On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 01:19:37PM +0530, tirumal reddy wrote:
> Hi WG members,
> 
> Following the presentation at IETF 124 in Montreal (slides
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/slides-124-jose-pq-kems-for-cose-and-jose-00>),
> we would like to seek the WG input on the choice of key type for
> representing PQC KEM keys in COSE and JOSE for
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-jose-pqc-kem/.
> 
> Listing the three options below:
> 
>    1.
> 
>    *AKP (Asymmetric Key Pair)*
> 
>    2.
> 
>    *OKP (Octet Key Pair)*
>
>    3.
> 
>    *New “KEM” Key Type*

2.

- OKP is designed for stuff like this from the very beginning (yeah,
  the naming is just bad).

- AKP is not meant for stuff like key agreement keys. It is primarily
  for pure signatures, but could work for Key Encryption (JOSE) / Key
  Transport (COSE).

- ktys are not supposed to be isomorphic, but KEM would be
  isomorphic to OKP.




-Ilari

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