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adr-109: Dilithium PQC signatures — provenance side of post-quantum migration (#733)
Sister-ADR to ADR-108. Where ADR-108 closes the confidentiality side
(Kyber key exchange), ADR-109 closes the integrity side (Dilithium
signatures) of the post-quantum migration.

Replaces Ed25519 in ADR-100 cog signing with Dilithium-3 (NIST FIPS 204,
~AES-192 equivalent, CNSA 2.0 default).

Migration timeline (matches ADR-108):
- Phase 0 (NOW 2026):  Ed25519 only
- Phase 1 (Q4 2026):   Dual-sig (Ed25519 + Dilithium-3), accepts either
- Phase 2 (Q2 2027):   BOTH required (defence in depth)
- Phase 3 (2030+):     Pure Dilithium-3

Why now (backdating argument): An adversary who can break Ed25519 in
2035 with quantum computers can backdate signatures on cog binaries to
install malicious code retroactively. The provenance chain breaks even
for binaries deployed today. Hybrid mode prevents this: forging a 2026
cog signature still requires breaking BOTH Ed25519 AND Dilithium-3.

Manifest size: 64 B (Ed25519) + 3293 B (Dilithium-3) = ~4 kB per cog.
50-cog catalogue overhead ~200 kB. Negligible.

LOC: +270 on top of ADR-100.
Combined chain budget (ADR-105+106+107+108+109): ~1,820 LOC, ~7 weeks.

ADR CHAIN (8 ADRs) complete for both confidentiality and integrity at
quantum-resistant tier:
- ADR-100: cog packaging
- ADR-103: cog-person-count
- ADR-104: MCP + CLI
- ADR-105: within-installation federation
- ADR-106: DP-SGD + primitive isolation
- ADR-107: cross-installation + secure aggregation
- ADR-108: PQC key exchange (Kyber-768)
- ADR-109: PQC signatures (Dilithium-3)  <-- THIS

Future ADRs catalogued:
- ADR-110: PQC hardware acceleration on Cognitum-v0
- ADR-111: Owner key rotation policy
- ADR-112: Cross-signing with external CA
- ADR-113: Multistatic placement strategy (R6 family findings -> ADR-029 amendment)

Composes:
- R14/R15 privacy + biometric requires provenance integrity
- R12 PABS / R12.1: intruder-detection cog must itself be signed
- R10/R11 long-deployment cogs most affected by backdating
- R7 mincut adversarial assumes the model is trustworthy

Honest scope:
- Dilithium ~5 years old; hybrid mitigates uncertainty
- ESP32-S3 verification ~5-10 ms estimated; needs benchmarking
- pqcrypto-dilithium Rust crate dependency
- Owner key management = highest-risk operational change
- Phase 3 Ed25519 retirement needs future decision

Coordination: ticks/tick-30.md, no PROGRESS.md edit.
2026-05-22 06:06:05 -04:00
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tick-5.md research(R12): RF weather mapping eigenshift — negative-ish, with clearly-actionable revision path (#707) 2026-05-21 23:52:49 -04:00
tick-6.md research(R10): through-foliage wildlife sensing — physics feasibility + per-species gait taxonomy 2026-05-22 00:59:11 -04:00
tick-7.md research(R14): empathic appliances — vision + ethical framework + infrastructure gap inventory (#709) 2026-05-22 01:18:01 -04:00
tick-8.md research(R6): Fresnel-zone forward model — bedrock physics for CSI sensitivity (#710) 2026-05-22 01:31:09 -04:00
tick-9.md research(R1): ToA CRLB — precision floor for WiFi multistatic localisation (#711) 2026-05-22 01:38:35 -04:00
tick-10.md research(R11): maritime sensing — through-bulkhead impossible, through-seam works (#712) 2026-05-22 01:53:51 -04:00
tick-11.md research(R13): NEGATIVE — contactless BP from CSI is physically inferior to a cuff (#713) 2026-05-22 02:00:35 -04:00
tick-12.md research(R3): cross-room re-ID — MERIDIAN closes the env-shift gap + 4 privacy constraints (#715) 2026-05-22 02:13:10 -04:00
tick-13.md research(R4) + adr-105: federated CSI training with MERIDIAN+Krum+mincut (#716) 2026-05-22 02:24:42 -04:00
tick-14.md research(R15): RF biometric primitives — 5 environment-invariant features with quantified discriminability (#717) 2026-05-22 02:38:10 -04:00
tick-15.md adr-106: differential privacy + biometric primitive isolation for federation (#718) 2026-05-22 02:48:16 -04:00
tick-16.md research(R6.2): Fresnel-aware antenna placement — 93x sensing-coverage lift from physics alone (#719) 2026-05-22 03:04:17 -04:00
tick-17.md research(R6.2.2): N-anchor multistatic placement saturation — practical knee at N=5 (#720) 2026-05-22 03:17:14 -04:00
tick-18.md research(R6.1): multi-scatterer Fresnel — discovers 4.7 dB penalty matching R13's 5-dB shortfall (#721) 2026-05-22 03:36:42 -04:00
tick-19.md research(R12 PABS): NEGATIVE -> POSITIVE — 1161x detection lift via R6.1 forward model (#722) 2026-05-22 03:49:41 -04:00
tick-20.md research(R3.1): physics-informed env prediction at raw-CSI level — NEGATIVE (architecture-error) (#723) 2026-05-22 04:04:38 -04:00
tick-21.md research(R6.2.1): 3D antenna placement — ceiling-only gives 0% coverage; mixed-height wins (#724) 2026-05-22 04:17:47 -04:00
tick-22.md adr-107: cross-installation federation with secure aggregation — privacy chain closes (#725) 2026-05-22 04:27:48 -04:00
tick-23.md research(R6.2.3): chest-centric placement — +26.9 pp coverage gain for vital-signs cogs (#726) 2026-05-22 04:43:34 -04:00
tick-24.md research(R6.2.2.1): 3D N-anchor multistatic — 2D knee disappears; revises R6.2.2 down (#727) 2026-05-22 04:58:10 -04:00
tick-25.md research(R6.2.4): 3D chest-centric N-anchor — validates R6.2.2.1 prediction with refinement (#728) 2026-05-22 05:12:48 -04:00
tick-26.md research(R3.2): embedding-level physics-informed env — structural validation + AETHER dependency (#729) 2026-05-22 05:24:53 -04:00
tick-27.md research(R6.2.5): multi-subject occupancy union — N=5 hits 100% for 4 occupants; R6 family complete (#730) 2026-05-22 05:37:29 -04:00
tick-28.md adr-108: Kyber post-quantum key exchange for cross-installation federation (#731) 2026-05-22 05:45:32 -04:00
tick-29.md research(R12.1): pose-PABS closed loop — 9.36x intruder lift; R12 arc fully closed (#732) 2026-05-22 05:56:57 -04:00
tick-30.md adr-109: Dilithium PQC signatures — provenance side of post-quantum migration (#733) 2026-05-22 06:06:05 -04:00