Dr. Daniel J. Bernstein (djb) Suspended From Ietf

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rasengan

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Dr. Daniel J. Bernstein, a prominent cryptographer, has been suspended from the IETF, sparking debate about the organization's governance and decision-making processes.

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rasenganAuthor

2 months ago

This follows after djb pointed out that the NSA was weakening encryption by recommending and demanding PQ encryption alone instead of the hybrid PQ+ECC pair that is safer, with this being blocked despite considerable opposition by the actual experienced researcher participants in the group.

Bad times for the internet.

Jtsummers

2 months ago

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/Geuwrh5mPdkMB0BE8... - A much better source since the Tweet is just a screenshot of what's in the archive.

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