[Gen-art] Re: draft-ietf-tls-ecdhe-mlkem-03 ietf last call Genart review

Kris Kwiatkowski <kris@amongbytes.com> Thu, 15 January 2026 23:40 UTC

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Hello,

Thank you for the review. We addressed first two comments here:
https://github.com/tlswg/tls-ecdhe-mlkem/pull/60

Regarding the last comment:

> All three registrations are for "TLS Supported Groups" and include:
>
>     Recommended:  N
>     
> The IANA table TLS Supported Groups
> (https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-parameters/tls-parameters.xhtml#tls-parameters-8)
> describes "Recommended" with:
>
>      If the "Recommended" column is set to "N", it does not necessarily
>      mean that it is flawed; rather, it indicates that the item either
>      has not been through the IETF consensus process, has limited
>      applicability, or is intended only for specific use cases. [...]
>
> However, it appears that once the document is approved, these three
> key exchange systems will quality for "Recommended:  Y", as they will
> have IETF consensus, appear to be secure "in the post-quantum world",
> and are FIPS-approved (when used properly).  If "Recommended: N" is
> intended, some explanation for this (e.g., the limits of
> applicability) should be provided.

The "Recommended" field has been discussed at length on the mailing list. I believe the consensus was to
set it to 'N'; therefore, I have not changed this option at this point.

Kind regards,
Kris