A [non-hybrid tls-mlkem] standard by any other name: How IETF evades responsibility for its actions

The saga of IETF standardisation of post quantum encryption in TLS continues with the WG issuing again a last call of the non-hybrid draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-08 (Ends 2026-07-08).

Some previous posts from djb on this:

• NSA and IETF, part 7: Counting votes.

• NSA and IETF, part 6: The structure of the debate.

• NSA and IETF, part 5: One battle after another.

• NSA and IETF, part 4: An example of censored dissent.

•NSA and IETF, part 3: Dodging the issues at hand. ( on Lobsters )

• NSA and IETF, part 2: Corruption continues.

• MODPOD: The collapse of IETF's protections for dissent.

•NSA and IETF: Can an attacker simply purchase standardization of weakened cryptography? ( on Lobsters )