QPQT — Quantum-Safe Columnar Storage Format
Copyright 2026 Rohan Prabhakar

Original design, implementation, and benchmarks by Rohan Prabhakar.
First published: June 2026.

Format specification: docs/QPQT_FORMAT_SPEC_v1.md
Repository: https://github.com/Rohan1103/qpqt

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This software uses the following open source components:

liboqs (Open Quantum Safe)
  License: MIT
  https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs
  Used for: ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) key encapsulation

OpenSSL
  License: Apache 2.0
  https://www.openssl.org
  Used for: AES-256-GCM (FIPS 197), HKDF-SHA3-256

pybind11 (Python bindings, optional)
  License: BSD-3-Clause
  https://github.com/pybind/pybind11

Apache Arrow C++ (optional integration)
  License: Apache 2.0
  https://arrow.apache.org

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Cryptographic standards implemented:
  FIPS 203 — ML-KEM (Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism)
  FIPS 197 — AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
  SP 800-56C — HKDF Key Derivation
  SP 800-38D — GCM (Galois/Counter Mode)
