[Rats] Re: quick and partial review of draft-ietf-rats-reference-interaction-models-11

[Henk Birkholz <[e-mail]>]

Hi Thomas,

jumping directly in-line. Thanks!


Viele Grüße,

Henk

On 02.10.24 15:33, Thomas Fossati wrote:
> Hey, Henk!
> 
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 at 15:09, Henk Birkholz <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> I created a PR [1] that addresses most of your comments.
>> [...]
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/ietf-rats-wg/draft-ietf-rats-reference-interaction-models/pull/56
> 
> LGTM; thanks for the (ultra) low latency.
> 
> Clipping the ACKs and looking at the outstanding comments only:
> 
>> On 02.10.24 14:09, Thomas Fossati wrote:
>>> S1: "While the conveyance of other Conceptual Messages is
>>> out-of-scope, the methods described can also be applied to the
>>> conveyance of, for example, Endorsements or Attestation Results"
>>>
>>> While this may be true, it seems slightly overreaching.  I Suggest removing it.
>>
>> The text is as intended. Maybe we should add that not all Interaction
>> Model apply to all Conceptual Message appropriately? E.g., while it is
>> possible to poll for new Endorsements periodically, it is like more
>> suitable to subscribe to streaming Endorsements.
> 
> OK. At least though, s/can/may/ to sprinkle a tiny bit of prudence ;-)

Falling back to the simplest actionable change in 3151fb9

> 
>>> -------
>>> S5: "Similarly, interaction models MUST support the conveyance of
>>> proofs of freshness in a way that is useful to Verifiers and their
>>> appraisal procedures."
>>>
>>> Here we are still in the context of the "prerequisites" section.
>>> Therefore, it doesn't look like the right place to state requirements
>>> for the interaction models.
>>
>> That would leave "Evidence MUST include an indicator about its freshness
>> that can be understood by a Verifier.", which is a tad bit obvious but
>> of course correct.
> 
> I would not drop that bit.  Instead, I'd rephrase the paragraph as follows:
> 
> Evidence MUST include an indicator about its freshness that can be
> understood by a Verifier.
> OLD:
> Analogously, interaction models MUST support the conveyance of proofs
> of freshness in a way that is useful to Verifiers and their appraisal
> procedures.
> NEW:
> This enables interaction models to support the conveyance of proofs of
> freshness in a way that is useful to Verifiers and their appraisal
> procedures.

Thats a good compromise and reflected in a6b23a7.

> 
> cheers, thansk
> t
> 
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