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Re: [Cfrg] Adoption call for draft-hoffman-c2pq-02

Rene Struik <rstruik.ext@gmail.com> Sat, 10 February 2018 17:24 UTC

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From: Rene Struik <rstruik.ext@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Adoption call for draft-hoffman-c2pq-02
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Dear colleagues:

I believe this draft has no merit and should not be adopted.

There is already an IETF document that caters to the need for algorithm
agility: see RFC 7696 [1]. There is no need for a document that singles
out specific subcategories of technical advances that may necessitate
reconsideration of the security technology used.

The suggested "methodology" in Section 6.1 is bound to be highly
susceptible to misleading claims and "crystal ball" gazing of dubious
technical stature. As such, this does not belong in IRTF/CFRG.

Once there is something of technical nature to report, it is easy to
convert this to an IRTF/CFRG draft and circulate this then. Now, it is
just fashionable "me too" output.

Best regards, Rene

[1] RFC 7696 - Guidelines for Cryptographic Algorithm Agility and
Selecting Mandatory-to-Implement Algorithms (November 2015)

On 2/10/2018 9:30 AM, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> Dear CFRG participants,
> Based on interest in this topic/document during IETF 100 in Singapore
> (and based on earlier discussions), CFRG Chairs are asking for any
> objections to adopting "The Transition from Classical to Post-Quantum
> Cryptography" (draft-hoffman-c2pq-02) as a CFRG document.
>
> Please send your comments by February 24th.
>
> Thank you,
> Kenny and Alexey
>
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