minutes.md

2024-10-24 : TSC Minutes

Agenda

• Welcome
• Minutes/actions from previous meeting
• Updates from related communities:
  • PQCA
  • Open Quantum Safe
• Review status of sub projects:
  • mlkem-c-generic
    • initial code setup
  • mlkem-c-embedded
  • mlkem-c-aarch64
  • mkkem-libjade
  • mlkem-rust-libcrux
  • documentation
• Discussion
  • mlkem-native #105
  • liboqs usage #103
  • randombytes() #86
  • serialized vs deserialized #4
  • open TSC issues
• Any other business
  • liboqs representative
  • meeting schedule/duration

Welcome

Minutes/actions from previous meeting

Minutes have been merged. Please raise issue/PR for any corrections.

Updates from related communities

PQCA

Meeting canceled for this week - no updates

OQS

• want to start pulling pqcp implementations that are ready. Discussing with Matthias & Hanno.
• Pravek Sharma (University of Waterloo) will be taking lead in liasing / integration - already been involved with libjade kyber in liboqs, alongside Basil (IBM)

Review of subprojects

mlkem-c-aarch64

• original plan of independent ML-KEM generic, aarch64 & perhaps AVX2 implementations could be an obstacle to adoption - similar, but different.
• aarch64 implementation has evolved to provide interface to more easily incorporate specific implementations ie AVX2 from Kyber ref repo. Stay close to reference, but enable this specialization.
• Function signatures same across implementations, but semantics differ - so have made these definitions common. Aim to verify C code with CBMC.
• (Manuel): can also use code from Jasmin : contracts on a per-function basis with bounds. like an AVX2 implementation. Will review interface.
• C code tries to remain close to reference implementation whilst addressing a few implementation defined behaviours. (FIPS 203 input validation is open as issue)
• targetted more at server/pc/mobile platforms (vs embedded which focusses more on memory usage/code size).
• Aiming for an alpha release to get awareness of internal interface & gather feedback.
• Naming change proposal - mlkem-native currently proposed. Agree in next meeting.
• Have asked for feedback from John Shanck / Peter Schwabe

mlkem-c-embedded

No updates. (team working on above)

mlkem-c-libjade

• getting close to completion for the avx2 super optimized implementation. A few more optimizations with proofs to do.
• Target is IEEE S&P conference.
• Hope to fit into the API structure covered in the mlkem-c-aarch64 discussion.

Open TSC issues

No updates.

Any other business

Releases

• Discussion on what's needed for an alpha release: (see mlkem-c-aarch64 discussion also)
  • minimum is security/licensing.
  • document/transparency.
  • explain objectives ie inviting feedback on apis.
  • milestone set up in mlkem-c-aarch64. Assigning issues targetted for release there. please review.

liboqs representative

• Douglas proposed that Pravek Sharma is best placed to liase between liboqs & pqcp on adopting implementations of algorithms as he'll be doing much of the work.
• Will check LF process/charter offline & start this process.

Action items

New

Outstanding

Completed

• Contact John Schanck to see if interested in retiming TSC meetings.
  • closing given discussion on mlkem-c-aarch64

Recordings

• Recordings are available on your Open Profile page under Past Meetings.

Upcoming TAC meetings

• Next TSC meeting in 2 weeks, 2024-11-07 1300 UTC.

Please check the calendar

Attended by

TSC voting members

• Manuel Barbosa, University of Porto
• Hanno Becker, AWS
• Nigel Jones, IBM
• Matthias J. Kannwischer, Chelpis Quantum Tech
• Franziskus Kiefer, Cryspen
• Tiago Oliveira, Sandbox AQ
• John Schanck, Mozilla
• Douglas Stebila, University of Waterloo

Additional attendees

• J P Lomas, QRL
• Yarkin Doroz (NVIDIA)