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[TLS] Re: Working Group Last Call for Use of ML-DSA in TLS 1.3

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Hiya,

On 06/05/2026 14:07, Sean Turner wrote:
> Conclusion: The chairs believe there is consensus to proceed with
> publication of this draft as an RFC with Recommended=N for those
> people that want to use this algorithm, and a future Standards
> Action will be needed to make a change to Recommended=Y, if anyone
> has the willingness to undergo this heated discussion again.

IMO more-or-less the same discussion will recur so long
as there's nowhere to find general IETF guidance on these
topics.

Meanwhile, I'm ok accepting that my position is in the rough
here. (But I'm still correct:-)

Cheers,
S.

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