Digital Emblems
bofreq-haberman-digital-emblems-01

Document Type Approved BOF request
Title Digital Emblems
Last updated 2024-06-20
State Approved
Editor Brian Haberman
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bofreq-haberman-digital-emblems-01

Name: DIgital EMblems (DIEM)

Description

International law defines a number of emblems, such as the blue
helmets of United Nations peacekeeping forces , as indicative of special protections.
Similar protections are associated with journalists who wear
"Press" protective emblems on the battlefield, under Article 79 of
Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions and Resolution 2222 of the
United Nations Security Council. The emblems of national governments
and inter-governmental organizations protect diplomatic pouches,
couriers, and envoys under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations. Other marks enjoy protections against mis-use under the
Paris Convention, the Madrid Protocol, and the Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights.

Such physical emblems do not translate to the digital realm and also
suffer from a number of weaknesses in the physical world.
For example, there is no current capability that allows an organization
to indicate that its digital infrastructure should be afforded
protections under an international law due to its use in a physical mission.
This BoF is to explore the problem space, discuss technical requirements
raised by a variety of stakeholders, and help determine if there is
useful work to be done in the IETF around digital emblems. This BoF is not
a venue for discussing perspectives on the legal, regulatory, or policy aspects
surrounding the topic of digital emblems.

Potential work in this space could focus on developing digital emblems
to augment physical emblems, digital emblems to signal protection of
digital resources, or some combination of both. The focus needs to be
on identifying the set of use cases that can be addressed with a
standardized solution in order to avoid developing point solutions for
each use case. The technical challenges in this space cross multiple
areas within the IETF and input is needed from technology, policy, and
legal expertise without delving into subjective aspects around those areas.

Required Details

  • Status: not WG Forming
  • Responsible AD: Eric Vyncke and Warren Kumari
  • BOF proponents: Allison Mankin <allison@pch.net>, Brian Haberman <brian@innovationslab.net>, Tommy Jensen <Jensen.Thomas@microsoft.com>
  • BOF Chairs : Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> and Brian Haberman <brian@innovationslab.net>
  • Number of people expected to attend: 200
  • Length of session (1 or 2 hours): 2 hours
  • Conflicts (whole Areas and/or WGs)
  • Chair Conflicts: INT, SEC
  • Technology Overlap: DNS, Security, Operations
  • Key Participant Conflict: LAMPS, HRPC, SAAG, TLS, COSE, OAUTH

Information for IAB/IESG

To allow evaluation of your proposal, please include the following items:

  • Any protocols or practices that already exist in this space:
  • Which (if any) modifications to existing protocols or practices are required:
    • Potential new DNS RRTypes or modified DNS RRTypes (e.g., TLSA)
    • Potential new attributes in TLS handshakes
  • Which (if any) entirely new protocols or practices are required: None expected
  • Open source projects (if any) implementing this work:

Agenda

  • IETF Administrivia (Note Well, scribes, and notetakers)
  • Goals
    • Describe the overall needs and landscape for digital emblems
    • Expose the IETF community to the stakeholders' needs
    • Collect feedback on the problem area (challenges, limitations)
    • Identify other potential interested parties
  • Emblem overview
  • Scenarios
    • Use case 1
    • Use case 2
    • Use case 3
  • Possible ways forward
    • Nothing
    • Exploratory WG
    • Targeted WG
  • Open discussion
  • Wrap up (AD/chairs)