[TLS] WG Adoption Call for Post-Quantum Hybrid ECDHE-MLKEM Key Agreement for TLSv1.3

Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> Wed, 26 February 2025 18:26 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] WG Adoption Call for Post-Quantum Hybrid ECDHE-MLKEM Key Agreement for TLSv1.3
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At IETF 121, the WG discussed “Post-Quantum Hybrid ECDHE-MLKEM Key Agreement for TLSv1.3”; see [0] and [1]. We also had some discussion in an information gathering thread; see [2]. We would like to now determine whether there is support to adopt this I-D. If you support adoption and are willing to review and contribute text, please send a message to the list. If you do not support adoption of this I-D, please send a message to the list and indicate why. This WG adoption call will close at 2359 UTC on 12 March 2025.

One special note: this adoption call has nothing to do with picking the mandatory-to-implement cipher suites in TLS.

Thanks,
Sean & Joe

[0] Link to I-D: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kwiatkowski-tls-ecdhe-mlkem/
[1] Link to slides: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/121/materials/slides-121-tls-post-quantum-hybrid-ecdhe-mlkem-key-agreement-for-tlsv13-00
[2] Link to information gather thread: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/yGZV5dBTcxHJhG-JtfaP6beTd68/