Re: [Secdispatch] Requesting agenda time for draft-knodel-e2ee-definition

Eliot Lear <lear@lear.ch> Wed, 07 July 2021 13:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Secdispatch] Requesting agenda time for draft-knodel-e2ee-definition
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Hi Mallory,

I am hoping that you don't actually mean to create a new definition of a 
term that has been around at least since 1984.  I *think* what you mean 
to do is to establish an aspirational model that leads to a state in 
which certain conditions hold true.  Would I be wrong?

Eliot

On 06.07.21 20:16, Mallory Knodel wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I requested time on the agenda to discuss 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-knodel-e2ee-definition, a 
> relatively new document that my co-authors and I wrote earlier this 
> year. It is a three-part definition for end-to-end encryption (formal, 
> features, user expectations).
>
> Feedback on the MLS working group list has been encouraging. 
> Additionally I presented at the last MLS interim and it was suggested 
> that secdispatch provide feedback on the best place for this draft, if 
> not MLS.
>
> I will have -02 in the datatracker before the 111 meeting that brings 
> in more nuance to the "end" problem as it relates to identity, and a 
> nice pointer to a game-based definition.
>
> I'm hoping to use 10 minutes to present and get feedback on which WG 
> is best to continue work on the draft.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mallory
>