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diff --git a/comm/third_party/botan/doc/roadmap.rst b/comm/third_party/botan/doc/roadmap.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6a5808d562 --- /dev/null +++ b/comm/third_party/botan/doc/roadmap.rst @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ + +Development Roadmap +======================================== + +Near Term Plans +---------------------------------------- + +Here is an outline for the development plans over the next 12-18 months, as of +June 2019. + +TLS Hardening/Testing +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Leverage TLS-Attacker better, for example using custom workflows. Add +interop testing with OpenSSL as part of CI. Improve fuzzer coverage. + +Expose TLS at FFI layer +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Exposing TLS to C would allow for many new applications to make use of Botan. + +TLS v1.3 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +A complete implementation of TLS v1.3 is planned. DTLS v1.3 may or may not be +supported as well. + +Botan 3.x +---------------------------------------- + +Botan 3 is currently planned for release in 2021. Botan 2 will remain +supported for several years past that, to allow plenty of time for +applications to switch over. + +This version will adopt C++17 and use new std types such as string_view, +optional, and any, along with adopting memory span and guarded integer +types. All deprecated features/APIs of 2.x (which notably includes TLS v1.0/v1.1 +support) will be removed. Beyond explicitly deprecated functionality, there +should be no breaking API changes in the transition to 3.x + +Features currently targeted for Botan 3 include + +* New post-quantum algorithms: especially a CCA2 secure encryption scheme and a + lattice-based signature scheme are of interest. + +* Password Authenticated Key Exchanges: one or more modern PAKEs + (such as SPAKE2+ or OPAQUE) to replace SRP. + +* Elliptic Curve Pairings: useful in many interesting protocols. + BN-256 and BLS12-381 seem the most likely. + +* New ASN.1 library + +Some of these features may end being backported to Botan 2 as well. |