Re: [Mud] MUD server discovery?

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Tue, 14 January 2020 21:53 UTC

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M. Ranganathan <mranga@gmail.com> wrote:
    > There are a couple of situations I can think of where a trusted agent
    > may need to communicate with a MUD server:

    > 1. Controller Application: A Controller application may need to "tell"
    > the MUD server when it joins the network and that it is a controller
    > for a device. Perhaps it presents a signed certificate to assert its
    > identity to the MUD server.

    > 2. Onboarding using a third party app (e.g. DPP). The onboarding
    > application may need to communicate the identity (Device certificate)
    > to the MUD server.

My opinion is that the this should be an extension in the CAPPORT API.
MUD controllers need the CAPPORT API to indicate if they have quarantined a
device.

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