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[TLS] Re: Working Group Last Call for Post-quantum Hybrid ECDHE-MLKEM Key Agreement for TLSv1.3

Bas Westerbaan <bas@cloudflare.com> Tue, 07 October 2025 16:32 UTC

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Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:31:52 +0200
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>
> I also believe the documentation that such RFCs can describe by talking
> about all other algoritms and comparisions and evaluations in one
> document to provide a much better context with clearer direction and
> advise to implementers.
>
> It also makes the IETF process easier, as one only needs to update 1 RFC
> to revise the guidlines in the future, instead of keep needing to Update:
> a bunch of documents.


Sounds like a good plan to me.

 Bas

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