Re: List moderator action

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Tue, 05 May 2026 19:56 UTC

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Hiya,

On 05/05/2026 19:48, Livingood, Jason wrote:
> (no hats) Has anyone written a (clear & concise) Internet Draft on
> the technical aspects of this? WG mailing list debate is all well
> and good, but at the end of the day IMO it is no replacement for a
> clearly written internet draft explaining all of the detailed actual
> or potential technical risks and issues associated with one or
> another of various possible approaches.

I don't believe so, and the situation differs a lot depending
on whether you're considering key exchange or signatures, and
also depending on which protocol you're discussing.

I wrote up a description of what I saw as the state of play last
year [1], which probably still covers some of the controversial
points sufficiently, ([1], page 17) though I'm sure some people
would disagree:-)

Cheers,
S.

[1] https://pqcsa.eu/deliverables/pq-protocols.pdf