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From: Peter C <Peter.C@ncsc.gov.uk>
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I support publication as an RFC. An Internet Draft with codepoints is not
sufficient as most SDOs (including the IETF) won't allow their standards
to cite I-Ds normatively. 

Peter 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Salowey via Datatracker <noreply@ietf.org>
> Sent: 24 June 2026 16:00
> To: draft-ietf-tls-mlkem@ietf.org; tls-chairs@ietf.org; tls@ietf.org
> Subject: [TLS] WG Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-08 (Ends 2026-07-08)
> 
> This message initiates a new Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-tls-
> mlkem[1], which defines standalone ML-KEM key establishment for TLS 1.3.
> The main question before the working group is: "Should the working group
> publish a document specifying stand alone ML-KEM?". 

> - Liaisons: We received liaison statements from multiple SDOs including  O-
> RAN[2], IEEE 802.11[4] and from 3GPP[3]  expressing support for the
> publication of draft-ietf-tls-mlkem as an RFC as they rely on the IETF to
> provide a stable normative reference.
 
> Joe and Sean

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