Liaison statement
Liaison communication to IETF regarding draft-ietf-tls-mlkem
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| State | Posted |
|---|---|
| Submitted Date | 2026-04-02 |
| From Group | IEEE-802-11 |
| From Contact | Robert Stacey <robert.stacey@intel.com> |
| To Group | tls |
| To Contacts | Joseph Salowey <joe@salowey.net> Sean Turner <sean+ietf@sn3rd.com> Deirdre Connolly <durumcrustulum@gmail.com> |
| Cc | Deb Cooley <debcooley1@gmail.com> Sean Turner <sean+ietf@sn3rd.com> Joseph Salowey <joe@salowey.net> Transport Layer Security Discussion List <tls@ietf.org> Deirdre Connolly <durumcrustulum@gmail.com> Christopher Inacio <stndrds-inacio@andrew.cmu.edu> |
| Response Contact | Robert Stacey <robert.stacey@intel.com> Peter Yee <peter@akayla.com> |
| Technical Contact | Peter Yee <peter@akayla.com> |
| Action Holder Contacts | Joseph Salowey <joe@salowey.net> Sean Turner <sean+ietf@sn3rd.com> |
| Purpose | For action |
| Deadline | 2026-07-01 Action Needed |
| Attachments | Liaison communication to IETF regarding draft-ietf-tls-mlkem |
| Body |
Dear Deirdre Connolly, Joseph A. Salowey, and Sean Turner, The IEEE 802.11 working group and the IEEE 802 standards committee approved the attached liaison to the IETF TLS WG at our 2026 March 802 plenary session. The IEEE 802.11 working group has a project, P802.11bt, where the scope is to “extend IEEE 802.11 security to support algorithms for post-quantum cryptography (PQC).” The IEEE 802.11 Working Group would like to express support for publication of draft-ietf-tls-mlkem as an RFC with its definition of key establishment options that use pure ML-KEM. We would further request that the IETF look at updating EAP-TLS once draft-ietf-tls-mlkem is published as this is one of the mechanisms that IEEE P802.11bt will use. Please contact me as chair of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group and Peter Yee as IEEE 802.11 IETF Liaison Officer for further information. Sincerely, Robert Stacey Chair, IEEE 802.11 WLAN Working Group robert.stacey@intel.com Peter Yee IETF Liaison, IEEE 802.11 WLAN Working Group peter@akayla.com |