SCITT Reference APIs
draft-ietf-scitt-scrapi-08

SCITT                                                        H. Birkholz
Internet-Draft                                            Fraunhofer SIT
Intended status: Standards Track                               J. Geater
Expires: 28 September 2026                               DataTrails Inc.
                                                           27 March 2026

                          SCITT Reference APIs
                       draft-ietf-scitt-scrapi-08

Abstract

   This document describes a REST API that supports the normative
   requirements of the SCITT Architecture.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Authentication  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Transparency Service Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.2.  Individual Transparency Service Key . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.3.  Register Signed Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.3.1.  Status 201 - Registration is successful . . . . . . .   9
       3.3.2.  Status 303 - Registration is running  . . . . . . . .  10
       3.3.3.  Status 400 - Invalid Client Request . . . . . . . . .  10
     3.4.  Query Registration Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       3.4.1.  Status 302 - Registration is running  . . . . . . . .  12
       3.4.2.  Status 200 - Asynchronous registration is
               successful  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.4.3.  Status 400 - Invalid Client Request . . . . . . . . .  14
       3.4.4.  Status 404 - Operation Not Found  . . . . . . . . . .  15
       3.4.5.  Status 429 - Too Many Requests  . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     3.5.  Resolve Receipt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       3.5.1.  Status 200 - OK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       3.5.2.  Status 404 - Not Found  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   4.  Privacy Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     5.1.  General Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     5.2.  Applicable Environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     5.3.  Threat Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       5.3.1.  In Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       5.3.2.  Out of Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     6.1.  Well-Known URI for Key Discovery  . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21

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   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

1.  Introduction

   The SCITT Architecture [I-D.draft-ietf-scitt-architecture] defines
   the core objects, identifiers and workflows necessary to interact
   with a SCITT Transparency Service:

   *  Signed Statements

   *  Receipts

   *  Transparent Statements

   *  Registration Policies

   SCRAPI defines HTTP resources for a Transparency Service using COSE
   ([RFC9052]).  The following resources MUST be implemented for
   conformance to this specification:

   *  Registration of Signed Statements

   *  Issuance and resolution of Receipts

   *  Discovery of Transparency Service Keys

1.1.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   This specification uses the terms "Signed Statement", "Receipt",
   "Transparent Statement", "Artifact Repositories", "Transparency
   Service" and "Registration Policy" as defined in
   [I-D.draft-ietf-scitt-architecture].

   This specification uses "payload" as defined in [RFC9052].

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2.  Authentication

   Authentication is out of scope for this document.  Implementations
   MAY authenticate clients, for example for the purposes of
   authorization or preventing denial of service attacks.  If
   Authentication is not implemented, rate limiting or other denial of
   service mitigations MUST be implemented.

3.  Resources

   All messages are sent as HTTP GET or POST requests.

   If the Transparency Service cannot process a client's request, it
   MUST return either:

   1.  an HTTP 3xx code, indicating to the client additional action they
       must take to complete the request, such as follow a redirection,
       or

   2.  an HTTP 4xx or 5xx status code, and the body MUST be a Concise
       Problem Details object (application/concise-problem-details+cbor)
       [RFC9290] containing:

   *  title: A human-readable string identifying the error that
      prevented the Transparency Service from processing the request,
      ideally short and suitable for inclusion in log messages.

   *  detail: A human-readable string describing the error in more
      depth, ideally with sufficient detail enabling the error to be
      rectified.

   SCRAPI is not a CoAP API, but Constrained Problem Details objects
   [RFC9290] provide a useful encoding for problem details and avoid the
   need to mix CBOR and JSON in resource or client implementations.

   NOTE: Examples use '\' line wrapping per [RFC8792]

   Examples of errors may include:

   {
     / title /         -1: \
               "Bad Signature Algorithm",
     / detail /        -2: \
               "Signing algorithm 'WalnutDSA' not supported"
   }

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   Most error types are specific to the type of request and are defined
   in the respective subsections below.  The one exception is the
   "malformed" error type, which indicates that the Transparency Service
   could not parse the client's request because it did not comply with
   this document:

   {
     / title /         -1: \
               "Malformed request",
     / detail /        -2: \
               "The request could not be parsed"
   }

   Clients SHOULD treat 500 and 503 HTTP status code responses as
   transient failures and MAY retry the same request without
   modification at a later date.

