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draft-ounsworth-cfrg-kem-combiners-00
CFRG M. Ounsworth
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Combiner function for hybrid key encapsulation mechanisms (Hybrid KEMs)
draft-ounsworth-cfrg-kem-combiners-00
Abstract
The migration to post-quantum cryptography often calls for performing
multiple key encapsulations in parallel and then combining their
outputs to derive a single shared secret.
This document defines the KEM combiner KDF( H(ss1) || H(ss2) ) which
is considered to be a dual PRF in practice, even though not provably
secure. This mechanism simplifies to KDF( ss1 || ss2 ) when used
with a KEM which internally uses a KDF to produce its shared secret.
RSA-KEM, ECDH, Edwards curve DH, and CRYSTALS-Kyber are shown to meet
this criteria and therefore be safe to use with the simplified KEM
combiner.
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Table of Contents
1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Key Encapsulation Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. KEM/PSK hybrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. PQ/Traditional hybrid KEMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. KEM-based AKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. KEM Combiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Appendix A. Security Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A.1. Dual PRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A.2. KEM primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A.3. RSA-KEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A.4. Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) . . . . . . . . . . 11
A.5. Edwards Curve Diffie-Hellman (X25519 / X448) . . . . . . 12
A.6. CRYSTALS-Kyber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix B. Intellectual Property Considerations . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix C. Contributors and Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . 13
C.1. Making contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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1. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
This document is consistent with all terminology defined in
[I-D.driscoll-pqt-hybrid-terminology].
1.1. Key Encapsulation Mechanisms
For the purposes of this document, we consider a Key Encapsulation
Mechanism (KEM) to be any asymmetric cryptographic scheme comprised
of algorithms satisfying the following interfaces [PQCAPI].
def kemKeyGen() -> (pk, sk)
def kemEncaps(pk) -> (ct, ss)
def kemDecaps(ct, sk) -> ss
where pk is public key, sk is secret key, ct is ciphertext, and ss is
shared secret.
KEMs are typically used in cases where two parties, hereby refereed
to as the "encapsulater" and the "decapsulater", wish to establish a
shared secret via public key cryptography, where the decapsulater has
an asymmetric key pair and has previously shared the public key with
the encapsulater.
2. Introduction
The need for a KEM combiner function arises in three different
contexts within IETF security protocols:
1. KEM / PSK hybrids where the output of a KEM is combined with a
static pre-shared key.
2. Post-quantum / tradtional hybrid KEMs.
3. KEM-based authenticated key exchanges (AKEs).
This document normalizes a mechanisms for combining the output of two
KEMs.
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2.1. KEM/PSK hybrids
As a post-quantum stop-gap, several IETF protocols have added
extensions to allow for mixing a pre-shared key (PSK) into an (EC)DH
based key exchange. Examples include CMS [RFC8696] and IKEv2
[RFC8784].
2.2. PQ/Traditional hybrid KEMs
A post-quantum / traditional hybrid key encapsulation mechanism
(hybrid KEM) as defined in [I-D.driscoll-pqt-hybrid-terminology] as
PQ/T Hybrid Key Encapsulation Mechanism: A Key Encapsulation
Mechanism (KEM) made up of two or more component KEM algorithms
where at least one is a post-quantum algorithm and at least one is
a traditional algorithm.
Building a PQ/T hybrid KEM requires a secure function which combines
the output of both component KEMs to form a single output. Several
IETF protocols are adding PQ/T hybrid KEM mechanisms as part of their
overall post-quantum migration strategies, examples include TLS 1.3
[I-D.ietf-tls-hybrid-design], IKEv2
[I-D.ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-multiple-ke], X.509; PKIX; CMS
[I-D.ounsworth-pq-composite-kem], OpenPGP (CITE once Aron's draft is
up), JOSE / COSE (CITE once Orie's drafts are up).
2.3. KEM-based AKE
The need for a KEM-based authenticated key establishment arises, for
example, when two communicating parties each have long-term KEM keys
(for example in X.509 certificates), and wish to involve both KEM
keys in deriving a mutually-authenticated shared secret. In
particular this will arise for any protocol that needs to provide
post-quantum replacements for static-static (elliptic curve) Diffie-
Hellman mechanisms. Examples include a KEM replacement for CMP's
DHBasedMac [I-D.ietf-lamps-cmp-updates], .. TODO: cite others.
