Re: [Lake] 1 week 2nd WGLC on requirements and scoping text

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 01 June 2020 19:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Lake] 1 week 2nd WGLC on requirements and scoping text
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On 2020-05-24 5:07 p.m., Stephen Farrell wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> First: my apologies for taking so long on this. (I got
> sidetracked by an unexpected project.)

..

>     As illustrated above, the setting is much more diverse
>     in terms of credentials and trust anchors than that of
>     the unconstrained web.  In order to deliver a timely
>     result, there is a need to initially focus on what is
>     considered most important at the time of writing: RPK
>     (by reference and value) and certificate by reference.
>     Information about validity of a certificate may be
>     omitted from the AKE if available over unconstrained
>     links.  The case of transporting certificate validation
>     information over the AKE may be specified in the initial
>     phase if there is a lightweight solution that matches
>     existing standards and tools.

Hi, RPK by value and certificate by reference are precisely this use 
case that comes from 6tisch/zerotouch constrained enrollment.
It is on the 802.15.4 links that the interop events I was part of in 
2019 experienced significant challenges with other AKEs.