   Note that in the case of any error response, the Transparency Service
   MAY include a Retry-After header field per [RFC9110] in order to
   request a minimum time for the client to wait before retrying the
   request.  In the absence of this header field, this document does not
   specify a minimum.

   The following HTTP resources MUST be implemented to enable
   conformance to this specification.

3.1.  Transparency Service Keys

   This resource is used to discover the public keys that can be used by
   relying parties to verify Receipts issued by the Transparency
   Service.

   The Transparency Service responds with a COSE Key Set, as defined in
   Section 7 of [RFC9052].

   Request:

   GET /.well-known/scitt-keys HTTP/1.1
   Host: transparency.example
   Accept: application/cbor

   Response:

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   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Content-Type: application/cbor

   Body (in CBOR diagnostic notation)

   [
     {
       -1:1,
       -2:h'65eda5a1...9c08551d',
       -3:h'1e52ed75...0084d19c',
       1:2,
       2:'kid1'
     },
     {
       -1:1,
       -2:h'bac5b11c...d6a09eff',
       -3:h'20138bf8...bbfc117e',
       1:2,
       2:'kid2'
     }
   ]

   The Transparency Service MAY stop returning at that resource the keys
   it no longer uses to issue Receipts, following a reasonable delay.  A
   delay is considered reasonable if it is sufficient for relying
   parties to have obtained the key needed to verify any previously
   issued Receipt.  Consistent with key management best practices
   described in [NIST.SP.800-57pt1r5] (Section 5.3.4), retired keys
   SHOULD remain available for as long as any Receipts signed with them
   may still need to be verified.

3.2.  Individual Transparency Service Key

   This resource is used to resolve a single public key, from a kid
   value contained in a Receipt previously issued by the Transparency
   Service.

   Request:

   GET /.well-known/scitt-keys/{kid_value} HTTP/1.1
   Host: transparency.example
   Accept: application/cbor

   Response:

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   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Content-Type: application/cbor

   Body (in CBOR diagnostic notation)

   [
     {
       -1:1,
       -2:h'bac5b11c...d6a09eff',
       -3:h'20138bf8...bbfc117e',
       1:2,
       2:'kid_value'
     }
   ]

   The following expected error is defined:

   HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: "No such key",
     / detail /        -2: "No key could be found for this kid value"
   }

   Implementations MAY return other errors, so long as they are valid
   [RFC9290] objects.

   If the kid values used by the service ({kid_value} in the request
   above) are not URL-safe, the resource MUST accept the base64url
   encoding of the kid value, without padding, in the URL instead.

   Section 2 of [RFC7515] specifies Base64Url encoding as follows:

   [RFC7515] specifies Base64url encoding as follows:

   "Base64 encoding using the URL- and filename-safe character set
   defined in Section 5 of RFC 4648 [RFC4648], with all trailing '='
   characters omitted and without the inclusion of any line breaks,
   whitespace, or other additional characters.  Note that the base64url
   encoding of the empty octet sequence is the empty string.  (See
   Appendix C of [RFC7515] for notes on implementing base64url encoding
   without padding.)"

   It is RECOMMENDED to use COSE Key Thumbprint, as defined in [RFC9679]
   as the mechanism to assign a kid to Transparency Service keys.

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3.3.  Register Signed Statement

   This resource instructs a Transparency Service to register a Signed
   Statement on its log.  Since log implementations may take many
   seconds or longer to reach finality, this API provides an
   asynchronous mode that returns a locator that can be used to check
   the registration's status asynchronously.

