Subject: [TLS] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-09.txt> (ML-KEM Post-Quantum Key Agreement for TLS 1.3) to Informational RFC
From: Russ Housley <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], IETF TLS <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:09:45 -0400
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I have read this document, and I support publication as an Informational RFC.

Russ

> On Jul 30, 2026, at 4:38 PM, The IESG <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> 
> The IESG has received a request from the Transport Layer Security WG (tls) to
> consider the following document: - 'ML-KEM Post-Quantum Key Agreement for TLS
> 1.3'
>  <draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-09.txt> as Informational RFC
> 
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
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> Abstract
> 
> 
>   This memo defines ML-KEM-512, ML-KEM-768, and ML-KEM-1024 as
>   NamedGroups and registers IANA values in the TLS Supported Groups
>   registry for use in TLS 1.3 to achieve post-quantum (PQ) key
>   establishment.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The file can be obtained via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-mlkem/
> 
> 
> The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D:
> 
>   https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/7227/