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Re: [CFRG] Please review draft-ietf-drip-rid

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Fri, 17 September 2021 20:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [CFRG] Please review draft-ietf-drip-rid
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On 17 Sep 2021, at 12:10, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote:

> Acceptable as *new* designs? I'm not a spokesman for the US 
> Government, but I doubt that.

Then you seem to be doubting the NSA FAQ on quantum computing and 
cryptanalysis. 
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Aug/04/2002821837/-1/-1/1/Quantum_FAQs_20210804.PDF

> Once NIST PQC publishes its first PQ standards (Jan 2022), we'll see 
> if recommendations change then.

This assumes that they are "standards", yet NIST has waffled mightily 
about what the next step will be, particularly about authentication 
mechanisms.

Maybe we can cut this thread here? If any of us are not a spokesperson 
for $ZZgovt, we should not immediately follow such statements with 
suppositions about what $ZZgovt will do. Let's let them do that and then 
we can respond.

--Paul Hoffman

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