@techreport{wing-settle-referee-00, number = {draft-wing-settle-referee-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wing-settle-referee/00/}, author = {Dan Wing}, title = {{A Referee to Authenticate Servers in Local Domains}}, pagetotal = 14, year = 2025, month = jan, day = 7, abstract = {Obtaining and maintaining PKI certificates for devices in a local domain network is difficult for both technical and human factors reasons. This document describes an alternative approach to securely identify and authenticate servers in the local domain using a HTTPS- based trust anchor system, called a Referee. The Referee allows bootstrapping a network of devices by trusting only the Referee trust anchor in the local domain.}, }