3. KEM Combiner
A KEM combiner is a function that takes in two shared secrets and
returns a combined shared secret, where all values are byte arrays.
ss = kemCombiner(ss1, ss2)
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This document assumes that shared secrets are the output of a KEM,
but without loss of generality they may also be any other source of
cryptographic key material, such as pre-shared keys (PSKs), with PQ/
PSK being a quantum-safe migration strategy being made available by
some protocols, see for example IKEv2 in [RFC8784].
In general it is desirable to use a dual PRF, a dual-input PRF which
is keyed off either input, as a KEM combiner (see Appendix A.1 for a
discussion of dual PRFs). We take the following construction as a
dual PRF in practice, and therefore suitable for use in all IETF
protocols that need to combine the output of two KEMs:
ss = kemCombiner(ss1, ss2) = KDF( H(ss1) || H(ss2) )
Figure 1: general KEM combiner construction
where KDF represents a suitable choice of cryptographic key
derivation function, H represents a cryptographic hash function, ss1
and ss2 represent the outputs of the first and second KEMs, and ||
represents concatenation. KDF and H are assumed to behave as random
oracles.
See Appendix A.2 for security analysis on the safety of using this
combiner with RSA-KEM [RFC5990], elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
[SEC1], Edwards curve Diffie-Hellman [RFC7748], and CRYSTALS-Kyber
[I-D.cfrg-schwabe-kyber]. All of these cryptographic algorithms are
found to have a KDF or cryptographic hash as the last step before
output of the shared secret, and therefore the KEM combiner
construction may be simplified to the following when used with
combinations of the analyzed cryptographic algorithms.
ss = kemCombiner(ss1, ss2) = KDF( ss1 || ss2 )
Figure 2: simplified KEM combiner construction when both KEMs are
known to provide strong output
This simplified combiner proposed as a KEM combiner, for example in
[I-D.ietf-tls-hybrid-design].
In the case that more than two shared secrets need to be combined,
the above construction can be extended in the obvious way:
ss = kemCombiner(ss1, ss2, ss3, ... )
= KDF( H(ss1) || H(ss2) || H(ss3) ... )
Figure 3: KEM combiner construction for combining more than two
shared secrets
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4. IANA Considerations
None.
5. Security Considerations
This work assumes that the KEM combiner defined in Section 3 is a
dual PRF in practice, despite the lack of security proof. As the
academic literature progresses towards provably secure dual PRFs,
this document may need to be obsoleted in favour of a more robust
primitive.
It is important to note that the analysis herein pertains to the
specific cryptographic algorithms analyzed and do not necessarily
generalize to other constructions, even if they are based on the same
underlying primitive. Specifically it depends on whether the shared
secret produced by the KEM is the output of a fixed and secure key
derivation function which makes the length and value of the shared
secret beyond the direct control of the initiator of the KEM.
6. References
6.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC5990] Randall, J., Kaliski, B., Brainard, J., and S. Turner,
"Use of the RSA-KEM Key Transport Algorithm in the
Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", RFC 5990,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5990, September 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5990>.
[RFC7748] Langley, A., Hamburg, M., and S. Turner, "Elliptic Curves
for Security", RFC 7748, DOI 10.17487/RFC7748, January
2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7748>.
[SEC1] "Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group, SEC1:
Elliptic Curve Cryptography", May 2009,
<<https://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf>>.
6.2. Informative References
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[Aviram2022]
Aviram, N., Dowling, B., Komargodski, I., Paterson, K. G.,
Ronen, E., and E. Yogev, "Practical (Post-Quantum) Key
Combiners from One-Wayness and Applications to TLS.",
2022, <https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/065>.
[Bellare2015]
Bellare, M. and A. Lysyanskaya, "Symmetric and Dual PRFs
from Standard Assumptions: A Generic Validation of an HMAC
Assumption.", 2015, <https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1198>.
[I-D.cfrg-schwabe-kyber]
Schwabe, P. and B. Westerbaan, "Kyber Post-Quantum KEM",
Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-cfrg-schwabe-
kyber-01, 23 September 2022,
<https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-cfrg-schwabe-kyber-
01.txt>.
