Re: [Suit] RFC 9124 on A Manifest Information Model for Firmware Updates in Internet of Things (IoT) Devices

Congratulations for finally getting this across the finish line!

Russ

> On Jan 14, 2022, at 2:52 PM, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org wrote:
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> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
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>        RFC 9124
> 
>        Title:      A Manifest Information Model for Firmware Updates
>                    in Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
>        Author:     B. Moran,
>                    H. Tschofenig,
>                    H. Birkholz
>        Status:     Informational
>        Stream:     IETF
>        Date:       January 2022
>        Mailbox:    Brendan.Moran@arm.com,
>                    hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net,
>                    henk.birkholz@sit.fraunhofer.de
>        Pages:      40
>        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
> 
>        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-suit-information-model-13.txt
> 
>        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9124
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>        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9124
> 
> Vulnerabilities with Internet of Things (IoT) devices have raised the
> need for a reliable and secure firmware update mechanism that is also
> suitable for constrained devices. Ensuring that devices function and
> remain secure over their service lifetime requires such an update
> mechanism to fix vulnerabilities, update configuration settings, and
> add new functionality.
> 
> One component of such a firmware update is a concise and
> machine-processable metadata document, or manifest, that describes
> the firmware image(s) and offers appropriate protection. This
> document describes the information that must be present in the
> manifest.
> 
> This document is a product of the Software Updates for Internet of Things Working Group of the IETF.
> 
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