The Common Authentication Technology Next Generation (kitten) working group in the Security Area of the IETF has been rechartered. For additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the working group Chairs. Common Authentication Technology Next Generation (kitten) --------------------------------------------------- Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Tom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu> Shawn Emery <shawn.emery@oracle.com> Security Area Director(s): Tim Polk <tim.polk@nist.gov> Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> Security Area Advisor: Tim Polk <tim.polk@nist.gov> Mailing Lists: General Discussion: kitten@ietf.org To Suscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/kitten Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/kitten/current/maillist.html Description of Working Group: The Generic Security Services (GSS) API and Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) provide various applications with a security framework for secure network communication. The purpose of the Common Authentication Technology Next Generation (Kitten) working group (WG) is to develop extensions/improvements to the GSS-API, shepherd specific GSS-API security mechanisms, and provide guidance for any new SASL- related submissions. This working is chartered to specify the following extensions and improvements (draft-yu-kitten-api-wishlist-00) to the GSS-API: * Provide new interfaces for credential management, which include the following: initializing credentials iterating credentials exporting/importing credentials * Specify interface for asynchronous calls. * Define interfaces for better error message reporting. * Provide a more programmer friendly GSS-API for application developers. This could include reducing the number of interface parameters, for example, by eliminating parameters which are commonly used with the default values. This WG is also chartered to transition proposed SASL mechanisms as GSS-API mechanisms: * A SASL Mechanism for OpenID draft-lear-ietf-sasl-openid-00 * A SASL Mechanism for SAML draft-wierenga-ietf-sasl-saml-00 The transition from SASL to GSS-API mechanisms will allow a greater set of applications to utilize said mechanisms with SASL implementations that support the use of GSS-API mechanisms in SASL (draft-ietf-sasl- gs2). * Shepherd draft-ietf-sasl-digest-to-historic to publication. This WG should review proposals for new SASL and GSS-API mechanisms, but may take on work on such mechanisms only through a revision of this charter. The WG should also review non-mechanism proposals related to SASL and the GSS-API. However, work that adds SASL or GSS-API support in application protocols should be handled by the application's WG. Deliverables: * GSS-API: initializing credentials * GSS-API: iterating credentials * GSS-API: exporting/importing credentials * GSS-API: specification for asynchronous calls * GSS-API: interfaces/improvements for better error message reporting * GSS-API: programmer friendly interfaces * GSS-API: transition SASL mechanism for OpenID * GSS-API: transition SASL mechanism for SAML * GSS-API: publish draft-ietf-kitten-gssapi-extensions-iana * GSS-API: publish draft-ietf-kitten-gssapi-naming-exts * SASL: publish draft-melnikov-digest-to-historic Goals and Milestones: Done Submit naming-exts to the IESG as Proposed Standard August 2010 WGLC on gssapi-extensions-iana August 2010 Submit gssapi-extensions-iana to the IESG as Proposed Standard TBD Other Listed Work Items _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
