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Re: [CFRG] NSA vs. hybrid

Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com> Mon, 15 November 2021 05:38 UTC

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From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:38:07 +0400
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To: Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
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Subject: Re: [CFRG] NSA vs. hybrid
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Apologies for my previous email. When I mentioned transparency, I was
referring to the NIST PQC
process.

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 9:33 AM Loganaden Velvindron
<loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I also tend to agree with Dr Bernstein's points. I hope to see more
> transparency in the process.
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 6:57 PM Stephen Farrell
> <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hiya,
> >
> > I think I'm in general agreement with djb on this. One note
> > though...
> >
> > On 13/11/2021 13:53, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
> > > I agree that certificate validation is a mess.
> >
> > For protocols like TLS (likely to remain the most important
> > for quite a while) I don't think we need care about changes
> > to the web PKI for a much longer while. Maybe we should add
> > some PQC algorithm into some TLS handshakes soon, but there
> > is no need to change the PKI for that in the same timeframe.
> >
> > In general, I'd be for slowing down much of this transition
> > stuff, and having CFRG opine to that effect might be a good
> > thing.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > S.
> >
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