RFC 9594 on Key Provisioning for Group Communication Using Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments (ACE)

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        RFC 9594

        Title:      Key Provisioning for Group Communication Using
                    Authentication and Authorization for Constrained 
                    Environments (ACE) 
        Author:     F. Palombini,
                    M. Tiloca
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       September 2024
        Mailbox:    francesca.palombini@ericsson.com,
                    marco.tiloca@ri.se
        Pages:      97
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ace-key-groupcomm-18.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9594

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9594

This document defines how to use the Authentication and Authorization
for Constrained Environments (ACE) framework to distribute keying
material and configuration parameters for secure group communication.
Candidate group members that act as Clients and are authorized to
join a group can do so by interacting with a Key Distribution Center
(KDC) acting as the Resource Server, from which they obtain the
keying material to communicate with other group members. While
defining general message formats as well as the interface and
operations available at the KDC, this document supports different
approaches and protocols for secure group communication. Therefore,
details are delegated to separate application profiles of this
document as specialized instances that target a particular group
communication approach and define how communications in the group are
protected. Compliance requirements for such application profiles are
also specified.

This document is a product of the Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

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