[saag] Re: post quantum guidance draft

On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 06:48:04PM +0000, Salz, Rich wrote:
> >> My principal objection is that I do not know who the target audience
> >> is; who would benefit from this, and — most importantly — follow
> >> it?
> 
> > The target audience would be "the IETF" (which includes the IESG and
> > protocol implementors even if they are not IETF participants).
> 
> So would that mean that, for example, if the published document says
> “do not use pure-PQ signatures until 2030” that no WG would define
> code-points for them? Or that the WG could define them but that nobody
> in the WG would implement them?

Directives could be to any one, two, or three of

 - IESG (no protocol action for I-Ds that either specify or make
   algorithms RECOMMENDED or MTI; could be just about MTI))

 - RFC-Editor (do not publish <ditto>)

 - IANA (do not allocate ...)

For example, I would _not_ be in favor of directives to IANA.

Nico
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