[I-D.driscoll-pqt-hybrid-terminology]
D, F., "Terminology for Post-Quantum Traditional Hybrid
Schemes", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
driscoll-pqt-hybrid-terminology-01, 20 October 2022,
<https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-driscoll-pqt-
hybrid-terminology-01.txt>.
[I-D.ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-multiple-ke]
Tjhai, C., Tomlinson, M., Bartlett, G., Fluhrer, S., Van
Geest, D., Garcia-Morchon, O., and V. Smyslov, "Multiple
Key Exchanges in IKEv2", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-multiple-ke-10, 9 November 2022,
<https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-
multiple-ke-10.txt>.
[I-D.ietf-lamps-cmp-updates]
Brockhaus, H., von Oheimb, D., and J. Gray, "Certificate
Management Protocol (CMP) Updates", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-cmp-updates-23, 29 June
2022, <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-lamps-
cmp-updates-23.txt>.
[I-D.ietf-tls-hybrid-design]
Stebila, D., Fluhrer, S., and S. Gueron, "Hybrid key
exchange in TLS 1.3", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
draft-ietf-tls-hybrid-design-05, 28 August 2022,
<https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-tls-hybrid-
design-05.txt>.
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[I-D.ounsworth-pq-composite-kem]
Ounsworth, M. and J. Gray, "Composite KEM For Use In
Internet PKI", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
ounsworth-pq-composite-kem-00, 11 July 2022,
<https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ounsworth-pq-
composite-kem-00.txt>.
[PQCAPI] Project, N. P.-Q. C., "PQC - API notes", November 2022,
<https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/Post-Quantum-
Cryptography/documents/example-files/api-notes.pdf>.
[RFC3447] Jonsson, J. and B. Kaliski, "Public-Key Cryptography
Standards (PKCS) #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications
Version 2.1", RFC 3447, DOI 10.17487/RFC3447, February
2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3447>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8411] Schaad, J. and R. Andrews, "IANA Registration for the
Cryptographic Algorithm Object Identifier Range",
RFC 8411, DOI 10.17487/RFC8411, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8411>.
[RFC8696] Housley, R., "Using Pre-Shared Key (PSK) in the
Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", RFC 8696,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8696, December 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8696>.
[RFC8784] Fluhrer, S., Kampanakis, P., McGrew, D., and V. Smyslov,
"Mixing Preshared Keys in the Internet Key Exchange
Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) for Post-quantum Security",
RFC 8784, DOI 10.17487/RFC8784, June 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8784>.
Appendix A. Security Analysis
A.1. Dual PRF
Dual PRFs are a active area of research. A dual PRF is a function
which is a PRF when keyed by either of its two inputs - guaranteeing
pseudo-randomness if one of the keys is compromised or even
maliciously chosen by an adversary [Aviram2022]. As of publication
of this document, no dual PRFs have been standardized for use. In
practice we often use HMACs or HKDFs to serve the role of a dual PRF
even though they have never been proved to be dual PRFs
[Bellare2015], [Aviram2022].
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In essence, this document assumes that KDF( H(input1) || H(input2))
is a dual PRF in practice, for suitable choices of key derivation
function KDF and hash function H, despite not having formal security
proofs. It has been proposed as a KEM combiner, for example in
[I-D.ietf-tls-hybrid-design]. As the academic literature evolves, it
may become appropriate to obsolete this document with a KEM combiner
based on a provably secure dual PRF.
A.2. KEM primitives
In modern cryptographic design, KEM algorithms seek to have
indistinguishability under adaptive chosen ciphertext attack (IND-
CCA2). FFor hybrid KEMs we desire the additional property that even
if one input is controlled by an attacker, then combiner leaks no
information about the other input.
There are two ways to achieve such a hybrid KEM combiner; either by
designing a combiner that is robust to one of the inputs being
maliciously-chosen, called a dual PRF. See Appendix A.1 for a
discussion about the current state of dual PRF research. Or
alternatively by only allowing the hybridization of KEMs where a
malicious kemEncaps() algorithm cannot control the shared secret
derived by the victim's kemDecaps() algorithm and then combining the
shared secrets in a trivial way.
The following sections analyze commonly-used KEM algorithms to show
that they have the following two properties, and are therefore
suitable for use with the simplified KEM combiner presented in
Section 3, Figure 2.
