Hi Ekr,

Appreciate the comments. Errors on WG-process are my own, certainly.

The discussion I've heard from my end has significantly more worries. Of
course, if there are no such worries -- and pure-mlkem for TLS1.3 is
swiftly moving to publication as an RFC, great.

--Daniel

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:53 AM Daniel Apon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I am aware there was a recent "mandatory call" for pure-mlkem that
>> recently failed. It might surprise those who know me to hear that I agree
>> with that mandatory call failing. I do not think it's the proper time for
>> pure-mlkem to be mandatory.
>>
>
> This is not correct. There was never a call for pure ML-KEM to be
> mandatory,
> or, for that matter, even recommended. The call was for consensus on
> requesting
> publication of the document.
>
>
>
>> So, my general call is for the following:
>> 1) Adopt hybrid-ECC-MLKEM for TLS 1.3
>>
>
> This has already happened. In fact, the WG has requested publication of
> this document.
>
>
>
>> 2) Adopt ML-KEM-only for TLS 1.3
>>
>
> This has also already happened. The discussion on the table is whether to
> request
> publication of this document in its current optional state. That is also
> the context
> of the upcoming call mentioned by the chairs.
>
> -Ekr
>
>
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