[Rats] [New I-D] Attestation of Hardware Components

[Antoine POULAIN <[e-mail]>]

Hello,

We would like to draw your attention to a new Internet-Draft,

Title: Attestation of Hardware Components
Draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation/
Latest (github): https://github.com/antoinepoulain/hardware-component-attestation/blob/main/draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation.txt

This draft proposes a model for including runtime measurements of hardware components as attestation Evidence, complementing the existing Endorsement-based approach.

The objective is to improve visibility into the actual runtime state of hardware by capturing effects such as aging, environmental conditions, and physical attacks. This is particularly relevant for systems with strong safety and/or reliability requirements.

We included many practical examples (section 7) so you can understand the intent of the document and how we envision it to fit in the RATS ecosystem.

Feedback is very welcome, particularly we would like your comments on:
- Alignment with the RATS architecture and use of Conceptual Messages,
- Pertinence of the proposed abstract Attester model,
- Missing content related to RATS ecosystem.

Thank you,

Regards,

Antoine Poulain and Abdellah Kaci,
Secure-IC

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draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation-00.txt has been successfully submitted by Antoine Poulain and posted to the IETF repository.

Name:     draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation
Revision: 00
Title:    Attestation of Hardware Components
Date:     2026-03-31
Group:    Individual Submission
Pages:    35
URL:      https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation-00.txt
Status:   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation/
HTML:     https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation-00.html
HTMLized: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-paka-rats-hardware-component-attestation


Abstract:

   Hardware components constitute the foundation of all computations and
   therefore play a critical role in system integrity and reliability.
   Existing attestation mechanisms primarily rely on manufacturer
   endorsements, which provide limited visibility into the runtime
   behavior of hardware.  This document extends the Remote ATtestation
   procedureS (RATS) architecture by defining a data model and
   guidelines for including measurements of hardware components in
   attestation Evidence.  These measurements may represent physical
   properties, results of self-tests, or behavioral observations.  The
   document considers a threat model that includes both adversarial
   actions and physical phenomena such as environmental variations and
   aging.  It proposes abstract interfaces for collecting measurements,
   enabling interoperability while remaining agnostic to implementation
   mechanisms, and outlines a security model for their use in appraisal.



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