   The following is a non-normative example of an HTTP request to
   register a Signed Statement:

   Request:

   POST /entries HTTP/1.1
   Host: transparency.example
   Accept: application/cbor
   Accept: application/cose
   Content-Type: application/cose

   Body (in CBOR diagnostic notation)

   18([ / COSE Sign1           /
     <<{
       / signature alg         / 1:  -35, # ES384
       / key identifier        / 4:   h'75726e3a...32636573',
       / cose sign1 type       / 16:  "application/example+cose",
       / payload-hash-alg      / 258: -16, # sha-256
       / preimage-content-type / 259: "application/spdx+json",
       / payload-location      / 260: "https://.../manifest.json",
       / CWT Claims            / 15: {
         / Issuer  / 1: "vendor.example",
         / Subject / 2: "vendor.product.example",
       }
     }>>,                          / Protected Header   /
     {},                           / Unprotected Header /
     / Payload, sha-256 digest of file stored at payload-location /
     h'935b5a91...e18a588a',
     h'269cd68f4211dffc...0dcb29c' / Signature /
   ])

   A Transparency Service depends on the verification of the Signed
   Statement in the Registration Policy.

   The Registration Policy for the Transparency Service MUST be applied
   before any additional processing.  The details of Registration
   Policies are out of scope for this document.

   Response:

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   One of the following:

3.3.1.  Status 201 - Registration is successful

   If the Transparency Service is able to produce a Receipt within a
   reasonable time, it MAY return it directly.

   Along with the receipt the Transparency Service MAY return a locator
   in the HTTP response Location header, provided the locator is a valid
   URL.

   HTTP/1.1 201 Created
   Location: https://transparency.example/entries/67ed...befe
   Content-Type: application/cose

   Body (in CBOR diagnostic notation)

   / cose-sign1 / 18([
     / protected   / <<{
       / key / 4 : "mxA4KiOkQFZ-dkLebSo3mLOEPR7rN8XtxkJe45xuyJk",
       / algorithm / 1 : -7,  # ES256
       / vds       / 395 : 1, # RFC9162 SHA-256
       / claims / 15 : {
         / issuer  / 1 : "https://blue.notary.example",
         / subject / 2 : "https://green.software.example/cli@v1.2.3",
       },
     }>>,
     / unprotected / {
       / proofs / 396 : {
         / inclusion / -1 : [
           <<[
             / size / 9, / leaf / 8,
             / inclusion path /
             h'7558a95f...e02e35d6'
           ]>>
         ],
       },
     },
     / payload     / null,
     / signature   / h'02d227ed...ccd3774f'
   ])

   The response contains the Receipt for the Signed Statement.  Fresh
   Receipts may be requested through the resource identified in the
   Location header.

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3.3.2.  Status 303 - Registration is running

   In cases where the registration request is accepted but the
   Transparency Service is not able to produce a Receipt in a reasonable
   time, it MAY return a locator for the registration operation, as in
   this non-normative example:

   HTTP/1.1 303 See Other
   Location: https://transparency.example/entries/67ed...befe
   Content-Type: application/cose
   Content-Length: 0
   Retry-After: <seconds>

   The location MAY be temporary, and the service may not serve a
   relevant response at this Location after a reasonable delay.

   The Transparency Service MAY include a Retry-After header in the HTTP
   response to help with polling.

3.3.3.  Status 400 - Invalid Client Request

   The following expected errors are defined.  Implementations MAY
   return other errors, so long as they are valid [RFC9290] objects.

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Bad Signature Algorithm",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement contained a non supported algorithm"
   }

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: "\
             Confirmation Missing",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement did not contain proof of possession"
   }

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   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Payload Missing",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement payload must be present"
   }

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Rejected",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement not accepted by the current\
             Registration Policy"
   }

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: "Invalid locator",
     / detail /        -2: "Operation locator is not in a valid form"
   }

3.4.  Query Registration Status

   This resource lets a client query a Transparency Service for the
   registration status of a Signed Statement they have submitted
   earlier, and for which they have received a 303 or 302 - Registration
   is running response.

   Request:

   GET /entries/67ed...befe HTTP/1.1
   Host: transparency.example
   Accept: application/cbor
   Accept: application/cose
   Content-Type: application/cose

   Response:

   One of the following:

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3.4.1.  Status 302 - Registration is running

   Registration requests MAY fail, in which case the Location MAY return
   an error when queried.

