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Security — Preventing quantum downgrade attacks against IPsec

Preventing quantum downgrade attacks against IPsec

A sophisticated attacker with a quantum computer can exploit a protocol design flaw to downgrade post-quantum IPsec tunnels to classical crypto. We helped the IETF develop a transcript authentication extension to prevent these attacks.

CPChristopher PattonChristopher Patton·September 29, 2026Security
Security — Good-bye ESNI, hello ECH!

Good-bye ESNI, hello ECH!

A deep dive into the Encrypted Client Hello, a standard that encrypts privacy-sensitive parameters sent by the client, as part of the TLS handshake.

CPChristopher PattonChristopher Patton·December 8, 2020Security