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NIST PQC: The Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
In August 2024, NIST published its first finalized post-quantum cryptography standards: FIPS 203 (ML-KEM) for key exchange, FIPS 204 (ML-DSA) for digital signatures, and FIPS 205 (SLH-DSA) as a hash-based alternative. They replace RSA and ECDSA before a quantum computer can break them, and hybrid implementations are already live in Chrome and Cloudflare.