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Adding post-quantum cryptography (PQC) support

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Description

This ticket is a sub task of the https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22068.

For the common topics which is not RubyGems specific, you can check this Ruby issue ticket. I write drb related things on this ticket.

DRb::DRbSSLSocket::SSLConfig already works with pre-generated PQC-supported ML-DSA cert/key by :SSLCertificate and :SSLPrivateKey config options.

However, drbssl server's dual/multiple certificate support are missing. An SSL server that accepts clients with either ML-DSA-NN or RSA certificates is useful in the use case of PQC migration from RSA (non-PQC) to ML-DSA (PQC). I also want DRb::DRbSSLSocket::SSLConfig#setup_certificate's option to generate ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, ML-DSA-87 certificates and keys. I prepared the PR. I am going to send the PR soon.

Files to modify

Below is a list of the files that we may modify to support PQC at least.

lib/drb/ssl.rb

PQC related pull-requests

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start in lib/drb/ssl.rb, focusing on DRb::DRbSSLSocket::SSLConfig and its setup_certificate option. Review the related Ruby issue and pull request #53 for the PQC context. Done means drbssl supports dual or multiple RSA and ML-DSA certificates and can generate ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, and ML-DSA-87 certificates and keys.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
cryptography
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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