README.txt

Adare_HQC256
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Version: 0.2.3

HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic) is a code-based public key encryption scheme designed to
provide security against attacks by both classical and quantum computers. HQC has
been submitted to the NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project.

Adare_HQC256 is a Ada 2012 bind to HQC-256 C.

(C version at https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean)

How a Bonus all Ada packages in this lib is "Ada Pure"! :-)

USAGE
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   Building:

    1) enter in your alire project:
    2) alr with adare_hqc256

    3.1) mybe use: alr build --release
      or
    3.2) mybe use: alr build --development
      or
    3.3) mybe use: alr build --validation


   And Be Happy :-D

  Main repository => https://github.com/danieagle/adare_hqc256.git

  All help, tests and pull requests Are Welcome!


For examples and how compile in your own projects, see:
  src/*.ad{s,b}
  adare_hqc256_examples/src/*.adb

  Enjoy!!

CONTRIBUTING
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We will be happy in known where you use Adare_HQC256. :-)


THANKS
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To Brian "Beejs Jorgensen" Hall, because his book "the Beej's Guide to Network Programming"
and to All people, past present and future, that made Life better to Live and
that include the Fellows from Ada Newsgroup and from forum.ada-lang.io. Thanks All!!


LICENSE
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The Adare_HQC256 license 2023-Present

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