[Rats] Re: Call for adoption: draft-poirier-rats-eat-da-10 (Ends 2026-09-11)

[Henk Birkholz <[e-mail]>]

Quick top posting question:

does this CfA take into account the replies to the former CfA? Or was 
that not a call for adoption, effectively?

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rats/NaB4PKNBJ1CI7s0k3ejhFobg9JM/


Viele Grüße

On 28.08.2026 22:06, Ned Smith via Datatracker wrote:
> This message starts a rats WG Call for Adoption of:
> draft-poirier-rats-eat-da-10
> 
> This Working Group Call for Adoption ends on 2026-09-11
> 
> Abstract:
>     In confidential computing, device assignment (DA) is the method by
>     which a device (e.g., network adapter, GPU), whether on-chip or
>     behind a PCIe Root Port, is assigned to a Trusted Virtual Machine
>     (TVM).  For the TVM to trust an assigned device, the device must
>     provide the TVM with attestation Evidence confirming its identity,
>     the state of its firmware and configuration.
> 
>     Since Evidence claims can be processed by 3rd party entities (e.g.,
>     Verifiers, Relying Parties) external to the TVM, there is a need to
>     standardize the representation of DA-related information in Evidence
>     to ensure interoperability.  This document defines an attestation
>     Evidence format for DA as an EAT (Entity Attestation Token) profile.
> 
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