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Subject: Re: [ekmi-comment] SKSML public review - comment - proposal to allowfor different key payload containers and alignment with IETF PSKC



Wednesday 11/2, Thursday 12/2 or friday 13/2, between 2pm and 5pm CET.
Next week monday or wednesday or good.

Regards,
Tomas


Philip Hoyer wrote:
> Tomas,
> Could you provide us with a couple of dates that work for you so we can
> try to proceed with this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Philip
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Gustavsson [mailto:tomas@primekey.se] 
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:53 PM
> To: Philip Hoyer
> Cc: Arshad Noor; Pei, Mingliang; Hannes Tschofenig;
> andrea.doherty@rsa.com; ekmi-comment@lists.oasis-open.org; ekmi;
> keyprov@ietf.org; Hallam-Baker, Phillip
> Subject: Re: [ekmi-comment] SKSML public review - comment - proposal to
> allow for different key payload containers and alignment with IETF PSKC
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The week commencing 2/2 is impossible for my unfortunately as I'm in 
> Oslo for a conference. Any week after that will be fine.
> 
> Regards,
> Tomas
> 
> 
> Philip Hoyer skrev:
>> Arshad and Tomas, Andrea, Ming and Hannes,
>> Could we agree on a date for presenting you DSKPP and PSKC. Which
> dates
>> for week commencing 2/2 will work for all?
>>
>> Philip
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arshad Noor [mailto:arshad.noor@strongauth.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:32 PM
>> To: Philip Hoyer
>> Cc: ekmi-comment@lists.oasis-open.org; ekmi; keyprov@ietf.org; Hannes
>> Tschofenig; Hallam-Baker, Phillip; Pei, Mingliang;
>> andrea.doherty@rsa.com; Tomas Gustavsson
>> Subject: Re: [ekmi-comment] SKSML public review - comment - proposal
> to
>> allow for different key payload containers and alignment with IETF
> PSKC
>> Hi Philip,
>>
>> Tomas Gustaavson of Primekey in Sweden, has agreed to lead the effort
>> from the EKMI TC to understand the KEYPROV work, and the ways in
>> which KEYPROV and EKMI might overlap and work together.  He (and any
>> other TC members who volunteer to work with him on this) will make a
>> recommendation to the TC on what we should do.
>>
>> I will participate in the KEYPROV presentation & discussions (schedule
>> permitting), but I will let Tomas drive the schedule and respond with
>> dates convenient to him.  Except for the morning of the 23rd, I am
>> open both weeks.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Arshad
>>
>> Philip Hoyer wrote:
>>> Arshad,
>>> We would be available to discuss and webex present Tuesday-Friday
> week
>>> commencing 19/1 and then the Monday 26th or Friday 30th.
>>>
>>> Would any such dates suite you and if not could you come back with
>> some
>>> candidate dates in February for us to consider.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Philip
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Arshad Noor [mailto:arshad.noor@strongauth.com] 
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:25 AM
>>> To: Philip Hoyer
>>> Cc: ekmi-comment@lists.oasis-open.org; ekmi
>>> Subject: Re: [ekmi-comment] SKSML public review - comment - proposal
>> to
>>> allow for different key payload containers and alignment with IETF
>> PSKC
>>> Philip,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your comments on the DRAFT specification
>>> of SKSML, and the potential to include the DSKPP key-container
>>> within SKSML.
>>>
>>> The Technical Committee has agreed to begin discussions with you
>>> (and/or other members of KEYPROV) to understand the implications
>>> of this change.
>>>
>>> A small group of TC members would like to start understanding the
>>> details of DSKPP, how it fits in with SKSML and its impact on
>>> SKSML.  Please let us know how you would like to begin - I imagine
>>> a web-presentation from you on the current DSKPP architecture and
>>> mechanics would be the appropriate first step.
>>>
>>> The TC has also decided that since there were no objections from
>>> anyone in the Public Review to the current SKSML DRAFT specification,
>>> it will move forward with a ballot to designate the DRAFT as a
>>> Committee Specification.  This is not an OASIS standard.  That may
>>> be many months away - which gives us the time to understand the
>>> DSKPP technology, and the opportunity to include the key-container
>>> (if the TC votes for it) before SKSML becomes an OASIS standard.
>>>
