Welcome to the Provisioning of Symmetric Keys (keyprov) KeyProv web

Description of Working Group

Current developments in deployment of Shared Symmetric Key (SSK) tokens have highlighted the need for a standard protocol for provisioning symmetric keys.

The need for provisioning protocols in PKI architectures has been recognized for some time. Although the existence and architecture of these protocols provides a feasibility proof for the KEYPROV work assumptions built into these protocols mean that it is not possible to apply them to symmetric key architectures without substantial modification.

In particular the ability to provision symmetric keys and associated attributes dynamically to already issued devices such as cell phones and USB drives is highly desirable. The working group will develop the necessary protocols and data formats required to support provisioning and management of symmetric key authentication tokens, both proprietary and standards based.

Available Information

• WG Charter Page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/keyprov-charter.html
• IETF 67 Meeting Material
• IETF 68 Meeting Material
• KEYPROV Subversion Server
• KEYPROV Issue Tracker
• Roadmap for the IETF Keyprov working group -- IetfKeyprovRoadMap
• 1st KEYPROV Interim Meeting -- KeyprovInterim2008

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