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[TLS] Re: Complaint to ADs and IESG regarding TLS WG chairs falsely claiming WG consensus to issue an RFC for draft-ietf-tls-mldsa

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 27 May 2026 20:55 UTC

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 15:54:48 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Nadim Kobeissi <nadim@symbolic.software>
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On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 10:13:32PM +0200, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
> This is really silly. I am starting to see why Dr. Bernstein’s
> complaints have previously invited so much disagreement.
> 
> Dan, I ask that you withdraw this complaint. This is ridiculous.

Agreed.  I also agree with Simon that MITM attacks on classical crypto
in a PQ world are extremely concerning.

Nico
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