Hi,

At the danger to open a can of worms, I still would like have a
discussion on the following:

Given the progress Dave reported at the summit from the IETF MLS working
group, I think it has become a viable option to standardize MLS on XMPP
and implement MLS in stead of investing in OMEMO 2.

Against:
- MLS is not final / reviewed yet, so it is not stable and may still
have serious issues.
- MLS has recently seen a patent claim against it that is not yet
decided upon.

In favor:
- MLS is done by / backed by the cryptographic community of the IETF, so
it avoids making the mistakes that you can easily make when doing crypto
yourself and any (early) MLS implementation can enjoy a lot of reviews
from them.
- We can expect input / contributions from the IETF community when
implementing MLS
- MLS has the possibility of proxy-reencryption, creating a good
solution for multi-device situations and group chats.

Please tell what you think.

Winfried

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