Hi Mike,

The group key is also the authorization key in the model proposed.  Any entity 
that holds that key can forge a message that can cause the action authorized by 
the issuance of that key. In your example, assuming that the door lock and the 
lightbulb share the same group key, then compromising the lightbulb allows you 
to control the door lock.
[AS] This is not the model we have in mind in the document. It is clear that 
the document needs some more specification work which relies on OSCOAP/COSE 
being complete. However, if you look at sections 3.3 and 3.4 both the AT-R and 
AT-KDC assume that there is a field "Scope" which mentions permissions of the 
entity holding the token including "which resources maybe accessed with the 
token". So, compromising a lightbulb group key does not automatically imply 
that the door-lock can be controlled with the same key.

In general, authentication comes with the key that you have - authorization is 
then tied to that key.  In DTLS  (as in TLS), your session key is also your 
authorization key once your TLS session is tied to a particular identity (e.g. 
via an HTTP login, via a client cert exchange, via OAuth).

So - cosmetic differences only.

Mike








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