[Secdispatch] IETF 102: draft-sheffer-acme-star-request for consideration

[Yaron Sheffer <[e-mail]>]

Dear SecDispatch chairs,

We would like to submit draft-sheffer-acme-star-request-02 
(https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sheffer-acme-star-request/) for 
discussion in Montreal. If added, it will be presented by Diego R. Lopez.

The draft is part of the STAR (short-term, automatically renewed 
certificates) work that grew out of the LURK BoF. Initially we had one 
draft. We split it into two:

1. An ACME extension draft that's now a WG document at ACME.

2. The current draft that describes a very simple API where the delegate 
requests the owner of the identity (normally, the owner of a domain 
name) to initiate the ACME certificate issuance process for a STAR 
certificate. This STAR certificate is later pulled periodically by the 
delegate.

As the next step, we can see this draft moving into ACME as well because 
of its relation to the other draft, even though it is not strictly an 
ACME extension. We do not see a viable working group for this draft 
alone, so our alternative proposal would be for AD-sponsored publication.

We note that both drafts have an active community around them as well as 
existing implementations.

Thanks,
     Yaron