Post-Quantum Web Could be Safer, Faster

The article explains how Merkle tree certificates (MTCs), a proposed IETF draft, can efficiently enable post-quantum-safe TLS by reducing certificate size, latency, and transparency overhead compared with lattice-based signature approaches; it outlines deployment phases, trade-offs (client storage, middlebox compatibility, certificate indexing), and current industry testing by Google and Cloudflare as a practical path to mitigate future quantum decryption and impersonation threats.