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Subject: [TLS] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-05 (Ends 2026-02-27)
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Hi Paul,

Quoting from [2] below:

"The chairs will then redo a working group
last call to see if there is rough consensus for publishing this document."

FWIW, I read that as meaning a fresh WGLC not one limited to the
diff. And I think it'd be unwise to process this as if it weren't
as controversial as it clearly is.

Cheers,
S.

On 20/02/2026 15:00, Paul Wouters wrote:
> 
> [ AD hat on ]
> 
> All,
> 
> I want to remind people that the goal of this 2nd WGLC is to focus on
> the new text changed in responds to the conclusion of the 1st WGLC.
> 
> We already had a WGLC on this document [1] and the conclusion [2] was
> that it passed WGLC provided some clarifying text would be added that
> stated that for the general use case, hybrids were preferred. This
> 2nd WGLC is about that topic.
> 
> There is an appeal chain that got muddled by the inappropriate use of
> derivative clauses that is still in progress, but so far yielded the AD
> statement [3] that confirmed the WG Chairs view that the consensus call
> passed. There is an appeal with the IESG [4] on that decision, and this
> document will not be placed in the RFC Editor queue until that appeal has
> concluded, but will also not stop all processing while the appeal runs.
> 
> This 2nd WGLC is meant to get those people who provisionally said "yes"
> to publication of this document pending some extra text, to review this
> text and let us know if that resolves the conditional part of their
> "yes" statement. The text changes to discuss can be seen at:
> 
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-ietf-tls- 
> mlkem-05&url2=draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-07&difftype=--html
> 
> 
> I understand this is a heated topic. I am also not hearing from people
> that they have changed their opinion on whether or not to publish this
> document at all. Confirming your views are fine, but again, that is not
> the goal of this 2nd WGLC. It would be helpful if, especially those
> people who wanted additional clarifying text, to give us feedback on
> this. And ideally, offer up suggestions that would address any still
> outstanding issues.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> 
> [1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/Pzdox1sDDG36q19PWDVPghsiyXA/
> [2] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/Gc6KVPrVHn-QCkeEcvJ_qtRcFxY/
> [3] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/dzPT8KQe4S-_pZROLUJMvS9pM0M/
> [4] https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/iesg/appeals/artifact/230
> 
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