WIRE_SPEC: N-PAMP-V1 HEADER: FROZEN_36_OCTETS KEY EXCHANGE: HYBRID ML-KEM + X25519
SECURITY: POST-QUANTUM (ML-KEM / ML-DSA) TRANSPORT: FIXED-SIZE FRAMING
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NIST Post-Quantum Level 5 Frozen 36-Octet Wire Frame

N-PAMP™: Post-Quantum Agent Transport Wire

A high-speed, binary wire protocol for authenticated multi-agent coordination. Designed for contested networks, air-gapped enclaves, and sovereign machine intelligence.

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HEADER_SIZE:Exactly 36 Octets (Frozen)
KEY_EXCHANGE:ML-KEM-1024 + X25519 Hybrid
SIGNATURE:ML-DSA-65 / Dilithium
REPLAY_DEFENSE:Sliding Window Nonce
CHANNELS:20 Multiplexed Sub-Streams (0x0000–0x0013)
Wire Architecture

Frozen 36-Octet Frame Specification

// FIXED-SIZE MANDATORY TRANSPORT HEADER [BIG-ENDIAN]
0x00 - 0x03 MAGIC (0x4E50414D) 4 Octets ASCII "NPAM"
0x04 - 0x05 VERSION & FLAGS 2 Octets Bitfield
0x06 - 0x07 CHANNEL_ID 2 Octets Multiplex Stream
0x08 - 0x0B PAYLOAD_LENGTH 4 Octets Unsigned Int
0x0C - 0x13 MONOTONIC SEQUENCE / TIMESTAMP 8 Octets Anti-Replay Counter
0x14 - 0x23 AUTHENTICATION TAG / HMAC 16 Octets (AES-256-GCM / ChaCha20-Poly1305)
Channel Registry

Multiplexed Transport Channels

CHANNEL 0x0001 // SYSTEM

Cryptographic Handshake & KEM

Initial hybrid post-quantum key exchange (ML-KEM-1024 + X25519) and mutual agent identity attestation.

CHANNEL 0x0002 // DATA

N-AALP Deterministic Payloads

Encapsulated canonical CBOR agent commands, tool execution parameters, and signed memory transactions.

CHANNEL 0x0003 // TELEMETRY

Causal DAG Audit Receipts

Continuous cryptographic proof dissemination, state integrity attestation, and forward-secure key rotation notices.

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