Hi,

I'm in favor of option 1.

Regards,

OS


On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM Ilari Liusvaara <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 01:19:37PM +0530, tirumal reddy wrote:
> > Hi WG members,
> >
> > Following the presentation at IETF 124 in Montreal (slides
> > <
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/slides-124-jose-pq-kems-for-cose-and-jose-00
> >),
> > we would like to seek the WG input on the choice of key type for
> > representing PQC KEM keys in COSE and JOSE for
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-jose-pqc-kem/.
> >
> > Listing the three options below:
> >
> >    1.
> >
> >    *AKP (Asymmetric Key Pair)*
> >
> >    2.
> >
> >    *OKP (Octet Key Pair)*
> >
> >    3.
> >
> >    *New “KEM” Key Type*
>
> 2.
>
> - OKP is designed for stuff like this from the very beginning (yeah,
>   the naming is just bad).
>
> - AKP is not meant for stuff like key agreement keys. It is primarily
>   for pure signatures, but could work for Key Encryption (JOSE) / Key
>   Transport (COSE).
>
> - ktys are not supposed to be isomorphic, but KEM would be
>   isomorphic to OKP.
>
>
>
>
> -Ilari
>
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