Technical Summary
In the IETF Remote Attestation Procedures (RATS) architecture, a
Verifier accepts Evidence and uses Appraisal Policy for Evidence,
typically with additional input from Endorsements and Reference
Values, to generate Attestation Results in formats that are useful
for Relying Parties. This document illustrates the purpose and role
of Endorsements and discusses some considerations in the choice of
message format for Endorsements in the scope of the RATS
architecture.
This document does not aim to define a conceptual message format for
Endorsements and Reference Values. Instead, it extends RFC9334 to
provide further details on Reference Values and Endorsements, as
these topics were outside the scope of the RATS charter when RFC9334
was developed.
Working Group Summary
The only notable conversation with regards to this document was if instead of this draft that the a RFC9334-bis document instead of this additional document. The WG decided to proceed with this document; the technical parts of the document had wide agreement.
Document Quality
This document explains the conceptual design and interactions of remote attestation endorsers and verifiers. It does not directly have implementations or IANA registry items. There are implementations of the overall remote attestation system.
Personnel
The Document Shepherd for this document is Yogesh Deshpande. The
Responsible Area Director is Christopher Inacio.