[TLS] Working Group Last Call for Use of ML-DSA in TLS 1.3

Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> Thu, 09 April 2026 19:31 UTC

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This is the working group last call for Use of ML-DSA in TLS 1.3. Please review draft-ietf-tls-mldsa [1] and reply to this thread indicating if you think it is ready for publication or not. If you do not think it is ready please indicate why. This call will end on April 23, 2026.

REMINDER: If you have not done so recently, review the TLS WG's Mail List Procedures; see [2].

The Chairs,
Deirdre, Joe, and Sean

[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-mldsa/
[2] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/ucdImHExlbOf4Q3BCG81gjzi2xE/