[Pqc] comments on hybrid teminology document

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

I read:
  https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-driscoll-pqt-hybrid-terminology

over my coffee.  (I want you to imagine it printed on fanfold paper, with
coffee cup stains on it)

It took me a few takes to understand PQ/T => Post-Quantum/Traditional.
Probably because:
         *Post-Quantum Traditional (PQ/T) Hybrid Scheme*:
is split across a page-break.... switching to HTML version.

I didn't know the term CRQC, which makes me think of a galactic sized
crocodile eating the Internet.

section 3 defines things like: *Component Cryptographic Element*
but I guess what I don't know is if I'll see "CCE" as the TLA later on.

section 4:
         *Composite PQ/T Hybrid Protocol*:
vs:       Non-Composite

The other way to describe things is that the protocol does a single (hybrid)
exchange, or it does multiple non-hybrid exchanges.   The success/failure of
each exchange in the second case is visible at the protocol level, rather
than in the cryptographic "black box" part.
I can live with Composite, but I would prefer a different term than
non-composite.   I think that something that included "Multiple" in the term
would make sense.  I think that the IKEv2
draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-multiple-ke-12 is an example of the "Non-composite"

Maybe this document should update RFC4949 so that we get a forward pointer on
it.

In general, I think that this document too often has just prepended PQ/T to a
"traditional" term.

Also, I'd really rather a different term than "traditional".

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