Re: [EAT] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Rats] Attestation BoF charter updates?

Giridhar Mandyam <mandyam@qti.qualcomm.com> Mon, 15 October 2018 19:33 UTC

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From: Giridhar Mandyam <mandyam@qti.qualcomm.com>
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Sorry to switch topics.

Just posted my requested changes at https://github.com/ietf-rats/charter/pull/1.

2 areas to consider:

a) Many resource-constrained devices will not support Internet Connectivity.  This does not mean that remote attestation is not possible.  It just means that this effort will be more broadly applicable if an interoperable format for 'Attestation Evidence' results that can be conveyed over multiple protocols, not just the internet.  EAT was designed with this goal in mind.

b) Local attestation is more than just on-device.  We have seen gateways in the market that allow for remote administration of devices in a local network that may only communicate via short-range protocols such as Bluetooth or Zigbee.  Such gateways may very well also serve as verifiers on behalf of a remote relying party.

-Giri Mandyam

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From: EAT <eat-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Hannes Tschofenig
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To: Smith, Ned <ned.smith@intel.com>; Henk Birkholz <henk.birkholz@sit.fraunhofer.de>; rats@ietf.org; Jeremy O'Donoghue <jodonogh@qti.qualcomm.com>; Denis <denis.ietf@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: [EAT] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Rats] Attestation BoF charter updates?

Here are my 5 cents on the term 'identity'.

I have been working on identity management for many years (partially because of my OAuth co-chair role) and I have noticed that the use of the term "identity" tends to confuse more than it helps (even more so when the term is applied to devices and software rather than humans).

I believe we could get away with describing what we want without ever using the term.

In this context I would argue that we are about identifying different components, such as hardware and software.

Ciao
Hannes

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From: EAT <eat-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Smith, Ned
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To: Henk Birkholz <henk.birkholz@sit.fraunhofer.de>; rats@ietf.org; Jeremy O'Donoghue <jodonogh@qti.qualcomm.com>; Denis <denis.ietf@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: [EAT] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Rats] Attestation BoF charter updates?

I agree with Henk's observation that there is opportunity to find common ground on identity as identity can be a collection of attributes, that if signed, becomes a set of verifiable claims (about identity attributes). Attestation has a similar structure in that it consists of a set of attributes, that if signed becomes a set of verifiable claims. The main difference between identity and attestation attributes is whether the attribute semantically relate to trust (vs. identity). For example, claims of security certification compliance resonates as attestation.

It may be possible to combine a set of attestation attributes in such a way that the combination uniquely identifies an entity. But that doesn't make it an identity system per se and shouldn't cause a conflict in charter goals with respect to other identity focused efforts in IETF.

Also, inclusion of attributes that don't have semantics that reasonably relate to trust should not be of interest to a working group focused on attestation.

-Ned

On 10/15/18, 3:53 PM, "EAT on behalf of Henk Birkholz" <eat-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of henk.birkholz@sit.fraunhofer.de> wrote:

    Hi Jeremy & Denis,

    all these points of view have merit, I think.

    Please have a look at these quotes:

    > knowing the provenance of the device

    > having the entity creator/manufacturer provide a set of claims which can be verified

    > to know the characteristics of a device by issuing to the device a public key certificate which will only be issued to the device if it fulfills an expected set of functionalities.

    To me, these descriptions seem to have different intents, scope or
    audience and require most certainly different work-flows, but
    semantically and in consequence representation-wise they also seem quite
    related.

    If you think of an identity document as a set of claims (potentially
    including a public key), that is signed and that can match one or more
    things, maybe all three types highlighted above are actually covered by
    the same identity document concept?

    With respect to identity documents, I think it is safe so say that we
    can find common ground here rather easily. That said, the way how these
    identity documents come into existence, when and how they are deployed
    on the thing or associated with multiple things is another question. We
    most certainly do not want to end up with a "signing fool" that does not
    add value to the level of confidence (I am quoting Ned Smith here).

    This has to be fleshed out explicitly for each scenario and the parts
    that are reused in every scenario should get special attention in the
    upcoming RATS architecture draft.

