{"id":181588,"date":"2026-02-28T01:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/google-quantum-proofs-https-by-squeezing-2-5kb-of-data-into-64-byte-space\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:26:41","slug":"google-quantum-proofs-https-by-squeezing-2-5kb-of-data-into-64-byte-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/google-quantum-proofs-https-by-squeezing-2-5kb-of-data-into-64-byte-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>The objective is a tall order. The quantum-resistant cryptographic data needed to transparently publish TLS certificates is roughly 40 times bigger than the classical cryptographic material used today. Today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X.509\">X.509 certificates<\/a> are about 64 bytes in size, and comprise six elliptic curve signatures and two EC public keys. This material can be cracked through the quantum-enabled <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shor's_algorithm\">Shor\u2019s algorithm<\/a>. Certificates containing the equivalent quantum-resistant cryptographic material are roughly 2.5 kilobytes. All this data must be transmitted when a browser connects to a site.<\/p>\n<h2>The bigger they come, the slower they move<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe bigger you make the certificate, the slower the handshake and the more people you leave behind,\u201d said Bas Westerbaan, principal research engineer at Cloudflare, which is partnering with Google on the transition. \u201cOur problem is we don\u2019t want to leave people behind in this transition.\u201d Speaking to Ars, he said that people will likely disable the new encryption if it slows their browsing. He added that the massive size increase can also degrade \u201cmiddle boxes,\u201d which sit between browsers and the final site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/02\/google-is-using-clever-math-to-quantum-proof-https-certificates\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/02\/google-is-using-clever-math-to-quantum-proof-https-certificates\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is a tall order. The quantum-resistant cryptographic data needed to transparently publish TLS certificates is roughly 40 times bigger than the classical cryptographic material used today. 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