#bernstein

Bernstein files a formal complaint against SSH chairs who tried to silence him

The SSHM chairs met an unanswered objection to solo post-quantum signatures with moderation threats instead of discussion. D. J. Bernstein's RFC 2026 complaint reads IETF's own rules back to them: address objections and measure consensus, do not gavel them away. The call for adoption closes 17 August.

By staff

Security & Cryptography20d ago

Moderated over a footnote: Bernstein, pure ML-KEM, and the IETF's closed door

While the TLS working group pushed pure ML-KEM through last call, chairs repeatedly silenced the draft's most rigorous critic over a copyright protest footnote, as signals-intelligence participation went largely unexamined.

By tarpit