>>> Let me know some convenient dates and times when you might be able
>>> to provide that web-presentation.  We should have a sub-group named
>>> by the 20th of January (our monthly TC meeting), so any time after
>>> that would be appropriate.
>>>
>>> Regards and a happy new year.
>>>
>>> Arshad Noor
>>> StrongAuth, Inc.
>>>
>>> Philip Hoyer wrote:
>>>> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Having been made aware of the SKSML work by Arshad Noor I wanted to 
>>>> comment on the current specification and make a proposal.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> I am the author of the PSKC spec 
>>>>
> (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-keyprov-portable-symmetr
>>> ic-key-container-06.txt) 
>>>> which is part of the IETF 'keyprov' working group 
>>>> (http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/keyprov-charter.html) that has
>> some
>>>> overlap with the work done for SKSML
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> My main comment around SKSML is that it would be nice to be able to 
>>>> define the type of payload container (where the key resides) that is
> 
>>>> transported.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> This has several advantages:
>>>>
>>>>    1. It decouples the protocol to obtain  the keys from the payload
>>> to
>>>>       transfer the keys
>>>>    2. it allows for several different containers to be transported
>>> with
>>>>       the same protocol
>>>>    3. It allows extensions to the payload to have a separate
>> lifecycle
>>>>       to the protocol
>>>>    4. It will allow profiling of payloads for key related meta-data
>>> not
>>>>       yet considered by the spec
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> One of the main reasons is that there could be alignment of the
>>> payload 
>>>> between SKSML and the work that has been done in IETF keyprov group.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Especially I would suggest you to consider the work that has been
>> done
>>>> on the PSKC spec which seems to satisfy most of the requirements in 
>>>> SKSML and already has many implementers.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> The proposal could be to add one layer of abstraction in the 
>>>> SymKeyResponse element which indicates the type of key container
>> being
>>> used:
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Example 1 - using SKSML container
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:SymkeyResponse 
>>>>  xmlns:ekmi='http://docs.oasis-open.org/ekmi/2008/01' 
>>>>  xmlns:xenc='http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#'>
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:SymkeyContainer type="
>> http://docs.oasis-open.org/ekmi/2008/01";>
>>>> <ekmi:SymkeyList>
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:Symkey>
>>>>
>>>>  <ekmi:GlobalKeyID>*10514-1-235*</ekmi:GlobalKeyID>
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:KeyUsePolicy>
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:KeyUsePolicyID>10514-4</ekmi:KeyUsePolicyID>
>>>>
>>>> ......
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Example 2 - using PSKC container
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:SymkeyResponse 
>>>>  xmlns:ekmi='http://docs.oasis-open.org/ekmi/2008/01' 
>>>>  xmlns:xenc='http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#'>
>>>>
>>>> <ekmi:SymkeyContainer
> type="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:keyprov:pskc:1.0">
>>>>                         <KeyContainer Version="1.0" 
>>>> xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:keyprov:pskc:1.0">
>>>>
>>>>     <Device>
>>>>
>>>>         <DeviceInfo>
>>>>
>>>>             <Manufacturer>aManufacturer</Manufacturer>
>>>>
>>>>             <SerialNo>*10514-1-235*</SerialNo>
>>>>
>>>>         </DeviceInfo>
>>>>
>>>>         <Key
>>> KeyAlgorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#tripledes-cbc";
>>>>         KeyId="*10514-1-235*">
>>>>
>>>>             <Issuer>anIssuer</Issuer>
>>>>
>>>>                                     .......
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to your feedback and please do not hesitate to
>> contact
>>>> me for further clarificatons,
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Philip
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Philip Hoyer
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
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>>>>
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