Re: [ltans] "Proof Source Provider" - new term for use in describing trust chains in document hierarchies

It's not clear to me what you are proposing, i.e., alteration of
existing specs to use the new terminology, preparation of auditing
guidelines, specification of protocols for distributing trust anchors,
definition of structures for binding trust anchors to document
hierarchies, or something else.  A draft may help establish context.
Depending on the nature of the work, LTANS may not be the best place to
pursue it, but if pursued here re-chartering would be required. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ltans-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ltans-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf
> Of Todd Glassey
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:17 AM
> To: ietf-ltans@imc.org
> Subject: [ltans] "Proof Source Provider" - new term for use in
> describing trust chains in document hierarchies
> 
> Folks -
> I want to propose a new term for describing certain relationships in a
> network model. The term is  "Proof Source Provider" or PSP and it
means
> some service which is providing a trust-anchor for some other process
> or
> the like. The PSP is the party or system which provides the oversight
> and process control for an TRUST-ANCHOR - the component of the trust
> element which ties the specific content to that trust element. The
Term
> Trust Anchor (now widely in use in Secure DNS) was coined in PKIX
> several years ago but is critically valuable now in other areas and we
> should embrace both it and the idea of the Proof Source Provider and
> the
> Proof Source they use to cerate admissibility for the evidence.
> 
> It (PSP)  pertains then to auditing trust relationships and their
> ability to convey policy and control over a larger methodology and is
a
> key part of relational trust models which are propagated across
> multiple
> technologies and would be used in LTANS Security and other key
> processes.
> 
> Why this is important is that systems and processes which we would
> build
> from these technologies would also perform functions in the real world
> which would have legal implications and so the ability to represent
> trust-anchor processes in the records created would admissible in
> global
> courts. This nomenclature provides a resource for this and other uses.
> 
> Todd Glassey
> 
> 
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