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Document breaking change: Composite ML-DSA on Windows uses native implementation in .NET 11#55212
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[WIP] Refactor Composite ML-DSA to use native implementation on Windows
Document breaking change: Composite ML-DSA on Windows uses native implementation in .NET 11
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Added CompositeMLDsa entries to unsupported-apis.md in e944835. |
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This LGTM, once you have the one question answered.
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Starting in .NET 11,
CompositeMLDsaon Windows switches from a managed implementation layered over ML-DSA/RSA/ECDSA to the native Windows (CNG) implementation, which currently supports only a subset of composite algorithms.New breaking change article
docs/core/compatibility/cryptography/11/compositemldsa-windows-native.mdcovering previous/new behavior, reason for change, and recommended action (checkingCompositeMLDsa.IsAlgorithmSupportedand handlingPlatformNotSupportedException)BCRYPT_PQDSA_KEY_BLOBdocs: 4 ECDSA-paired algorithms (MLDSA44-ECDSA-P256-SHA256, MLDSA65-ECDSA-P256-SHA512, MLDSA65-ECDSA-P384-SHA512, MLDSA87-ECDSA-P384-SHA512) — RSA-paired algorithms and EdDSA-paired algorithms are no longer natively supported on WindowsIndex/TOC updates
docs/core/compatibility/toc.ymland the Cryptography table indocs/core/compatibility/11.mdRelated doc update
docs/standard/security/cross-platform-cryptography.mdso Windows only shows support for the 4 natively-implemented algorithms, with a link to the new breaking change article for contextInternal previews