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

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Tue, 02 June 2020 01:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Lake] 1 week 2nd WGLC on requirements and scoping text
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On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 2:08 PM Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> First: my apologies for taking so long on this. (I got
> sidetracked by an unexpected project.)
>
> ISTM we have pretty good, if rough, consensus on enough of
> the text to proceed, but with one important part that needs
> checking. (See below.)
>
> I'd like to start a 1 week 2nd WGLC with the main focus
> being to establish whether we have rough consensus on the
> scoping text below. (Which can be see in context at [2].)
> That text was the main outcome of our virtual meeting last
> month.
>
> So, please send mail to the list saying if you are happy
> enough to proceed on this basis. If you are not, then I'd
> appreciate if you could suggest alternate text with as
> few changes as possible.
>
> This 2nd WGLC closes on June 1st. If I see rough
> consensus to proceed at that point, I'll plan to start a
> call for adoption for the edhoc draft. If not, we'll have
> to discuss how to proceed with our AD, as I think that
> would mean that the WG is very badly stuck.
>
> The scoping text added was:
>
>    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.
>
>    A subsequent extension beyond the initial focus may be
>    inevitable to maintain a homogenous deployment without
>    having to implement a mix of AKE protocols, for example,
>    to support the migration path described above.  The AKE
>    needs to make clear the scope of cases analysed in the
>    initial phase, and that a new analysis is required for
>    additional cases.
>

Stephen

It's not clear how to read this in the context of other parts of
the document, for instance:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lake-reqs-03#section-2.2
which says:

   In order to allow for these different schemes, the AKE must support
   PSK- (shared between two nodes), RPK- and certificate-based
   authentication.  These are also the schemes for which CoAP is
   designed (see Section 9 of [RFC7252]
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7252#section-9>).

How is one supposed to interpret this text?


-Ekr


> Thanks,
> Stephen.
>
> [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lake-reqs-03
> [2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lake-reqs-03#section-2.2.1
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