Re: [Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-09.txt

Thanks for posting the update.  I looked at the diff, and it seems like the posted comments were addressed.  Also, the additional examples will be helpful.

I think this document is ready to go to the IRSG and the RFC Editor.

Russ

> On Feb 26, 2018, at 3:34 PM, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> 
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Crypto Forum RG of the IRTF.
> 
>        Title           : Hash-Based Signatures
>        Authors         : David McGrew
>                          Michael Curcio
>                          Scott Fluhrer
> 	Filename        : draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-09.txt
> 	Pages           : 54
> 	Date            : 2018-02-23
> 
> Abstract:
>   This note describes a digital signature system based on cryptographic
>   hash functions, following the seminal work in this area of Lamport,
>   Diffie, Winternitz, and Merkle, as adapted by Leighton and Micali in
>   1995.  It specifies a one-time signature scheme and a general
>   signature scheme.  These systems provide asymmetric authentication
>   without using large integer mathematics and can achieve a high
>   security level.  They are suitable for compact implementations, are
>   relatively simple to implement, and naturally resist side-channel
>   attacks.  Unlike most other signature systems, hash-based signatures
>   would still be secure even if it proves feasible for an attacker to
>   build a quantum computer.
> 
> 
> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs/
> 
> There are also htmlized versions available at:
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> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-09
> 
> A diff from the previous version is available at:
> https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-09
> 
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