[saag] Re: post quantum guidance draft

Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Dec 2025 07:07:38 -0800
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On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM Stephen Farrell <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> Hiya,
>
> On 01/12/2025 14:44, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> > Yes, I think we should provide guidance, but this draft is the wrong
> > way to do it. Rather, we should provide guidance in the protocols
> > themselves, which is not inconsistent with registering a lot of code
> > points (hence tools like "recommended=Y/N").
>
> That's implementer guidance and I'm not really sure that
> IANA column thing is that effective as a tool TBH.


I'm not really interested in debating that column with you, but I
I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to WGs having more tools for
providing deployment guidance. However to the extent to which
they're not doing so, I don't think this kind of draft is the answer.

-Ekr

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