On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 08:07:02AM -0500, Orie Steele wrote:
> Responses inline:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 8:01 AM Richard Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On the specific question of encoding the encapsulated keys -- It would be
> > a mistake to encode these as keys.  The HPKE spec deliberately treats these
> > as opaque byte strings to preserve agility with regard to the KEM.
> >
> 
> So no registry updates needed?

Right.
 
> 
> > In DHKEM, the encapsulated value is a serialized public key, but that is
> > not true more generally.
> >
> 
> Registry updates would be needed to support new suites (kyber, etc)

Only the HPKE KEM registry needs to be updated. Which is Not Our
Problem.



-Ilari

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