diff --git a/src/content/changelog/email-security-cf1/2026-08-17-post-quantum-key-exchange-mx.mdx b/src/content/changelog/email-security-cf1/2026-08-17-post-quantum-key-exchange-mx.mdx new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5d7df8260fc --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/changelog/email-security-cf1/2026-08-17-post-quantum-key-exchange-mx.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Post-quantum key exchange for MX deployments +description: Cloudflare Email Security now supports post-quantum hybrid key exchange on inbound and outbound SMTP connections. +date: 2026-08-17T09:00:00Z +--- + +Cloudflare Email Security now supports post-quantum hybrid key exchange with X25519MLKEM768 on the SMTP connections we make to receive and deliver mail. Deploying Email Security in front of a provider that supports post-quantum hybrid key agreement (like Google Workspace) will create a TLS 1.3 connection using post-quantum key agreement. + +Inbound MX connections and outbound delivery connections now negotiate the [X25519MLKEM768](/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/#hybrid-key-agreement) hybrid key agreement when the peer supports it, protecting SMTP traffic against [harvest-now, decrypt-later](https://blog.cloudflare.com/pq-2024/) attacks. + +Support is backwards compatible and enabled automatically for all customers. Senders and receivers that do not yet advertise post-quantum key agreement continue to connect with classical key exchange. + +This applies to all Email Security packages: + +- **Advantage** +- **Enterprise** +- **Enterprise + PhishGuard**