[saag] Re: [EXTERNAL] post quantum guidance draft

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hiya,

On 03/12/2025 15:13, Dang, Quynh H. (Fed) wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Opinions only have values when the answers are not known.
> 
> I think the community knows the pros and cons of hybrid vs pure PQC,

I agree that's true (for KEMs) of the community of people
who are working on PQ things, (and that some of them
disagree about some aspects of even that;-), but those
aren't the intended audience.

I don't agree that we've worked out all the pros and cons
when it comes to signatures.

> so the answers are known (I am not talking about "here is a paper
> which says the cost is 1 cent, x amount of energy or time only; so
> this is more important than that etc. which is an opinion).
> 
> You could write a document which lists the pros and cons, let the
> users decide.  PQUIP would be a better place than SAAG I think.Someone could, yes. And that'd be a different document.

Cheers,
S.