[CFRG] Re: On the applied cryptography of Attested TLS

[Nathanael Ritz <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2026 at 08:24, Salz, Rich <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 11/6/26, 6:47 AM, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
>    - [WN] That's not fair. Mr. Ritz is not pausing. I cannot keep waiting
>    every "tomorrow" for your "latest paper".
>
>
> Perhaps you are not familiar with the IETF.  This is a voluntary activity
> and sometimes you just have to wait. Kudo’s to Usama for asking for
> patience, but it shouldn’t be necessary.
>


Further to this point, Usama has also shared previously [0] that a paper is
just contribution and such requests shouldn't be percieved as mandates:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 at 15:22, Muhammad Usama Sardar <
[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 20.08.26 17:11, Nathanael Ritz wrote:
>
> I ask that participants be patient while waiting for a direct substantive
> response to the technical discussion at hand by the authors themselves,
> please. [1]
>
> I don't believe this is how participation in the IETF works. Writing a
> research paper does not make the paper authors superior to any other WG
> participant. The paper is just a contribution to the WG. Everyone has equal
> right to speak. [0]
>

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Nathanael

[0] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/seat/YOvcB33qx9RxhF8LJ_F4ITfqaHA/
[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/seat/0FC_GSfy1ls7BJ_Kjf7JSj-CcHM/