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Re: [CFRG] NSA vs. hybrid

Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com> Sun, 14 November 2021 05:34 UTC

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Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:33:58 +0400
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Subject: Re: [CFRG] NSA vs. hybrid
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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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