Subject: [cicm] Summary of Tuesday's Bar BoF at IETF 77

From: "Novikov, Lev" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:11:10 -0400

(For newcomers to the IETF, see http://www.ietf.org/tao.html#anchor28 for a brief description of the informal meetings called bar BoFs.)

We had a great turnout of 16 people for last night's bar BoF (at the IETF meeting in Anaheim, CA) where we talked about high assurance environments for about an hour and a half. 

Some of points that were made:
1. There is a desire to see an explanation of the underlying model of high assurance environments similar to how PKCS#11 is based on the model put forth by FIPS-140.

2. There is uncertainty about how existing protocols would work in a high assurance environment. An explanation would be appreciated.

Therefore, one of our early tasks is to create a document that explains the model of high assurance environments and how that model differs (and is similar to) the model in FIPS-140. I'll take a crack at it soon and will be looking for people to help review and comment on it.

Lev