# SOURCES: where the test vectors in this directory come from

Statement of provenance. Every file here is a fixture PUBLISHED by NIST or by the reference team of
the scheme, copied into the package so that anyone can run it against the live precompiles
(`scripts/verify-live-precompiles.mjs`). The public keys and signatures in these files belong to the
test vectors, not to anyone at Aere Network. The provenance below is read from the `katSource` field
of each file, written on 2026-09-02.

| file | scheme | source declared in the file | sha256 (first 16 hex digits) |
|---|---|---|---|
| `falcon1024_kat0.json` | NIST Falcon-1024 (round 3), official KAT vectors 0 and 1 | falcon1024-KAT.rsp (Falcon round-3 NIST submission) | `5f430ea31548fde0` |
| `falcon512_kat0.json` | NIST Falcon-512 (round 3), official KAT | the file carries no `katSource` field; `README.md` (the line "official NIST Falcon KAT vector 0 for both parameter sets") declares it KAT vector 0 of the Falcon round-3 submission, like its pair `falcon1024_kat0.json` | `5011efbb97f68027` |
| `mldsa44-acvp-tg8.json` | ML-DSA-44 (Dilithium2), FIPS 204 | NIST ACVP ML-DSA-sigVer-FIPS204 test vectors, github.com/usnistgov/ACVP-Server, gen-val/json-files/ML-DSA-sigVer-FIPS204 | `d9850650abdf446c` |
| `sphincs-sha2-128s-acvp-tg31.json` | SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s (SPHINCS+-SHA2-128s-simple), FIPS 205 | NIST ACVP SLH-DSA-sigVer-FIPS205 test vectors, github.com/usnistgov/ACVP-Server, gen-val/json-files/SLH-DSA-sigVer-FIPS205 | `943811677f3a2549` |