[TLS] Re: Codepoint registration for algorithms enough?

Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> Wed, 30 September 2026 16:20 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] Re: Codepoint registration for algorithms enough?
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM Ilari Liusvaara
<ilariliusvaara@welho.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 02:53:57PM -0700, Watson Ladd wrote:
> > Dear TLS WG,
> >
> > Is a codepoint registration all that we need for composite certs to
> > work in TLS pointing to the doc in LAMPS? I'm trying to understand
> > what content we would need to have here and why.
>
> AFAICT, other than the registration stuff, mostly just interoperability
> and security considerations. Prominent part of security considerations
> is downgrade attacks (to both traditional and standalone).

That doesn't seem specific to this draft but shared by any enablement
of a new signature scheme.

I.e. draft-barnes-tls-this-could-have-been-an-email applies.

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