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Readiness verdict

Classic McEliece ISO/IEC 18033-2 Standardization

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-09-30
Revision
2
Method
v1.4.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Watch

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
81% · fresh
Computed at
2026-09-30T23:56:00.08723+00:00
Claimed
55

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
35

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
35

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+20

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Critical

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Agent-assisted assessment · independently reviewed · 2026-09-30

Keep adoption conditional on a current parameter-level security assessment.

Why
The ISO specification and working implementations are established, while recent cryptanalysis challenges earlier security estimates without demonstrating practical full-size key recovery.
Next
Review the latest attack and memory-cost models, benchmark key distribution, and preserve the ability to change algorithms and parameters.

Constraints

Blockers

  • Recent cryptanalysis challenges advertised parameter security margins.
  • Attack estimates depend on heuristic and memory-cost assumptions.
  • Public keys of roughly 0.5–1.4 MB complicate distribution and storage.
  • Confirmation variants have less directly comparable test evidence.
  • Standardization does not establish implementation side-channel resistance.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
9
Tier 1
5
Tier 2
4
Tier 3
0
Supports
4
Contradicts
3
Context
2
Latest observed
2026-09-25

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Revision 2

  1. 2026-07-21 Reading moved from watch to watch.
  2. 2026-09-30 Reading moved from watch to watch.

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