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Re: [Ace] EST over CoAP

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 14 May 2018 11:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ace] EST over CoAP
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Hannes Tschofenig <Hannes.Tschofenig@arm.com> wrote:
    > At IETF#101 Peter presented a list of open issues with the EST over CoAP draft, see
    > https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/101/materials/slides-101-ace-est-over-secure-coap-00


    > -          Operational parameter values
    > -          Server side key generation using simple multipart encoding
    > -          Explain trust relations for http/coap proxying

    > I have challenged the usefulness of the server-side key generation
    > during the meeting but in general I am curious where we are with the
    > document. It would be great to get it finalized. It appears that we are
    > adding new features and therefore will not be able to complete the work
    > in any reasonable timeframe.

Server side key generation is not the only way to use this, and I'm not
interested in it myself.

I don't think we can do http/coap proxying in any meaningful way if
we are using TLS/DTLS for the secure transport.  I have encouraged my
co-authors to either take it out, or realize that they are confusing
the EST link (over DTLS) with the Registration Authority<->Certificate
Authority link (over HTTPS).

    > So, do we have a plan for how to complete the document?

I am implementing at this time, with CoAP over DTLS using OpenSSL today,
and mbedTLS for the pledge side in a week or two.   I believe that we can
finish this document by the end of the summer.  I don't think we'd get to
WGLC before IETF102, and as August is a dead zone for IETF work, having a
WGLC before September 1 would seem pointless.

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