[TLS] Re: Notice of Moderation for Postings by D. J. Bernstein

[Nadim Kobeissi <[e-mail]>]

Hi Joe,

The only off-putting thing about Dr. Bernstein’s email is that there’s a lot of them, and they’re extremely verbose and often repetitive.

A couple of weeks ago, we even had people on the list accusing each other of outright criminal behavior, and no such moderation occurred.

I’m looking forward to your restoring your credibility when you also start moderating folks that disrupt the list by employing bad-faith rhetoric to silence and intimidate those they disagree with, or engage in personal attacks.

The TLS Chairs are unbelievably biased and obviously incompetent.

Nadim Kobeissi
Symbolic Software • https://symbolic.software

> On 29 Jun 2026, at 5:01 AM, Joseph Salowey <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> The TLS Chairs have, after consultation with the AD, decided to moderate
> the postings of D. J. Bernstein for 30 days due to continued disruptive
> behavior [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] as allowed by the IESG statement on the 
> intentional inclusion of a derivative works notice in list emails [1]. 
> This follows previous public warnings for disruptive behavior 
> [9][10][11][12][13][14].
> 
> This action is taken under BCP9 / RFC3934 Section 2, with  the exception
> that moderation instead of suspension of all posting rights is applied.
> Postings by D. J. Bernstein will be held for moderation and after
> confirmation by the TLS Chairs of being on topic and not disruptive, will
> be released to the list. Please note that release of messages to the TLS
> list may take up to two working days.
> 
> On behalf of the TLS Chairs,
> 
> Joe
> [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-clarifying-derivative-works-rights/
> [2] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/GL9oPGn60Oz601--gqCk4hcQlCM/
> [3] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/X8-3pmioGxFZX3T0tRsdxPWKx3I/
> [4] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/IxuKXmrNL3drVmEo-3cJiYBfOwI/
> [5] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/sJZkQ1YRYXF_lIhr0tKF_qTvlOg/
> [6] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/m-gqGbrdOObvMd1qxb6PnOvJVzw/
> [7] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/XHT418V8IBYcl0bHf9tsdBc1Sds/
> [8] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/lo9FBpW-6WhvltdV5CFATAnUNgk/
> [9] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/ivYCeEHbgs_qo5EaenOezxK11jg/
> [10] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/_15N-0uipLJAIBEPlEq_7F2NB2Q/
> [11] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/NdDHaQkC4uglI3P5Or8SmHxFZ-Q/
> [12] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/LHeWv-fwBrN6NC-JjC2F49DXIps/
> [13] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/no0lW8r_wIPGF1ZXWB3EaGywh9Q/
> [14] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/hh5h54j9mdSN-4xNBv8pItQg-Xg/
> 
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