encryption

Signal's SPQR protocol adds a quantum-safe ratchet alongside the Double Ratchet, with server-side enforcement now rolling out to new accounts.

Cilium 1.19 introduces beta ztunnel integration for transparent mTLS encryption without sidecars, strict encryption modes for WireGuard and IPsec, and stable Multi Pool IPAM, as the CNCF-graduated eBPF networking project marks a decade of development.

Broadcom announced the first end-to-end post-quantum cryptography-safe in-flight network encryption solution for Fibre Channel storage, shipping over 120,000 adapters as NIST sets a 2030 deadline to deprecate RSA and enterprises race to counter harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks.

The European Parliament voted 458 to 103 on March 11 to restrict scanning of private communications to judicially authorized, targeted investigations, rejecting years of pressure for blanket surveillance of encrypted messaging platforms.