RFC 8391: XMSS: eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme

This note describes the eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme (XMSS), a hash-based digital signature system that is based on existing descriptions in scientific…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 4506: XDR: External Data Representation Standard

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9231: Additional XML Security Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9802: Use of the HSS and XMSS Hash-Based Signature Algorithms in Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9958: Post-Quantum Cryptography for Engineers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9954: Hybrid Key Exchange in TLS 1.3