Dear Rich,
While the exact phrase "blocking objection" may not appear in RFC 2026 or RFC
2418, the concept of a substantive technical objection that prevents the
declaration of consensus is foundational to IETF procedures.
As detailed in RFC 7282 ("On Consensus and Humming in the IETF"), rough
consensus cannot be legitimately declared until all substantive technical
issues have been addressed by the working group. If a participant raises a
severe technical concern, as I believe I have done regarding the security and
design of draft-ietf-tls-mlkem, the chairs must ensure it is adequately
resolved or explained before moving forward.
In this procedural reality, my objection effectively blocks the declaration of
rough consensus until these critical technical concerns are addressed,
regardless of the specific semantic terminology used.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, at 10:26 PM, Salz, Rich wrote:
> • Despite emails sent from the AD on this list (and to me off-list), I still
> • don't see any acknowledgment regarding this blocking objection submission,
> • despite my request for one.
>
> The IETF processes have do not have the concept of a “blocking objection.”
> RFC 2026 and RFC 2418 describe the standards process and working group
> procedures, respectively. You might find it easier to read the version of the
> documents at the PROCON working group[1], which rolls up the dozens of
> update-RFCs and errata that have been submitted against those documents.
>
> Perhaps you mean that you want to file an appeal?
>
> For what it’s worth, I have changed my view on the draft and do not object to
> its publication so please remove me from the list of names that you quote.. I
> also do not object to it not being published. Life’s too short and I don’t
> give a flying fig about this document any more.
>
> [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/procon/documents/
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Nadim Kobeissi
Symbolic Software • https://symbolic.software
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