RFC 9955: Hybrid Signature Spectrums
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes classification of design goals and security considerations for hybrid digital signature schemes, including proof composability, non-separability of the component signatures given a hybrid signature, backwards and forwards compatibility, hybrid generality, and Simultaneous Verification (SV).
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9955
- Published
- July 2026
- Authors
- N. Bindel; B. Hale; D. Connolly; F. Driscoll
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 23
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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