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[TLS] Re: Composite ML-DSA

Muhammad Usama Sardar <muhammad_usama.sardar@tu-dresden.de> Wed, 15 April 2026 15:15 UTC

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On 15.04.26 16:37, Salz, Rich wrote:

> I am also opposed to composite signatures for TLS. I don’t see a need 
> that justifies the enormous API complications that would ensue. And, 
> frankly, much more likely to have implementation bugs for the first 
> couple of years.

I think it suffices to say that Rome was not built in one day! I believe 
we should get started, do adoption call, do the formal analysis, start 
implementating, do the formal verification of these implementations and 
so on ...

Best,

-Usama

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