On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 02:22:49PM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > I would like to see this brought into IRTF as soon as possible either as > part of CFRG or as a separate effort. > > Right now the canon of commercial cryptography uses only the primitives > developed up to 1990 (hash chains). I am currently trying to persuade > people to make use of threshold cryptography techniques that were developed > in the mid 90s. We need to get out of the habit of waiting 25 years for new > cryptographic primitives to mature before we start looking at them. > > We should stop asking 'does anyone need this' and instead ask 'is this > useful'. +1. > The other reason for bringing it into IRTF is that we really do need a > clear IPR regime or else things can get ugly and efforts can stall. I hope by now everyone understands that patent IPR on crypto == 20 year kiss of death. That explains a great deal of our collective habit of waiting 20+ years to make use of new primitives -- it certainly does for PAKEs, for example. Of course, for some that might be a feature. Nico --
