@techreport{xue-distributed-mls-02,
    number =    {draft-xue-distributed-mls-02},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-xue-distributed-mls/02/},
    author =    {Mark Xue and Joseph W Lukefahr and Britta Hale},
    title =     {{Distributed MLS}},
    pagetotal = 10,
    year =      2025,
    month =     oct,
    day =       20,
    abstract =  {The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol enables a group of participants to negotiate a common cryptographic state for messaging, providing Forward Secrecy (FS) and Post-Compromise Security (PCS). There are some use cases where message ordering challenges may make it difficult for a group of participants to agree on a common state or use cases where reaching eventual consistency is impractical for the application. This document describes Distributed-MLS (DMLS), a composition protocol for using MLS sessions to protect messages among participants without negotiating a common group state.},
}