Re: [KEYPROV] WG Action: Conclusion of Provisioning of Symmetric Keys (keyprov)

Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren@telia.com> Tue, 21 December 2010 19:55 UTC

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IESG Secretary wrote:
> The Provisioning of Symmetric Keys (keyprov) working group in the Security
> Area has concluded. The IESG contact persons are Tim Polk and Sean Turner.
> 
> 
> The keyprov working group has completed its charter items, and is
> officially closing. The mailing list will be retained for future
> discussions involving protocols and formats for provisioning symmetric
> keys.

Why limit future KEYPROV discussions to symmetric keys?
The asymmetric schemes are way beyond the markets need.

http://www.digitalidnews.com/2010/11/18/national-strategy-delayed

Since FIPS201 cannot be provisioned in a reasonable way, NSTIC
fell not only due to political concerns but due to the fact that
the technology isn't ready.

Fortunately Apple of all companies is set to revolutionize provisioning:

http://www.smartcardstrends.com/det_atc.php?idu=13258

No third-party middleware, no awkward readers, no cables = no crap.
Only pure functionality that just about anybody can use.

Anders

> 
> The working group published three RFCs:
> 
> * RFC 6030, "Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC)";
> * RFC 6031, "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Symmetric Key
>   Package Content Type"; and
> * RFC 6063, "Dynamic Symmetric Key Provisioning Protocol (DSKPP)"
> 
> I would like to thank all of the IETF participants who have contributed
> to the various documents produced by the keyprov working group and to the
> successful completion of these important deliverables. I would like to
> explicitly recognize the working group chairs and the document editors.
> Phillip Hallam-Baker and Hannes Tschofenig championed this effort, and
> chaired the working group since it was established. The document editors
> worked diligently to merge competing proposals and achieve working group
> consensus. The document editors were (in alphabetical order):
> 
> * Andrea Doherty (6063)
> * Russ Housley (6031)
> * Philip Hoyer (6030)
> * Salah Machani (6030 and 6063)
> * Magnus Nystrom (6063)
> * Mingliang Pei (6030 and 6063)
> * Sean Turner (6031)
> 
> The keyprov mailing list will remain open and the list archive will be
> retained.
> 
> - Tim Polk, Security AD
> 
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