[Plants] I-D Action: draft-ietf-plants-merkle-tree-certs-06.txt

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Internet-Draft draft-ietf-plants-merkle-tree-certs-06.txt is now available. It
is a work item of the PKI, Logs, And Tree Signatures (PLANTS) WG of the IETF.

   Title:   Merkle Tree Certificates
   Authors: David Benjamin
            Devon O'Brien
            Bas Westerbaan
            Luke Valenta
            Filippo Valsorda
   Name:    draft-ietf-plants-merkle-tree-certs-06.txt
   Pages:   104
   Dates:   2026-09-21

Abstract:

   This document describes Merkle Tree certificates, a new form of X.509
   certificates which integrate public logging of the certificate, in
   the style of Certificate Transparency.  The integrated design reduces
   logging overhead in the face of both shorter-lived certificates and
   large post-quantum signature algorithms, while still achieving
   comparable security properties to existing X.509 constructions and
   Certificate Transparency.  Merkle Tree certificates additionally
   admit an optional size optimization that avoids signatures
   altogether, at the cost of only applying to up-to-date relying
   parties and older certificates.

The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-plants-merkle-tree-certs/

There is also an HTML version available at:
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-plants-merkle-tree-certs-06.html

A diff from the previous version is available at:
https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-plants-merkle-tree-certs-06

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