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This memo defines the security properties and generic techniques to achive hybrid pq/t
key encapsulation mechanisms (KEMs) from post-quantum and traditional component algorithms.
Concrete instatiations of techniques are located in another document.
This document defines and generic techniques to achive hybrid pq/t
key encapsulation mechanisms (KEMs) from post-quantum and traditional
component algorithms that meet specified security properties. Concrete
instatiations of techniques are located in another document.

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# Introduction
# Introduction {#intro}

We propose "Hybrid PQ/T Key Encapsulation Mechanisms", which will cover the following.
## Motivation {#motivation}

## Design Goals
There are many choices that can be made when specifying a hybrid KEM:
the constituent KEMs; their security levels; the combiner; and the hash
within, to name but a few. Having too many similar options are a burden
to the ecosystem.

The aim of this document is provide a small set of techniques for constructing
hybrid KEMs designed to achieve specific security properties given conforming
component algorithms, that should be suitable for the vast majority of use cases.

## Design goals {#goals}

(A) Identify which KEM security properties are IETF-relevant, and provide a terse overview of those
security properties (eg. IND-CCA, LEAK-BIND-K-PK, HON-BIND-K-CT, etc), as well as security
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