Hi Jim,

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Sarah Tarrant
RFC Production Center

> On Mar 9, 2026, at 11:10 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sarah,
> 
>  I've taken the liberty of filling the requested
>  information below.  Please let us know if there
>  is anything else that you require from us on this
>  or anything else.  Thanks!
> 
>  Take care.
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Tarrant <[email protected]> 
> Sent: March 9, 2026 12:00 PM
> To: Stefan Kölbl <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; 
> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; 
> [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Document intake questions about <draft-ietf-pquip-hbs-state-04>
> 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> Thank you for your reply!
> 
> One followup question: Regarding the authors' usernames, could you add their 
> name with their usernames? We're still learning everyone's usernames and 
> aren't sure which names to match with which usernames.
> 
>    • thomwiggers -- Thom Wiggers
>    • fluppe2 ------ Stavros Kousidis
>    • crypto4a ----- Jim Goodman
>    • kste --------- Stefan Kölbl
>    • BashiriK ----- Kaveh Bashiri
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Sarah Tarrant
> RFC Production Center
> 
>> On Mar 9, 2026, at 10:06 AM, Stefan Kölbl <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Sarah,
>> 
>> Thank you for reaching out. Here are the answers to your questions:
>> 
>> 1)  As there may have been multiple updates made to the document 
>> during Last Call, please review the current version of the document:
>> •
>> The text in the Abstract is still accurate. 
>> • Author information and addresses are correct.
>> 2) Please share any style information that could help us with editing 
>> your document. For example:
>> •
>> Terminology: The document’s terminology is primarily based on the 
>> specifications for Stateful HBS: RFC 8391 (XMSS), RFC 8554 (LMS/HSS), and 
>> NIST SP 800-208. 
>> • References: The reference to CNSA 2.0 should be updated to link to 
>> https://media.defense.gov/2025/May/30/2003728741/-1/-1/0/CSA_CNSA_2.0_ALGORITHMS.PDF
>>  and have a 30 May 2025 date.
>> • Capitalization: "Stateful HBS" is used as the standard acronym for the 
>> signature schemes.
>> • Formatting: Defined terms are formatted in italics e.g. *state* or _state 
>> management_. In definition lists, these are formatted in bold followed by a 
>> colon, e.g. Section 2 *private_key*.
>> 3) No issues have been identified.
>> 4) No contentious sections or special handling required. Only the "About 
>> this document" section needs removal before publication.
>> 5) This document uses one or more of the following text styles. Are these 
>> elements used consistently?
>> 
>> There are currently some inconsistencies:
>> •
>> Some terms (like _stateless_, *state*) are formatted in italics in the text, 
>> but this formatting is only applied once.
>> • key import/key export are formatted in italics on further use, while other 
>> terms are not.
>> 
>> 6) Yes, we would like to participate in the kramdown-rfc pilot.
>> 7) Yes, we would like to participate in the GitHub pilot. The authors' 
>> GitHub usernames are: thomwiggers, fluppe2, crypto4a, kste, BashiriK
>> 8) Nothing else for the RPC to be aware of.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Stefan
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM Sarah Tarrant 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Author(s),
>> 
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>>> On Mar 3, 2026, at 4:09 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> 
>>> Author(s),
>>> 
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