1. A malicious encapsulater cannot control the length of the KEM
output (shared secret) that will be derived by the decapsulater.
2. A malicious encapsulater cannot control the value of the KEM
output (shared secret) that will be derived by the decapsulater.
We define a KEM output to be "controlled by an attacker" if a
maliciously-written kemEncaps() function can cause the victim's
kemDecaps() algorithm to produce a shared secret either of a
length chosen by the attacker, or to take on a given value with
higher probability than can be obtained via rejection sampling on
the shared secret output of kemEncaps().
A.3. RSA-KEM
RSA encryption [RFC3447] can be promoted into a KEM as per [RFC5990]
which defines a key transport based on RSA-KEM.
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1. Generate a random integer z between 0 and n-1 (see note), and
convert z to a byte string Z of length nLen, most significant byte
first:
z = RandomInteger (0, n-1)
Z = IntegerToString (z, nLen)
2. Encrypt the random integer z using the recipient's public key
(n,e), and convert the resulting integer c to a ciphertext C, a
byte string of length nLen:
c = z^e mod n
C = IntegerToString (c, nLen)
3. Derive a key-encrypting key KEK of length kekLen bytes from the
byte string Z using the underlying key derivation function:
KEK = KDF (Z, kekLen)
4. Wrap the keying data K with the key-encrypting key KEK using the
underlying key-wrapping scheme to obtain wrapped keying data WK:
WK = Wrap (KEK, K)
5. Concatenate the ciphertext C and the wrapped keying data WK to
obtain the encrypted keying data EK:
EK = C || WK
6. Output the encrypted keying data EK.
where Steps 1 - 3 define "RSA-KEM", which is considered here. Steps
4 - 6 define "Key Transport based on RSA-KEM" and is out of scope for
this analysis as we assume that any RSA-KEM construction intended for
use in a hybrid KEM would use the KEK output from Step 3 as the final
shared secret.
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Here the transported symmetric key, KEK, is the KEM output (shared
secret) ss as defined in Section 1.1. The encapsulater must choose a
key derivation function KDF and declare it in the RSA-KEM parameters.
The decapsulater may refuse to perform the the decapsulation if it
does not like the encapsulater's choice of KDF, therefore it can be
modeled as a random oracle producing an output of fixed length. The
attacker is free to choose z, but assuming a strong choice of KDF,
they cannot control either the length or the value KEK beyond what
can be obtained by rejection sampling, thus satisfying properties 1
and 2 and defined in {.sec-kemprimitives}}.
Therefore RSA-KEM is considered to be suitable for use with the
simplified KEM combiner defined in Section 3, Figure 2.
Security note: This analysis applies to the specific RSA-KEM
construction defined above. This result is not intended to
generalize to all RSA-based key transport mechanisms, as they may not
have the same cryptographic properties.
A.4. Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH)
The elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange [SEC1] can be promoted
into a KEM in a straightforward way by assuming an ephemeral-static
(ES) mode where def kemEncaps(pk) -> (ct, ss) includes generation of
an ephemeral key pair, the public key being included as part of the
ciphertext ct and the private key being discarded upon completion of
the encapsulation.
According to [SEC1] section 6.1.3:
1. Use one of the Diffie-Hellman primitives specified in Section 3.3 to
derive a shared secret field element z ∈ Fq from U's secret key d_U
established during the key deployment procedure and V's public key
Q_V obtained during the key deployment procedure. If the Diffie-
Hellman primitive outputs “invalid”, output “invalid” and stop.
Decide whether to use the “standard” elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
primitive or the elliptic curve cofactor Diffie-Hellman primitive
according to the convention established during the setup procedure.
2. Convert z ∈ Fq to an octet string Z using the conversion routine
specified in Section 2.3.5.
3. Use the key derivation function KDF established during the setup
procedure to generate keying data K of length keydatalen octets
from Z and [SharedInfo]. If the key derivation function outputs
“invalid”, output “invalid” and stop.
4. Output K.
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Other key exchange methods defined in [SEC1] follow a similar
construction.
The attacker is free to choose a private key d_U which yields a
shared secret Z, but cannot force Z to take on a chosen value without
solving the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem or performing
rejection sampling. Assuming a strong choice of KDF, the attacker
cannot control either the length or the value of KEK beyond what can
be obtained by rejection sampling, thus satisfying properties 1 and 2
and defined in Appendix A.2.
