Re: [openpgp] Choices for AEAD modes

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hiya,

On 28/06/2022 16:47, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:11, Stephen Farrell said:
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>> The point is that the IETF defines ways in which consensus is
>> judged - by WG chairs in the first instance and by ADs and
> 
> The de-facto main author and forcing power of the crypto-refresh may
> decide, along with you as co-chair, whether there is a consensus?

Yes, in the first instance, and with lots of
appeal processes if needed, and then followed
up by our AD, IETF last call, our AD again,
and then the full IESG all providing a chance
for catching and fixing anything that's gone
wrong (and with appeal processes well-defined
at each stage).

We already noted the fact that dkg is differently
and more active than the average WG chair and why
that was (IMO) the best setup in this case so I
don't think we need discuss that again.

> Interesting participation model.

Depends on what interests you I guess:-)

The main point is that the IETF has a well defined,
long-standing and well-tested model for handling all
this. And it's that model we need to follow if we
want this effort to succeed.

Cheers,
S.



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> Salam-Shalom,
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>     Werner
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