Cloudflare introduces Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) to transition to Post-Quantum (PQ) cryptography, addressing the threat of quantum computers to Internet security. Current TLS handshakes use excessive signatures and public keys, causing performance issues. MTCs aim to minimize this by allowing clients to validate certificates with reduced overhead (1 signature, 1 public key, 1 inclusion proof). An experiment to implement MTCs, in collaboration with Chrome, will test the concept while ensuring users' security through bootstrap certificates. The results are expected to improve both security and performance, keeping the Internet fast and secure amid evolving cryptographic needs.
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