[TLS] Re: Violations of the individual-participants rule
Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Wed, 08 April 2026 20:26 UTC
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Subject: [TLS] Re: Violations of the individual-participants rule
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM D. J. Bernstein <djb@cr.yp.to> wrote: > > 1) The IEEE group wants an RFC. They can advocate for this just as > > anyone else can. (yes!) > ... > > This rule isn't merely about who's allowed to respond to last calls. > It's about _all_ participation in a WG. > ... It's interesting. I think we agree on the technical point, or at least it's pretty close. But I don't do appeals unless they are sure to be rejected, so they are just graffiti. The reason is that appeals lend legitimacy to the broken process and bad decision making. This will just be another busted WiFi encryption standard if we are right. If we're wrong, well, good. thanks, Rob
- [TLS] Violations of the individual-participants r… D. J. Bernstein
- [TLS] Re: Violations of the individual-participan… Rob Sayre
- [TLS] Re: Violations of the individual-participan… Watson Ladd
- [TLS] Re: Violations of the individual-participan… Rob Sayre