[openpgp] Re: WGLC for draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc [was: Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc-08.txt]

[Aron Wussler <[e-mail]>]

Hi everyone,

After gathering all the feedback, we decided to simplify the guidance, and consistently remove the remaining statements regarding sub-key selection.
This is reflected in the editor copy [1].

The test vectors have also been accordingly updated as announced last week.

We thank the people involved in this discussion and ask them to review this change.

Cheers,
Aron

[1] https://openpgp-pqc.github.io/draft-openpgp-pqc/draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc.html

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On Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 11:12, Daniel Huigens <d.huigens=[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Heiko,
> 

> On Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 16:23, Heiko Schäfer wrote:
> 

> > I'll note that while this is not ideal for all scenarios, migrating to
> > post quantum encryption is possible without further clarifying subkey
> > selection, as follows:
> > 

> > 1. Adding a PQC subkey
> > 2. Observing that this subkey is being (either exclusively or
> > additionally) encrypted to by all relevant peers, and then
> > 3. Decomissioning any pre-PQC encryption subkeys (by expiration or
> > revocation).
> 

> 

> Section 8.3, option 2 seems to imply that it should be possible to
> achieve post-quantum encryption security from new implementations
> while being backwards-compatible with implementations that don't
> support PQC:
> 

> > Implementations understanding PQ(/T) will be able to parse and use the
> > subkeys, while PQ(/T)-incapable implementations can gracefully ignore
> > them.
> 

> 

> Revoking or expiring the old subkeys obviously makes the certificate
> backwards-incompatible. So, I still think there's a contradiction
> between what the draft says and what's actually possible when using
> (2 out of 3 of) the current implementations of the draft.
> 

> Best,
> Daniel
> 

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