Re: [Fud] FUD BarBOF Location

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Thu, 06 April 2017 20:30 UTC

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>> ā€” the next step could be defining what set of metadata should be
>> provided for a such a firmware image
>> ā€” RFC 4108 is out there but may not exactly be what is needed for M-class today
>> ā€” coswid (no, not the Trojan horse) might be one format to look at
> 
> I think that we should consider updates to 4108.
> If we don't like 4108, then we should consider a non-ASN1, non-PKIX format
> format (JOSE for instance).

If people want to update RFC 4108, Iā€™m willing to help.  I have worked with some people to decode the necessary parts with very simple code.  It does not require a compiler.  The vital thing is that the signature gets checked!

Russ