README.md

Pretty Good Post Quantum Privacy (PGPQP)

PGP does not currently implement post quantum cryptography. This project aims to provide a PGP-like system that does.

Motivation

I wrote a paper on post quantum cryptography during my sophomore year of my Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity. For the same class--about a week prior--I wrote another paper discussing the importance of consumer end-to-end encryption (E2EE). I thought it would be a good idea to combine the two ideas and create a post quantum cryptography system that could be used in place of PGP.

Technologies

Technology	Cryptographic Function	Description
Kyber	Key Encapsulation Mechanism	Lattice-based
SPHINCS+	Digital Signature	Hash-based
AES	Symmetric Encryption	Block cipher

Relevant Links

• NIST Post Quantum Cryptography Standardization
• PGP
• Post Quantum Cryptography

Project Goal

Either establish a good post quantum cryptography public key infrastructure or integrate into PGP.

Compliance

• FIPS 203: Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard
• FIPS 205: Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard