Hi,

I support registering code points, and I support adoption as long as the 
specification will not link normatively to paywalled crypto specifications in 
the future. Paywalled crypto is a cybersecurity risk and I think access to 
crypto specifications is a human right.

Reason to adopt is that several governments are recommending FrodoKEM. But I 
note that ASNSSI is now placing FrodoKEM and ML-KEM in the same confidence 
class. For industry, ML-KEM + HQC-KEM is a more performant solution for people 
wanting a more conservative solution than standalone ML-KEM.

https://na.eventscloud.com/file_uploads/b635298de1c10be6d3732863e8b1beca_Day2-1600-ANSSI.pdf

https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/Events/2025/workshop-on-guidance-for-kems/documents/papers/ml-kem-is-great-paper.pdf

Comments:

I think this and a lot of other PQC drafts are way too long. We don't need yet 
another draft explaining PQC background. Just focus on the code point 
registrations and slim it down.

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OLD Computers(CRQCs)
NEW Computers (CRQCs)

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>To cover both scenarios, this specification SHALL include both variants.

weird to have a SHALL on your own specification

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I think this should be removed:

"Generally speaking, post-quantum algorithms are still not mature yet. Some 
algorithms may turn out to be insecure after a number of years’ study and/or 
standardization. An example is SIKE, which had been in the NIST standardization 
progress for several years until it was totally broken in July of 2022 [CD22]."

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I think the abstract talks to much about PQ/T hybrids and “harvest now and 
decrypt later”. It will be several years until this is published and we are 
just 9 years away from when NIST and others will consider ECDHE and FFDHE to 
not provide any security. “harvest now and decrypt later” will not an outdated 
term as soon as someone builds a CRQC.

Cheers,
John

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