Proposal to create the TX working group
David Recordon
drecordon at sixapart.com
Sat Nov 8 18:50:28 UTC 2008
Hi Nat,
Thanks. I still would really like to see the name changed for when we
think about the World-wide market. Do others disagree? OpenID Trust
Exchange just feels like it doesn't actually describe what the spec
does nor how you can actually exchange "trust".
--David
On Nov 1, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Nat Sakimura wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your comments. My reply inline below:
>
>
> 2008/11/1 David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com>
> Hey Nat,
> Do you see this as being built atop Attribute Exchange for transport
> or as something new that TX defines? I know Sxip had done work with
> AX to enable passing signed and encrypted attributes using SAML
> assertions.
>
> I have thought of using AX as transport once, then gave up on it
> when I was thinking of a mobile use case where the amount of payload
> that could be carried with was very limited (URL length in GET is
> limited to one of 128bytes, 256bytes or 512bytes depending on the
> handset). So, the current draft looks a lot like AX with bunch of
> hard coded attribute types in a way.
>
> As far as carrying SAML token etc. in AX are concerned, similar
> thing has also been done by one of the proposer, Robert Ott of
> Clavid. Martin Paljak of Estonia (openid.ee) has been using XAdES
> with AX.
> These approach are valid. However, I thought the approach partly
> defeats the purpose of OpenID.
> If we were using SAML, then we could have used it through out.
> I wanted to make it easier for the developers by sticking to the tag-
> value approach.
> This made us define some of the attribute types defined in SAML and
> XAdES to be defined as tag-value tag.
>
>
>
> Is "Trust Exchange" really the best name? Seems like "trust" is
> quite a broad concept so something more specific might be better.
>
> Right. Naming was a bit problematic. I started using "Trust" because
> the messaging model is not dis-similar to WS-Trust. Now, the "trust"
> defined in WS-Trust in our context is essentially "Contract". So I
> thought of changing it to "CX" or something, but then, at least in
> Japan, quite a few key people were already exposed to "TX" by now
> and thus I kept the name "TX".
>
>
>
> --David
>
> On Oct 31, 2008, at 4:21 AM, Nat Sakimura wrote:
>
>> Dear Specification Council members:
>>
>> In accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and
>> procedures this note proposes the formation of a new working group
>> chartered to produce an OpenID specification. As per Section 4.1
>> of the Policies, the specifics of the proposed working group are:
>>
>> Trust Exchange (TX) Extension WG Charter
>>
>> In accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and
>> procedures this note proposes the formation of a new working group
>> chartered to produce an OpenID specification. As per Section 4.1
>> of the Policies, the specifics of the proposed working group are:
>>
>>
>> Proposal:
>>
>> (a) Charter.
>>
>> (i) WG name: Trust Exchange Extension (TX)
>>
>> (ii) Purpose: The purpose of this WG is to produce a standard
>> OpenID extension to the OpenID Authentication protocol that enables
>> arbitrary parties to create and exchange a mutually-digitally-
>> signed legally binding "contract". This protocol extension aims to
>> be both broadband and mobile friendly by defining appropriate
>> bindings for each use case.
>>
>> Although this specification defines one default protocol for
>> transfering data based on the contract, the data transfer portion
>> is intended to be pluggable so that other protocols may also be
>> used for this purpose.
>>
>> The extension is not intended to be a general method for defining
>> attributes; the scope is limited to a specific set of attributes
>> necessary for contract semantics. The extension will also define a
>> contract signature based on public key cryptography. When used with
>> a digital certificate signed by a third party, the contract and
>> signature can be used as an assertion of conformance to an
>> applicable assurance program.
>>
>> (iii) Scope:
>>
>> Scope of the work
>>
>> Development of the specification including:
>> An extensible tag-value contract format
>> Public Key Cryptography based digital signature method applied to
>> the above contract format
>> Query/response communication protocols for establishing the contract
>> Default data transfer protocol based on the contract
>> Conformance requirements for other data transfer protocol bindings
>> Security, threats and Risk analysis
>> Perform Security Risk analysis and profiles for best practice
>> Out of scope
>>
>> Term negotiation: Actual negotiation of the terms of a contract
>> should be dealt with out-of-band or by other specifications.
>> General purpose data type identifiers: this should be determined on
>> a per-community bases using other specifications such as OpenID
>> Attribute Exchange.
>> Assurance programs or other identity governance frameworks.
>> It is the intent that this specification be usable by any trust
>> community, whether it uses conventional PKI hierarchies, peer-to-
>> peer trust mechanisms, reputation systems, or other forms of trust
>> assurance. The specification of any particular trust root, trust
>> hierarchy, or trust policy is explicitly out of scope.
>>
>> (iv) Proposed List of Specifications: TX 1.0, spec completion
>> expected in January 2009.
>>
>> (v) Anticipated audience or users of the work: Implementers of
>> OpenID Providers and Relying Parties, especially those who require
>> security and accountability features to exchange sensitive customer
>> information (e.g. personally identifiable information and credit
>> card numbers) responsibly among trusted parties.
>>
>> (vi) Language in which the WG will conduct business: English.
>>
>> (vii) Method of work: E-mail discussions on the working group
>> mailing list, working group conference calls, and possibly face-to-
>> face meetings at conferences.
>>
>> (viii) Basis for determining when the work of the WG is
>> completed: Draft 1 will be evaluated on the basis of whether they
>> increase or decrease consensus within the working group. The work
>> will be completed once it is apparent that maximal consensus on the
>> draft has been achieved, consistent with the purpose and scope.
>>
>> (b) Background Information.
>>
>> (i) Related work being done by other WGs or organizations:
>>
>> LIberty Alliance Identity Governance Framework (IGF) 1.0 Draft
>> XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES)
>>
>> (ii) Proposers:
>>
>> Drummond Reed, drummond.reed at parity.com, Cordance/Parity/OASIS
>> (U.S.A)
>> Henrik Biering, hb at netamia.com, Netamia (Denmark)
>> Hideki Nara, hdknr at ic-tact.co.jp, Tact Communications (Japan)
>> John Bradeley, jbradley at mac.com, OASIS IDTrust Member Section
>> (Canada)
>> Mike Graves, mgraves at janrain.com, JanRain, Inc. (U.S.A.)
>> Nat Sakimura, n-sakimura at nri.co.jp, Nomura Research Institute,
>> Ltd.(Japan)
>> Robert Ott, robert.ott at clavid.com, Clavid (Switzerland)
>> Tatsuki Sakushima, tatsuki at nri.com, NRI America, Ltd. (U.S.A.)
>> Toru Yamaguchi, trymch at gmail.com, Cyboze Lab (Japan)
>>
>>
>> Editors:
>>
>> Nat Sakimura, n-sakimura at nri.co.jp, Nomura Research Institute,
>> Ltd.
>>
>> (iii) Anticipated Contributions:
>> (1) Sakimura, N., et. al "OpenID Trusted data eXchange
>> Extention Specification (draft)", Oct. 2008. [TX2008].
>>
>>
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