improved explanation for NTRU's standardization status

Signed-off-by: Ganyu (Bruce) Xu <g66xu@uwaterloo.ca>
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Ganyu (Bruce) Xu 2025-09-29 10:33:15 -04:00
parent 51db6ce896
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3 changed files with 13 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ All names other than `ML-KEM` and `ML-DSA` are subject to change. `liboqs` makes
<!-- OQS_TEMPLATE_FRAGMENT_ALG_SUPPORT_START -->
#### Key encapsulation mechanisms
| Algorithm family | Standardization status | Primary implementation |
|:-------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| BIKE | [Not selected](https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-4/submissions/BIKE-Round4.zip) | [`awslabs/bike-kem`](https://github.com/awslabs/bike-kem) |
| Classic McEliece | [Under ISO consideration](https://classic.mceliece.org/mceliece-spec-20221023.pdf) | [`PQClean/PQClean@1eacfda`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/1eacfdafc15ddc5d5759d0b85b4cef26627df181) |
| FrodoKEM | [Not selected](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/FrodoKEM-Round3.zip) | [`microsoft/PQCrypto-LWEKE@b6609d3`](https://github.com/microsoft/PQCrypto-LWEKE/commit/b6609d30a9982318d7f2937aa3c7b92147b917a2) |
| HQC | [Selected by NIST](https://pqc-hqc.org/doc/hqc_specifications_2025_08_22.pdf) | [`PQClean/PQClean@1eacfda`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/1eacfdafc15ddc5d5759d0b85b4cef26627df181) |
| Kyber | [NIST PQC third round candidate; standardized into ML-KEM (FIPS 203) after minor modifications](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/Kyber-Round3.zip) | [`pq-crystals/kyber@441c051`](https://github.com/pq-crystals/kyber/commit/441c0519a07e8b86c8d079954a6b10bd31d29efc) |
| ML-KEM | [Standardized by NIST](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final) | [`pq-code-package/mlkem-native@048fc2a`](https://github.com/pq-code-package/mlkem-native/commit/048fc2a7a7b4ba0ad4c989c1ac82491aa94d5bfa) |
| NTRU | [Not selected by NIST; under standardization consideration by NTT](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/NTRU-Round3.zip) | [`PQClean/PQClean@4c9e5a3`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/4c9e5a3aa715cc8d1d0e377e4e6e682ebd7602d6) |
| NTRU-Prime | [Not selected by NIST](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/NTRU-Prime-Round3.zip) | [`PQClean/PQClean@4c9e5a3`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/4c9e5a3aa715cc8d1d0e377e4e6e682ebd7602d6) |
| Algorithm family | Standardization status | Primary implementation |
|:-------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| BIKE | [Not selected](https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-4/submissions/BIKE-Round4.zip) | [`awslabs/bike-kem`](https://github.com/awslabs/bike-kem) |
| Classic McEliece | [Under ISO consideration](https://classic.mceliece.org/mceliece-spec-20221023.pdf) | [`PQClean/PQClean@1eacfda`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/1eacfdafc15ddc5d5759d0b85b4cef26627df181) |
| FrodoKEM | [Not selected](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/FrodoKEM-Round3.zip) | [`microsoft/PQCrypto-LWEKE@b6609d3`](https://github.com/microsoft/PQCrypto-LWEKE/commit/b6609d30a9982318d7f2937aa3c7b92147b917a2) |
| HQC | [Selected by NIST](https://pqc-hqc.org/doc/hqc_specifications_2025_08_22.pdf) | [`PQClean/PQClean@1eacfda`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/1eacfdafc15ddc5d5759d0b85b4cef26627df181) |
| Kyber | [NIST PQC third round candidate; standardized into ML-KEM (FIPS 203) after minor modifications](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/Kyber-Round3.zip) | [`pq-crystals/kyber@441c051`](https://github.com/pq-crystals/kyber/commit/441c0519a07e8b86c8d079954a6b10bd31d29efc) |
| ML-KEM | [Standardized by NIST](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final) | [`pq-code-package/mlkem-native@048fc2a`](https://github.com/pq-code-package/mlkem-native/commit/048fc2a7a7b4ba0ad4c989c1ac82491aa94d5bfa) |
| NTRU | Not selected by [NIST](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/NTRU-Round3.zip); under standardization consideration by [NTT](https://info.isl.ntt.co.jp/crypt/ntru/index.html) | [`PQClean/PQClean@4c9e5a3`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/4c9e5a3aa715cc8d1d0e377e4e6e682ebd7602d6) |
| NTRU-Prime | [Not selected by NIST](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/NTRU-Prime-Round3.zip) | [`PQClean/PQClean@4c9e5a3`](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/4c9e5a3aa715cc8d1d0e377e4e6e682ebd7602d6) |
#### Signature schemes
| Algorithm family | Standardization status | Primary implementation |

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@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ auxiliary-submitters:
- Zhenfei Zhang
crypto-assumption: NTRU in Z[x]/(q, x^n-1) with prime n and power-of-two q
website: https://ntru.org/
standardization-status: Not selected by NIST; under standardization consideration by NTT
spec-url: https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/NTRU-Round3.zip
standardization-status: Not selected by [NIST](https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/documents/round-3/submissions/NTRU-Round3.zip); under standardization consideration by [NTT](https://info.isl.ntt.co.jp/crypt/ntru/index.html)
nist-round: 3
spec-version: NIST Round 3 submission
upstream-ancestors:

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@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ def render_alg_support_tbl(doc_dir: str, anchor_alg_name: bool = False) -> str:
md_basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.split(yaml_path)[1])[0]
md_url = f"docs/algorithms/{dirname}/{md_basename}.md"
std_status = algdata["standardization-status"]
spec_url = algdata["spec-url"]
spec_url = algdata.get("spec-url", None)
primary_impl = format_upstream_source(algdata["primary-upstream"]["source"])
rows.append(
[
f"[{alg_name}]({md_url})" if anchor_alg_name else f"{alg_name}",
f"[{std_status}]({spec_url})",
f"[{std_status}]({spec_url})" if spec_url else std_status,
primary_impl,
]
)