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"Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu> Mon, 06 April 2026 22:02 UTC

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From: "Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu>
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
Thread-Topic: [TLS] Re: [EXT] Re: New Liaison Statement, "Liaison communication to IETF regarding draft-ietf-tls-mlkem"
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Nico, I assure you that for this issue “coercion” is not the case for many users, including myself. Purely understanding of science, and technical requirements (beyond the pure theoretical “crypto papers”).


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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
Date: Monday, April 6, 2026 at 17:39
To: Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL <uri@ll.mit.edu>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Sardar <muhammad_usama.sardar@tu-dresden.de>, tls@ietf.org <tls@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [TLS] Re: [EXT] Re: New Liaison Statement, "Liaison communication to IETF regarding draft-ietf-tls-mlkem"


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On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 07:54:44PM +0000, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote:
> For how much longer will the opponents of non-hybrid (because the
> other side has nothing against hybrids — they simply want the freedom
> to exercise other options, based on their educated conclusion) beat
> this dead horse?

The issue, I think, is that some of "the other side" that want to
"exercise other options" may do so under coercion, but then, us not
publishing the RFC does not alter that they will continue to so be.

Nico
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