Re: [Iotops] Secure IoT Bootstrapping: A Survey

Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> Mon, 05 April 2021 20:12 UTC

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From: Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:11:40 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Iotops] Secure IoT Bootstrapping: A Survey
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On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:54 PM Mohit Sethi M <mohit.m.sethi=
40ericsson.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

> Dear Carsten, Michael,
>
> On 3/30/21 11:11 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> > On 30. Mar 2021, at 20:39, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
> >>>> Very well timed.  I look forward to discussing this.
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> Now would be a good time to get some initial feedback — we plan to
> >>> adopt it as an RG document on April 6th.
> >> I wonder if having it adopted in IOTOPS might make more sense.
> > Certainly — addressing that might be part of that feedback.
> > It appears to me that the document would be covered by its charter, even
> if "Taking input and discussing issues” is not that well-defined an
> activity.
> > It is not clear to me whether working on this in the WG would give the
> document a new spin, beyond its current approach as a survey, and whether
> that would actually be a welcome change to the authors and consumers of
> that document.
> > Input from WG members and leadership could help understand this.
>
> Speaking for myself: I feel that such a survey document is better-suited
> for a research group (RG) rather than a working group (WG).



<no-hats>
I agree -- this does seem like it's better suited for the RG, but I do
suggest that it also be discussed in IoTops, just to get it more visibility
and feedback....

W



> It would be
> in line with the previous security document from T2TRG: "Internet of
> Things (IoT) Security: State of the Art and Challenges"
> (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8576). I am not fundamentally opposed to
> pursuing this in IoTops but I feel that perhaps an evolution of this
> document (Carsten writes about a new spin) in the near future would be
> more suitable for IoTops. I am of course interested in contributing to
> that potential future document as well.
>
> --Mohit
>
> >
> > Grüße, Carsten
> >
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