[TLS] Re: Confirming PQ+T Signatures Consensus

[Soatok Dreamseeker <[e-mail]>]

1. No.
2. If the previous "No" is not sufficient, then do not pursue both; choose
only one. I think that means "Yes".
3. No.
4. No, but less strongly than the "No" for 3.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM Sean Turner <[e-mail]> wrote:

> At IETF 126, the chairs conducted a series of polls [1] to determine the
> way forward for PQ+T hybrid signatures after hearing from the
> -composite-mldsa [2] and -pqt-dual-certs [3] authors; you can watch the
> setup, authors presentations, and the polls at [4] from around 0:16:47
> until 1:08:00. The polls' results showed in-room consensus to 1) work on PQ
> + T Signatures for TLS and 2) work only on -composite-mldsa. The chairs now
> need to confirm this consensus on list. We are going to do this by asking
> the four questions that follow. Please take note of the take note of the
> following:
>
> 1. Framing of the questions is found in this deck [5]; in case it is/was
> not clear a "Yes" on Question 1 implies WG adoption of a draft.
> 2. Again, a "Yes" for 3 or 4 implies you are in favor of adopting the
> associated draft as a working group item.
> 3. Based on the responses we got during the session we only asked the 1st
> 4 questions in [5].
>
> Please provide your answers to the following questions by 12 October 2026:
>
> 1. Should the WG work on PQ + T Hybrid Signatures for TLS?
> 2. Should the WG only work on one: -pqt-dual-certs or -composite-ml-dsa?
> 3. Should the WG work on: -pqt-dual-certs?
> 4. Should the WG work on: -composite-ml-dsa?
>
> Cheers,
> spt (for the chairs)
>
> [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/polls-126-tls-202607241600/
> [2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-reddy-tls-composite-mldsa/
> [3] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yusef-tls-pqt-dual-certs/
> [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1s1UMmhTI
> [5]
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/126/materials/slides-126-tls-framing-pq-t-signatures-for-tls-00
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