A [non-hybrid tls-mlkem] standard by any other name: How IETF evades responsibility for its actions

4 points by JanZerebecki

jkachmar

watching djb light his professional credibility on fire after having spent the last few years torching his personal credibility is truly something else to watch.

quad

Got a link to a summary of why he's wrong?

JanZerebecki

The saga of IETF standardisation of post quantum encryption in TLS continues with the WG issuing again a last call of the non-hybrid draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-08 (Ends 2026-07-08).

Some previous posts from djb on this:

NSA and IETF, part 7: Counting votes.
NSA and IETF, part 6: The structure of the debate.
NSA and IETF, part 5: One battle after another.
NSA and IETF, part 4: An example of censored dissent.
NSA and IETF, part 3: Dodging the issues at hand. ( on Lobsters )
NSA and IETF, part 2: Corruption continues.
MODPOD: The collapse of IETF's protections for dissent.
NSA and IETF: Can an attacker simply purchase standardization of weakened cryptography? ( on Lobsters )