On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 11:56 PM Loganaden Velvindron <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 at 02:08, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM Filippo Valsorda <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2026-03-22 22:23 GMT+01:00 Muhammad Usama Sardar <
> [email protected]>:
> >>
> >> Hi Joe and Sean,
> >>
> >> I have the same concern as Stephen. Please precisely specify the binary
> outcome of the WGLC.
> >>
> >> Moreover, please add the following to the list:
> >>
> >> Bring an attestation of ML-KEM from Crypto Review Panel [0] of CFRG
> >>
> >>
> >> I’m sorry, what is a Crypto Review Panel “attestation,” what is it
> expected to bring over the multi-year, international NIST competition, and
> why would an IRTF opinion be blocking for an IETF document?
> >
> >
> > FWIW, I agree with you in the specific case of ML-KEM.
> >
> > To the broader question, I think that the IETF should avoid adopting
> algorithms
> > that haven't seen a sufficient level of vetting. This could be provided
> by CFRG
> > or, as you observe, by a multi-year international NIST competition.
> >
> There are also open source projects like OpenBSD which have integrated
> sntrup761 in hybrid mode
> within OpenSSH for a long time.
>
> With security companies like Qualys constantly trying to find new
> vulnerabilities in openssh,
> I'm pretty sure that they would have found a vulnerability in
> x25519sntrup761 kex codebase by now ?
>

The question is not about the security of the code but rather the
security of the algorithm.

-Ekr


>
> NIST is a good option, but maybe we could get the perspective of folks
> like Markus Friedl (openssh) or Damien Miller (openssh)
> in the Crypto Review Panel ?
>
>
>
> > -Ekr
> >
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