[Gen-art] Genart last call review of draft-ietf-lamps-rfc8708bis-01

[Linda Dunbar via Datatracker <[e-mail]>]

Reviewer: Linda Dunbar
Review result: Ready with Nits

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Document: draft-ietf-lamps-rfc8708bis-??
Reviewer: Linda Dunbar
Review Date: 2024-08-09
IETF LC End Date: 2024-08-13
IESG Telechat date: Not scheduled for a telechat

Summary: The document discusses the motivation for using HSS/LMS, which is its
post-quantum security, and highlights the changes made since the previous
version (RFC 8708).

Major issues: None.

Minor issues:

Nits/editorial comments:

Section 1.4 describes the change regarding the KEY field in the
pk-HSS-LMS-HashSig definition to reflect "no ASN.1 wrapping for the public
key". I am not an expert in this domain, but would like to know what are the
reasons behind removing the ASN.1 wrapping? Does RFC8708 imply ASN.1 wrapping?

Thank you,
Linda Dunbar