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The Generic Security Services (GSS) API and Simple Authentication and
Security Layer (SASL) provide various applications with a security
framework for secure network communication. The purpose of the Common
Authentication Technology Next Generation (Kitten) working group (WG) is
to develop extensions/improvements to the GSS-API, shepherd specific
GSS-API security mechanisms, and provide guidance for any new SASL-
related submissions.
This working is chartered to specify the following extensions and
improvements (draft-yu-kitten-api-wishlist-00) to the GSS-API:
* Provide new interfaces for credential management, which include the
following:
initializing credentials
iterating credentials
exporting/importing credentials
* Specify interface for asynchronous calls.
* Negotiable replay cache avoidance
* Define interfaces for better error message reporting.
* Provide a more programmer friendly GSS-API for application developers.
This could include reducing the number of interface parameters, for
example, by eliminating parameters which are commonly used with the
default values.
* Specify an option for exporting partially-established security
contexts and possibly a utility function for exporting security
contexts in an encrypted form, as well as a corresponding utility
function to decrypt and import such security context tokens.
This WG is also chartered to finalize proposed SASL mechanisms as
GSS-API mechanisms (based on RFC 5801):
* A SASL Mechanism for OpenID
draft-ietf-kitten-sasl-openid
* SASL Mechanisms for SAML:
draft-ietf-kitten-sasl-saml
draft-cantor-ietf-kitten-saml-ec
The SAML mechanism drafts will include applicability
statement text to highlight when each is appropriate
for use.
* A SASL Mechanism for OAuth
draft-mills-kitten-sasl-oauth
The transition from SASL to GSS-API mechanisms will allow a greater set
of applications to utilize said mechanisms with SASL implementations
that support the use of GSS-API mechanisms in SASL (RFC 5801).
This WG should review proposals for new SASL and GSS-API mechanisms, but
may take on work on such mechanisms only through a revision of this
charter. The WG should also review non-mechanism proposals related to
SASL and the GSS-API. However, work that adds SASL or GSS-API support in
application protocols is out of scope and should be handled by the
corresponding application's WG.
Deliverables:
* GSS-API: initializing credentials
* GSS-API: iterating credentials
* GSS-API: exporting/importing credentials
* GSS-API: specification for asynchronous calls
* GSS-API: interfaces/improvements for better error message reporting
* GSS-API: programmer friendly interfaces
* SASL: SASL mechanism for OpenID
* SASL: SASL mechanisms for SAML
* SASL: SASL mechanism for OAuth
* GSS-API: publish draft-ietf-kitten-gssapi-extensions-iana