Therefore elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman is considered to be suitable
for use with the simplified KEM combiner defined in Section 3,
Figure 2.
A.5. Edwards Curve Diffie-Hellman (X25519 / X448)
The elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange [SEC1] can be promoted
into a KEM in a straightforward way by assuming an ephemeral-static
(ES) mode where def kemEncaps(pk) -> (ct, ss) includes generation of
an ephemeral key pair, the public key being included as part of the
ciphertext ct and the private key being discarded upon completion of
the encapsulation.
According to [RFC7748] section 6.1, the X25519 key exchange is
defined as:
Alice generates 32 random bytes in a[0] to a[31] and transmits K_A =
X25519(a, 9) to Bob, where 9 is the u-coordinate of the base point
and is encoded as a byte with value 9, followed by 31 zero bytes.
Bob similarly generates 32 random bytes in b[0] to b[31], computes
K_B = X25519(b, 9), and transmits it to Alice.
Using their generated values and the received input, Alice computes
X25519(a, K_B) and Bob computes X25519(b, K_A).
Both now share K = X25519(a, X25519(b, 9)) = X25519(b, X25519(a, 9))
as a shared secret. Both MAY check, without leaking extra
information about the value of K, whether K is the all-zero value and
abort if so (see below). Alice and Bob can then use a key-derivation
function that includes K, K_A, and K_B to derive a symmetric key.
The X448 key exchange follows a similar construction.
The attacker is free to choose a private key b which yields a shared
secret K, but cannot force K to take on a chosen value without
solving the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem or performing
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rejection sampling. Assuming a strong choice of KDF, the attacker
cannot control either the length or the value of the derived
symmetric key beyond what can be obtained by rejection sampling, thus
satisfying properties 1 and 2 and defined in Appendix A.2.
Therefore Edwards curve Diffie-Hellman, X25519 and X448, are
considered to be suitable for use with the simplified KEM combiner
defined in Section 3, Figure 2.
A.6. CRYSTALS-Kyber
The CRYSTALS-Kyber kemEncaps() is defined as follows
[I-D.cfrg-schwabe-kyber]:
1.Compute
1. m = H(seed)
2. (Kbar, cpaSeed) = G(m || H(pk))
3. cpaCipherText = InnerEnc(m, publicKey, cpaSeed)
2.Return
1. cipherText = cpaCipherText
2. sharedSecret = KDF(KBar || H(cpaCipherText))
with definitions as per [I-D.cfrg-schwabe-kyber].
Here the hash functions G, H and the key derivation function KDF are
in theory chosen by the encapsulater, but in practice are fixed by
the Kyber specification to be H: SHA3-256, G: SHA3-512, and KDF:
SHAKE-256, which can be modeled as random oracles. The attacker is
free to choose m, but not the decapsulater's public key pk, nor do
they have control of cpaCipherText so long as InnerEnc remains IND-
CPA secure. Therefore the attacker cannot control the value or
length of K beyond what can be obtained by rejection sampling.
Therefore CRYSTALS-Kyber is considered to be suitable for use with
the simplified KEM combiner defined in Section 3, Figure 2.
Appendix B. Intellectual Property Considerations
None.
Appendix C. Contributors and Acknowledgements
This document incorporates contributions and comments from a large
group of experts. The Editors would especially like to acknowledge
the expertise and tireless dedication of the following people, who
attended many long meetings and generated millions of bytes of
electronic mail and VOIP traffic over the past years in pursuit of
this document:
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Douglas Stebila, Nimrod Aviram.
We are grateful to all, including any contributors who may have been
inadvertently omitted from this list.
This document borrows text from similar documents, including those
referenced below. Thanks go to the authors of those documents.
"Copying always makes things easier and less error prone" -
[RFC8411].
C.1. Making contributions
To be removed before publication.
Additional contributions to this draft are welcome. Please see the
working copy of this draft at, as well as open issues at:
https://github.com/EntrustCorporation/draft-ounsworth-cfrg-kem-
combiners
Author's Address
Mike Ounsworth
Entrust Limited
2500 Solandt Road – Suite 100
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Canada
Email: mike.ounsworth@entrust.com
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