    Identifying claims aggregated in an identity document most certainly can
    include device characteristics, public key(s), or claims about the
    intended functions and capabilities of the thing. Claims can even
    originate from Claimants that are not the thing itself, but external
    entities providing an assertion (e.g. these things are CC-certified).

    All different composites of identifying claims have a specific shared
    intend in this context though, I think: expressing Attestation
    Provenance (again - one for one or more things of the same kind). And
    all of them originate from Claimants and therefore use a root of trust
    of measurement, I think.

    That said, establishing trustworthy knowledge about attestation
    provenance is only the first step and provides the foundation for more
    complex attestation procedures. In any case, this seem to be required by
    every scenario that was highlighted so far and therefore will most
    certainly be covered in a deliverable.

    IHTH,

    Henk


    On 10/15/2018 12:22 PM, Jeremy O'Donoghue wrote:
    > On 12 Oct 2018, at 14:33, Denis <denis.ietf@free.fr
    > <mailto:denis.ietf@free.fr>> wrote:
    >> The "Problem Statement" continues as follows:
    >>
    >> (2) Today, there is no common, standard way for Relying Parties to
    >> know the provenance and characteristics of a device (e.g., an end-user
    >> device,
    >> platform or endpoint, servers, IoT devices, device subsystems and
    >> sub-modules) that may be requesting services.
    >>
    >> Knowing the provenance of the device is not always necessary. What is
    >> important is to know that a specific set of functions is (securely)
    >> supported by the device.
    >> There already exists a common way to know the characteristics of a
    >> device by issuing to the device a public key certificate which will
    >> only be issued to the device
    >> if it fulfills an expected set of functionalities. In such a case a
    >> syntax for a trusted claim sets**is not needed.
    >>
    > This is indeed a possible way to address the problem, but suffers from
    > challenges which come down to:
    >
    > - Who issues such certificates. An option is that there is some form of
    > security certification behind this issuance otherwise it is of very
    > limited value.
    > - In order to capture the wide variety of different devices (I prefer
    > "entity" here as it is more general than "device"), many different forms
    > of such certificates would be required. This ends up being much the same
    > thing as a set of claims.
    >
    > Given the multiplicity of entities for which attestation might be
    > useful, it seems to me that having the entity creator/manufacturer
    > provide a set of claims which can be verified is more flexible than
    > requiring a certificate. It seems likely to me that where a formal
    > security certification is needed there will be a certificate issued by
    > the Certifying Body as one of the claims about an entity, but I can
    > think of many cases (supply chain management, to take just one example)
    > where provenance is by far the most useful information.
    >
    > I'm not in favour of changes to the charter in this direction.
    >>
    >> The simplest cases should also be part of the framework.
    >>
    >> Note: I personally appreciate that privacy is an aspect that
    >> will/should be taken into consideration.
    >>
    >> Denis
    >>
    >>> As with the earlier draft, there are many references to verify and
    >>> verifier in the lead up to the deliverable but no deliverables describing
    >>> verification rules. I'd like to see rules in one of these documents and
    >>> think it worth citing in the deliverables. Are bindings to certificate
    >>> management protocols out of scope?
    >>>
    >>> On 10/11/18, 9:49 AM, "RATS on behalf of Henk Birkholz"
    >>> <rats-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of henk.birkholz@sit.fraunhofer.de>  wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> Hi all,
    >>>>
    >>>> sorry for the delay. Please find an updated charter proposal here:
    >>>>
    >>>>> https://github.com/ietf-rats/charter/blob/RC2/ietf-rats-charter.md
    >>>> The BoF proponents tried to merge all comments and proposals on
    >>>> keystores, existing solutions, provenance & device characteristics, etc
    >>>> that were raised on the list - and align them in homogeneous fashion.
    >>>>
    >>>> This draft is intended to focus the discussion and improve the wording.
    >>>>
    >>>> Viele Grüße,
    >>>>
    >>>> Henk
    >>>>
    >>>> On 10/06/2018 08:23 AM, Laurence Lundblade wrote:
    >>>>> Hi Henk,
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Bangkok IETF is getting close, will you be able to update the charter
    >>>>> for the attestation BoF to properly include EAT?  I sent you some text
    >>>>> that just needs to be pasted along with some comments. It doesn’t look
    >>>>> like there’s been any updates.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> LL
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