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2.16.840.1.101.3.4.4.2

id-alg-ml-kem-768

id-alg-ml-kem-768: the OID of ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) public keys in X.509.

2.16.840.1.101.3.4.4.2 identifies id-alg-ml-kem-768, a key encapsulation mechanism. DER: 0609608648016503040402.

An ML-KEM key cannot sign, so it cannot sign its own certificate request; CMS encrypts to such keys through KEMRecipientInfo (RFC 9629). In TLS, ML-KEM appears as a key exchange group, not in certificates.

Dotted notation
2.16.840.1.101.3.4.4.2
DER encoding
0609608648016503040402
Category
a key encapsulation mechanism
Also known as
ML-KEM-768
OpenSSL short name
id-alg-ml-kem-768
OpenSSL long name
ML-KEM-768
Listed by
the ecdsa.com catalog

Where it is defined

OIDs