[TLS] Re: WG Adoption Call for ML-KEM Post-Quantum Key Agreement for TLS 1.3

[Sean Turner <[e-mail]>]

Hi! It looks like we have consensus to adopt this draft as a working group item. There were concerns raised about signaling with this draft as it relates to draft-ietf-tls-ecdhe-mlkem, but we can address those via the Recommended column values, publishing one and holding the other, etc.; and, we can discuss these when they are WG items.  A couple of other things to note:

1. Authors, please submit the draft named as: draft-ietf-tls-mlkem
2. Authors, please make no changes other than the boilerplate, e.g., name & dates for the -00 WG version
3. We will start the WG adoption call for draft-tls-westerbaan-mldsa shortly

Cheers,
spt

> On Apr 1, 2025, at 8:58 AM, Sean Turner <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> We are continuing with our pre-announced tranche of WG adoption calls; see [0] for more information. This time we are issuing a WG adoption call for the ML-KEM Post-Quantum Key Agreement for TLS 1.3 I-D [1]. If you support adoption and are willing to review and contribute text, please send a message to the list. If you do not support adoption of this draft, please send a message to the list and indicate why. This call will close at 2359 UTC on 15 April 2025.
> 
> In response to other WG adoption calls, Dan Bernstein pointed out some potential IPR (see [2]), but no IPR disclosure has been made in accordance with BCP 79.  Additional information is provided here; see [3].
> 
> BCP 79 makes this important point:
> 
>  (b) The IETF, following normal processes, can decide to use
>    technology for which IPR disclosures have been made if it decides
>    that such a use is warranted.
> 
> WG members can take this information into account during this adoption call to determine if we should adopt these drafts.
> 
> Reminder:  This call for adoption has nothing to do with picking the mandatory-to-implement cipher suites in TLS.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joe and Sean
> 
> [0] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/KMOTm_lE5OIAKG8_chDlRKuav7c/
> [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-connolly-tls-mlkem-key-agreement/
> [2] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/mt4_p95NZv8duZIJvJPdZV90-ZU/
> [3] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/spasm/GKFhHfBeCgf8hQQvhUcyOJ6M-kI/
>