[TLS] Re: WG chair impartiality re: draft-usama-tls-risks-of-mlkem

Nadim Kobeissi <nadim@symbolic.software> Fri, 05 June 2026 18:58 UTC

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Hi Andrew,

No, actually, I think this should count as a surprise and I definitely expect the AD to provide a timely and substantive answer to my query.

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

On 5 Jun 2026, at 5:51 PM, Andrew Lee <andrew@joseon.com> wrote:


On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM Nadim Kobeissi <nadim@symbolic.software> wrote:
I’m noting for the record that the AD asked for this to be moved to its own thread and then, once it was, stopped answering it.

Nadim Kobeissi
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No surprise. Business as usual for the IETF.


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