Hi Rifaat,

Am Mittwoch, dem 15.07.2026 um 13:19 -0400 schrieb Rifaat Shekh-Yusef:
> Hi Erwin,
> 
> You seem to be referring to the following draft:
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-reddy-pquip-pqc-signature-migration-01.html
> 
> This thread is specifically about the Dual certificates draft.
> I suggest that you start a separate thread on this topic with the
> proper subject.

indeed, that is opened in my browser tab.

Too bad. Sorry for the inconvience, though the critic still holds ...

Regards.
--eh.



> Regards,
>  Rifaat
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM Erwin Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Rifaat,
> > 
> > given the title "Guidance for Migration to Composite, Dual, or PQC
> > Authentication" I guess we can not neglect the 'operational' impact
> > of
> > that choice.
> > 
> > IMHO, it is not enough to define and provide some data structures,
> > rather we should care about how to use those in an existing world
> > with
> > a heterogeneous infrastructure; among TPMs are one part.
> > 
> > A few years ago, it was my duty to extend the 'libdkim' with ECC
> > signatures [1], [2]. This involved three steps:
> > 
> > a) To generate ECC DKIM signatures  (and advertise them im the
> > email
> > header - you can verify this by looking at this mail) in a hybrid
> > mode.
> > b) A parser, able to verify RSA and ECC DKIM signatures.
> > c) To provide users with the capability to offer the DKIM public
> > keys
> > in the DNS (given my 'Bernstein SW' related 'universe').
> > 
> > Thus, my argumentation is: In order to give a valid guidance, one
> > has
> > to consider generation, transport, and usage of those
> > certificates. 
> > I would call this a 360 degree view. 
> > 
> > It would be helpful if the draft can be extended to meet those
> > requirements. Unfortunately, the last step seems to be quite
> > research
> > intensive to me and probably will never be 100% close to what is
> > expected. 
> > 
> > Rather, if not in-scope, the introduction of your draft should at
> > least
> > mention that obstacle. Also, some kind of operational picture -
> > providing insight into the different domains given the different
> > data
> > structures - would certainly help.
> > 
> > On the long run, the (qualified) operational use of hybrid
> > certificates
> > could be addressed in a different document.
> > 
> > Regards.
> > --eh.
> > 
> > [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8463
> > [2] https://www.fehcom.de/pub/DKIM.pdf
> > 
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, dem 15.07.2026 um 12:13 -0400 schrieb Rifaat Shekh-
> > Yusef:
> > > Hi Erwin,
> > > 
> > > TPMs are out of scope for this document, because this deals with
> > > what
> > > goes "on the wire".
> > > 
> > > Can you elaborate on what you have in mind about TPMs in this
> > > case?
> > 

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