   If the client requests (GET) the location when the registration is
   still in progress, the TS MAY return a 302 Found, as in this non-
   normative example:

   HTTP/1.1 302 Found
   Location: https://transparency.example/entries/67ed...befe
   Content-Type: application/cose
   Content-Length: 0
   Retry-After: <seconds>

   The location MAY be temporary, and the service may not serve a
   relevant response at this Location after a reasonable delay.

   The Transparency Service MAY include a Retry-After header in the HTTP
   response to help with polling.

3.4.2.  Status 200 - Asynchronous registration is successful

   Along with the receipt the Transparency Service MAY return a locator
   in the HTTP response Location header, provided the locator is a valid
   URL.

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   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Location: https://transparency.example/entries/67ed...befe
   Content-Type: application/cose

   Body (in CBOR diagnostic notation)

   / cose-sign1 / 18([
     / protected   / <<{
       / key / 4 : "mxA4KiOkQFZ-dkLebSo3mLOEPR7rN8XtxkJe45xuyJk",
       / algorithm / 1 : -7,  # ES256
       / vds       / 395 : 1, # RFC9162 SHA-256
       / claims / 15 : {
         / issuer  / 1 : "https://blue.notary.example",
         / subject / 2 : "https://green.software.example/cli@v1.2.3",
       },
     }>>,
     / unprotected / {
       / proofs / 396 : {
         / inclusion / -1 : [
           <<[
             / size / 9, / leaf / 8,
             / inclusion path /
             h'7558a95f...e02e35d6'
           ]>>
         ],
       },
     },
     / payload     / null,
     / signature   / h'02d227ed...ccd3774f'
   ])

   The response contains the Receipt for the Signed Statement.  Fresh
   Receipts may be requested through the resource identified in the
   Location header.

   As an example, a successful asynchronous follows the following
   sequence:

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   Initial exchange:

   Client --- POST /entries (Signed Statement) --> TS
   Client <-- 303 Location: .../entries/tmp123 --- TS

   May happen zero or more times:

   Client --- GET .../entries/tmp123           --> TS
   Client <-- 302 Location: .../entries/tmp123 --- TS

   Finally:

   Client --- GET .../entries/tmp123           --> TS
   Client <-- 200 (Receipt)                    --- TS
              Location: .../entries/final123

3.4.3.  Status 400 - Invalid Client Request

   The following expected errors are defined.  Implementations MAY
   return other errors, so long as they are valid [RFC9290] objects.

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Bad Signature Algorithm",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement contained a non supported algorithm"
   }

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: "\
             Confirmation Missing",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement did not contain proof of possession"
   }

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   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Payload Missing",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement payload must be present"
   }

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Rejected",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Signed Statement not accepted by the current\
             Registration Policy"
   }

   HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: "Invalid locator",
     / detail /        -2: "Operation locator is not in a valid form"
   }

3.4.4.  Status 404 - Operation Not Found

   If no record of the specified running operation is found, the
   Transparency Service returns a 404 response.

   HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Operation Not Found",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "No running operation was found matching the requested ID"
   }

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3.4.5.  Status 429 - Too Many Requests

   If a client is polling for an in-progress registration too frequently
   then the Transparency Service MAY, in addition to implementing rate
   limiting, return a 429 response:

   HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor
   Retry-After: <seconds>

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Too Many Requests",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Only <number> requests per <period> are allowed."
   }

3.5.  Resolve Receipt

   Request:

   GET /entries/67ed41f1de6a...cfc158694ed0befe HTTP/1.1
   Host: transparency.example
   Accept: application/cose

   Response:

3.5.1.  Status 200 - OK

   If the Receipt is found:

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   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Location: https://transparency.example/entries/67ed...befe
   Content-Type: application/cose

   Body (in CBOR diagnostic notation)

   / cose-sign1 / 18([
     / protected   / <<{
       / key / 4 : "mxA4KiOkQFZ-dkLebSo3mLOEPR7rN8XtxkJe45xuyJk",
       / algorithm / 1 : -7,  # ES256
       / vds       / 395 : 1, # RFC9162 SHA-256
       / claims / 15 : {
         / issuer  / 1 : "https://blue.notary.example",
         / subject / 2 : "https://green.software.example/cli@v1.2.3",
       },
     }>>,
     / unprotected / {
       / proofs / 396 : {
         / inclusion / -1 : [
           <<[
             / size / 9, / leaf / 8,
             / inclusion path /
             h'7558a95f...e02e35d6'
           ]>>
         ],
       },
     },
     / payload     / null,
     / signature   / h'02d227ed...ccd3774f'
   ])

