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Re: [therightkey] Draft charter for a Transparency Working Group

Ben Laurie <benl@google.com> Thu, 12 December 2013 11:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: [therightkey] Draft charter for a Transparency Working Group
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On 12 December 2013 01:32, Paul Lambert <paul@marvell.com> wrote:
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> On 12/11/13, 8:55 AM, "Ben Laurie" <benl@google.com> wrote:
>
>>Who's in?
> Very cool concept Š very broad possible applications.
> Less interested in HTTPS/TLS, but many applications.

Great - can you be more specific what interests you?

>
> Paul
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>>"Problem statement: many Internet protocols require a mapping between
>>some kind of identifier and some kind of key, for example, HTTPS,
>>SMTPS, IPSec, DNSSEC and OpenPGP.
>>
>>These protocols rely on either ad-hoc mappings, or on authorities
>>which attest to the mappings.
>>
>>
>>History shows that neither of these mechanisms is entirely
>>satisfactory. Ad-hoc mappings are difficult to discover and maintain,
>>and authorities make mistakes or are subverted.
>>
>>
>>Cryptographically verifiable logs can help to ameliorate the problems
>>by making it possible to discover and rectify errors before they can
>>cause harm.
>>
>>
>>These logs can also assist with other interesting problems, such as
>>how to assure end users that software they are running is, indeed, the
>>software they intend to run.
>>
>>
>>Work items: Specify a standards-track mechanism to apply verifiable
>>logs to HTTP/TLS (i.e. RFC 6962-bis).
>>
>>
>>Discuss mechanisms and techniques that allow cryptographically
>>verifiable logs to be deployed to improve the security of protocols
>>and software distribution. Where such mechanisms appear sufficiently
>>useful, the WG will re-charter to add relevant new work items."
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