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[TLS] Re: Confirming PQ+T Signatures Consensus

Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com> Fri, 02 October 2026 21:19 UTC

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From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:19:33 +0400
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Same for me.

Also, as I said previously, large players in the tls ecosystems can afford
to rotating algorithms easily.

There are some advantages to a hybrid signatures scheme.

On Fri, 02 Oct 2026, 05:28 Damien Miller, <djm@mindrot.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Sep 2026, Sean Turner wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> (1) yes
> (2) only one
> (3) no
> (4) yes
>
> Thanks,
> Damien
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