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


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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