Subject: [lamps] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-lamps-pq-composite-sigs-08 (Ends 2025-10-06)
From: Russ Housley <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 12:13:15 -0500
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Draft -14 was posted yesterday.  The diff shows significant editorial changes.  Please make sure that any concerns that you raised were adequately resolved.  To set a clear deadline, I will start new WG Last Call for that revision.

For the LAMPS WG Chairs,
  Russ

> On Sep 22, 2025, at 11:50 AM, Russ Housley via Datatracker <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Subject: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-lamps-pq-composite-sigs-08 (Ends 2025-10-06)
> 
> This message starts a 2-week WG Last Call for this document.
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> Abstract:
>   This document defines combinations of ML-DSA [FIPS.204] in hybrid
>   with traditional algorithms RSASSA-PKCS1-v1.5, RSASSA-PSS, ECDSA,
>   Ed25519, and Ed448.  These combinations are tailored to meet security
>   best practices and regulatory guidelines.  Composite ML-DSA is
>   applicable in any application that uses X.509 or PKIX data structures
>   that accept ML-DSA, but where the operator wants extra protection
>   against breaks or catastrophic bugs in ML-DSA.
> 
> File can be retrieved from:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-pq-composite-sigs/
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