Analysis of NSA Influence on IETF Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization

Summary

This article is part of a series examining the conflict between the NSA and IETF regarding post-quantum cryptography standardization. The author criticizes IETF management for pushing through an NSA-driven 'non-hybrid' document that adds only post-quantum cryptography as another TLS option, while the normal practice and TLS working group's approach is to deploy ECC+PQ hybrid solutions. The article suggests IETF is dodging substantive issues and censoring dissent in the standardization process, with the NSA influencing the direction against consensus-based hybrid approaches.