2026.07.19 12:23:17 (Mastodon 116946619421020640, Twitter 2078817960794448116) from Daniel J. Bernstein:
IETF TLS WG chairs have arrogated to themselves the power to disenfranchise all except "pre-existing WG participants" + people who the chairs say have "demonstrated expertise": https://web.archive.org/web/20260719121145/https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/tPe7m_vpmDco43588yVW3JWrb8U/ They say: gives 7/10 in favor; "rough consensus". RFC will claim "consensus".