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

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Tue, 28 April 2026 21:24 UTC

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On 28/04/2026 21:24, Sean Turner wrote:
> Hi! The chairs have judged that there is consensus to progress this
> I-D.

Well, that's a terse summary of a surprising conclusion. (And not
even 'rough'?)

I think it'd be good to understand the chairs' reasoning as to why
the various objections have been sufficiently deal with.

Cheers,
S.


> We will work with the authors to get a new version submitted
> and we will get to work on the Shepherd Write-Up.
> 
> The Chairs, Deirdre, Joe, and Sean
> 
>> On Apr 9, 2026, at 15:30, Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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/
> 
> 
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