Comment on NSA tries to weaken mlkem standardisation?parentComments−throw0101d2moDJB supports the use of ML-KEM in TLS, but he correctly says that using only ML-KEM is unwiseThen don't use it if you don't want to? Use hybrid? ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) is a NIST standard, FIPS 203:* https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML-KEMThere's also HQC, FIPS 207:* https://csrc.nist.gov/presentations/2025/fips-207-hqc-kemUnless you're doing government work, there's no reason why you'd be force to use Officially Approved™ algorithms:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_National_Security_A...If the (US) government wants to use (allegedly) compromised algorithms with-in itself that's up to them. The rest of us can use whatever we want.
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Then don't use it if you don't want to? Use hybrid? ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) is a NIST standard, FIPS 203:
* https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML-KEM
There's also HQC, FIPS 207:
* https://csrc.nist.gov/presentations/2025/fips-207-hqc-kem
Unless you're doing government work, there's no reason why you'd be force to use Officially Approved™ algorithms:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_National_Security_A...
If the (US) government wants to use (allegedly) compromised algorithms with-in itself that's up to them. The rest of us can use whatever we want.