Mathematical Mesh: Platform Configuration
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Network Working Group P. Hallam-Baker
Internet-Draft Comodo Group Inc.
Intended status: Informational September 18, 2017
Expires: March 22, 2018
Mathematical Mesh: Platform Configuration
draft-hallambaker-mesh-platform-01
Abstract
The Mathematical Mesh ?The Mesh? is an end-to-end secure
infrastructure that facilitates the exchange of configuration and
credential data between multiple user devices. This document
describes how Mesh profiles are stored for application access on
Windows, Linux and OSX platforms.
This document is also available online at
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2. Defined Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3. Related Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Windows Platform Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Registry Key Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Data File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Key Store Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4. Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4.1. Locating a personal profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4.2. Locating a device profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4.3. Locating an application profile . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. OSX Platform Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Key Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Linux Platform Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Key Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8.3. URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
This document describes recommended platform specific configuration
for Mathematical Mesh applications. The use of common conventions
for storage of profiles and private keys allows mesh enabled
applications to interoperate on the same machine.
Protecting private key material from disclosure to other processes
presents complex and difficult technical challenges. Ensuring that a
key is properly erased from storage before memory is released relies
on a complex series of assumptions about memory management at the
compiler, operating system and the platform level.
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