3.5.2.  Status 404 - Not Found

   If there is no Receipt found for the specified EntryID the
   Transparency Service returns a 404 response:

   HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
   Content-Type: application/concise-problem-details+cbor

   {
     / title /         -1: \
             "Not Found",
     / detail /        -2: \
             "Receipt with entry ID <id> not known \
             to this Transparency Service"
   }

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4.  Privacy Considerations

   The privacy considerations section of
   [I-D.draft-ietf-scitt-architecture] applies to this document.

5.  Security Considerations

5.1.  General Scope

   This document describes the interoperable API for client calls to,
   and implementations of, a Transparency Service as specified in
   [I-D.draft-ietf-scitt-architecture].  As such the security
   considerations in this section are concerned only with security
   considerations that are relevant at that implementation layer.  All
   questions of security of the related COSE formats, algorithm choices,
   cryptographic envelopes, verifiable data structures and the like are
   handled elsewhere and out of scope for this document.

5.2.  Applicable Environment

   SCITT is concerned with issues of cross-boundary supply-chain-wide
   data integrity and as such must assume a very wide range of
   deployment environments.  Thus, no assumptions can be made about the
   security of the computing environment in which any client
   implementation of this specification runs.

5.3.  Threat Model

5.3.1.  In Scope

   The most serious threats to implementations on Transparency Services
   are ones that would cause the failure of their main promises, to wit:

   *  Threats to strong identification, for example representing the
      Statements from one issuer as those of another

   *  Threats to payload integrity, for example changing the contents of
      a Signed Statement before making it transparent

   *  Threats to non-equivocation, for example attacks that would enable
      the presentation or verification of divergent proofs for the same
      Statement payload

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5.3.1.1.  Denial of Service Attacks

   While denial of service attacks are very hard to defend against
   completely, and Transparency Services are unlikely to be in the
   critical path of any safety-liable operation, any attack which could
   cause the _silent_ failure of Signed Statement registration, for
   example, should be considered in scope.

   In principle DoS attacks are easily mitigated by the client checking
   that the Transparency Service has registered any submitted Signed
   Statement and returned a Receipt.  Since verification of Receipts
   does not require the involvement of the Transparency Service DoS
   attacks are not a major issue.

   Clients to Transparency Services SHOULD ensure that Receipts are
   available for their registered Statements, either on a periodic or
   needs-must basis, depending on the use case.

   Beyond this, implementers of Transparency Services MUST implement
   general good practice around network attacks, flooding, rate limiting
   etc.

5.3.1.2.  Eavesdropping

   Since the purpose of this API is to ultimately put the message
   payloads on a Transparency Log there is limited risk to
   eavesdropping.  Nonetheless transparency may mean 'within a limited
   community' rather than 'in full public', so implementers MUST add
   protections against man-in-the-middle and network eavesdropping, such
   as TLS.

5.3.1.3.  Message Modification Attacks

   Modification attacks are mitigated by the use of the Issuer signature
   on the Signed Statement.

5.3.1.4.  Message Insertion Attacks

   Insertion attacks are mitigated by the use of the Issuer signature on
   the Signed Statement, therefore care must be taken in the protection
   of Issuer keys and credentials to avoid theft and impersonation.

   Transparency Services MAY also implement additional protections such
   as anomaly detection or rate limiting in order to mitigate the impact
   of any breach.

5.3.2.  Out of Scope

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5.3.2.1.  Replay Attacks

   Replay attacks are not particularly concerning for SCITT or SCRAPI:
   Once a statement is made, it is intended to be immutable and non-
   repudiable, so making it twice should not lead to any particular
   issues.  There could be issues at the payload level (for instance,
   the statement "it is raining" may be true when first submitted but
   not when replayed), but being payload-agnostic implementations of
   SCITT services cannot be required to worry about that.

