On 31/05/2017 05:11, Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
>    ekr> 2. I didn't find the security model very clear. As I understand
>    ekr> things, basically anyone on the network who has ACP credentials is
>    ekr> trusted to engage in negotiation with you, so, for instance, if you
>    ekr> want to get parameter X, then you basically just trust whoever on the
>    ekr> network offers you X. is that correct? That seems like it needs to be
>    ekr> very explicitly called out. And if that's not true, then I don't
>    ekr> understand the spec.
> 
>    bc> That is the trust model, but really as an explanatory matter I think it
>    bc> belongs in draft-ietf-anima-reference-model rather than here.  I will
>    bc> add a few words in the High Level Deployment Model section and/or the
>    bc> Security Considerations.
> 
> I am increasingly uncomfortable with leaving things like this.

It's clearly not the end state, but surely we are on shifting sands
until BRSKI and the ACP are stable.

> There are a number of things that we could do as GRASP extensions:
> 
>   1a) M_SIGNED: could be container that encapsulates a GRASP message into
>                 a COSESign1 structure to indicate who sent the message.
> 
>   1b) M_MULTISIGNED: a be a container with a COSESign structure in which
>                 every passing node signs as it goes through.
> 
>   2) transport end to end, run it over TLS or something.  Might be implied or 
> might
>      require a M_STARTTLS message.
> 
>   3) hop-by-hop, with some kind of M_TUNNEL message, or using COSE Encrypt
>      messages with relaying on the outside.
> 
> I think that all of these things could be ASA specific, but I think that ASA
> should not have to re-invent the wheel here, but can use the GRASP "kernel"
> (aka "libgrasp") to do the right thing.
> 
> My request for the Chairs to put this on the "re-chartering" list for later
> on, but to discuss with ADs now so that some of the GRASP or framework work
> could say something aobut "future work".

Yes, certainly, after we get the basic infrastructure documents out of the
door.

    Brian

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