W3C

WoT Security

10 May 2021

Attendees

Present
Kaz_Ashimura, Michael_McCool, Philipp_Blum, Tomoaki_Mizushima
Regrets
Cristiano, Oliver
Chair
McCool
Scribe
kaz

Meeting minutes

TD Issue 940

wot-thing-description Issue 940 - Add optional proof section to TDs

McCool: (adds comments)

McCool's comments

McCool: LDS might choose to use full URLs for JSON-LD canonical form, which would be problematic for us

Philipp: Can we influence this? So that we can also use their standard?

McCool: Yes and yes :)

Prev minutes

May-03

McCool: (goes through the minutes)

approved

Signing

McCool: have to reverse the alias...
… have to figure out how to handle the names
… discussions around TD issue 940

wot-thing-description issue 940 (McCool's latest comments)

McCool: note that there is discussion on a new proposed group on Liked Data Signature

Strategy Issue 262 - Linked Data Signature Charter proposal

McCool: it would take long time to resolve it
… need some signing mechanism
… any opinions?

Philipp: JSON Web Signature heavily used

Issue 166 - Add integrity protection (proof section) to TDs

Philipp: SHA256 AES and ECDSA

McCool: SHA256 is a HASH mechanism. right?

Philipp: yes

ECDSA (wikipedia)

Use Case Questionnaire

Issue 168 - Add "Security and Privacy Considerations" to all use cases (or requirements)

McCool: what would be the requirements?

Self-Review Questionnaire: Security and Privacy

McCool: need some brainstorming
… (provides a list of possible points on the GitHub comment)

McCool's comments

McCool: let's see the questions on the self-review questionnaire
… (goes through the questions)

Self-Review Questionnaire: Security and Privacy - "2. Questions to Consider"

Philipp: what about OAuth2 topics?
… would it be OK if I create a PR?

McCool: yeah
… OAuth2 is a way to manage security

Philipp: another question on Signature

McCool: we still need to see the proposed Charter, etc.

Kaz: we as the WoT as a whole should think about liaison with that group

McCool: right

[adjourned]

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