not an issue. But most home users are going to be using a router, and per the reading I've done all of the existing home routers strip the necessary bytes that allow X25519MLKEM768 to work. Doesn't matter whether you're using a VPN or not (at least it didn't in my case). You can test your support of X25519MLKEM768 by going to https://pq.cloudflareresearch.com/. That page will immediately tell you whether your setup supports X25519MLKEM768 post-quantum encryption.