   If the semantic content of the payload are time-dependent and
   susceptible to replay attacks in this way then timestamps MAY be
   added to the protected header signed by the Issuer.

5.3.2.2.  Message Deletion Attacks

   Once registered with a Transparency Service, Registered Signed
   Statements cannot be deleted.  Thus, any message deletion attack must
   occur prior to registration else it is indistinguishable from a man-
   in-the-middle or denial-of-service attack on this interface.

6.  IANA Considerations

6.1.  Well-Known URI for Key Discovery

   The following value is requested to be registered in the "Well-Known
   URIs" registry (using the template from [RFC8615]):

   URI suffix: scitt-keys Change controller: IETF Specification
   document(s): RFCthis Status: Permanent Related information:
   [I-D.draft-ietf-scitt-architecture]

7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.draft-ietf-scitt-architecture]
              Birkholz, H., Delignat-Lavaud, A., Fournet, C., Deshpande,
              Y., and S. Lasker, "An Architecture for Trustworthy and
              Transparent Digital Supply Chains", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-scitt-architecture-22, 10
              October 2025, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-scitt-architecture-22>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.

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   [RFC4648]  Josefsson, S., "The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data
              Encodings", RFC 4648, DOI 10.17487/RFC4648, October 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4648>.

   [RFC7515]  Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web
              Signature (JWS)", RFC 7515, DOI 10.17487/RFC7515, May
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7515>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8615]  Nottingham, M., "Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers
              (URIs)", RFC 8615, DOI 10.17487/RFC8615, May 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8615>.

   [RFC9052]  Schaad, J., "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE):
              Structures and Process", STD 96, RFC 9052,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9052, August 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9052>.

   [RFC9110]  Fielding, R., Ed., Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke,
              Ed., "HTTP Semantics", STD 97, RFC 9110,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9110, June 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110>.

   [RFC9290]  Fossati, T. and C. Bormann, "Concise Problem Details for
              Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) APIs", RFC 9290,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9290, October 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9290>.

   [RFC9679]  Isobe, K., Tschofenig, H., and O. Steele, "CBOR Object
              Signing and Encryption (COSE) Key Thumbprint", RFC 9679,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9679, December 2024,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9679>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [NIST.SP.800-57pt1r5]
              Barker, E., "Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1 -
              General", NIST Special Publication 800-57 Part 1 Revision
              5, May 2020,
              <https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-57pt1r5>.

   [RFC8792]  Watsen, K., Auerswald, E., Farrel, A., and Q. Wu,
              "Handling Long Lines in Content of Internet-Drafts and
              RFCs", RFC 8792, DOI 10.17487/RFC8792, June 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8792>.

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Contributors

   Orie Steele
   Transmute
   United States
   Email: orie@transmute.industries

   Orie contributed examples, text, and URN structure to early version
   of this draft.

   Amaury Chamayou
   Microsoft
   United Kingdom
   Email: amaury.chamayou@microsoft.com

   Amaury contributed crucial content to ensure interoperability between
   implementations, improve example expressiveness and consistency, as
   well as overall document quality.

   Dick Brooks
   Business Cyber Guardian
   United States
   Email: dick@businesscyberguardian.com

   Dick contributed use cases and helped improve example expressiveness
   and consistency.

   Robert Martin
   MITRE Corporation
   United States
   Email: ramartin@mitre.org

   Bob contributed use cases and helped with authoring and improving the
   document.

   Steve Lasker
   Email: stevenlasker@hotmail.com

   Steve contributed architectural insights, particularly around
   asynchronous operations and participated in the initial writing of
   the document.

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   Nicole Bates
   Microsoft
   United States
   Email: nicolebates@microsoft.com

   Nicole contributed reviews and edits that improved the quality of the
   text.

   Roy Williams
   United States of America
   Email: roywill@msn.com

   Roy contributed the receipt refresh use case and associated resource
   definition.

Authors' Addresses

   Henk Birkholz
   Fraunhofer SIT
   Rheinstrasse 75
   64295 Darmstadt
   Germany
   Email: henk.birkholz@ietf.contact

   Jon Geater
   DataTrails Inc.
   United States
   Email: jon.geater@datatrails.ai

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