[OGSA-AUTHZ] Updated version of VOMS Specification (FINAL)

Vincenzo Ciaschini vincenzo.ciaschini at cnaf.infn.it
Mon Sep 11 08:03:30 CDT 2006 

David Chadwick wrote:

> Hi Vincenzo
Hi David,

> 
> I was looking though your document and I have the following comments to 
> make

In general:  Thanks for all your comments!

> 
> i) in Section 3 you say that the VOMS OID is 1.3.6.1.5.3004.100.100 but
> in the examples it appears as 1 3 6 1 4 1 8005 100 100
Oops!  The one in the example is the correct one.  I'll fix the one in 
section 3.

> 
> ii) in Section 3.5.3 (issuerCerts) the name says this is an AC cert
> list, but the semantics appears to say it is a PKC list up to but
> excluding the root CA. Can you be more specific here please. Is this a
> list of ACs from the AA (AC issuer) to the SOA, or is it a chain of PKCs
> that are needed to validate the signatures on the ACs in the proxy cert.
> Clearly it cant be both since in a delegation scenario there are
> potentially many chains of PKCs, one for each AC issuer in the AC chain.
The intent of this extension is to include the AA's PKC and its chain.

> If it is meant to be a PKC chain, then the Semantics section should read
> "This extension is meant to include the AA's public key certificate and
> the whole public key certificate chain leading from it up to but
> excluding the CA certificate..." and the syntax should be renamed
> pk-cert-list.
We will clarify this.

> 
> iii) Section 3.5.4.1 "the MUST" -> "they MUST"
Corrected.

> 
> iv) in Section 4 you dont properly specify how your ACs are packaged
> inside proxy certs, and I can not find what OID you have defined for the
> policy language of a proxy cert. Is the AC sequence defined in Section
> 4.1 supposed to be it? or do you recommend using one of the standard
> values of inherit all or independent? This needs to be spelt out more
> clearly please.
Ok, I see this needs to be clarified.  In short, the ACs are packages 
inside the AC sequence defined in Section 4.1.  We will rewrite this to 
make it clearer.

Also, policy language values are supposed to be those specified in RFC 
3280, section 3.8.2, as is standard for proxy certificates.  For these 
we did not think about duplicating the information.


> 
> v) In the example proxy cert in Section 5 I can not find the proxy cert
> info extension (OID 1 3 6 1 5 5 7 1 14) anywhere.
Where is this?  I just checked the doc, and the nearest match to that 
was (1 3 6 1 5 5 7 1 1), authorityInfoAccess.

> 
> vi) the example contains the OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 8005 100 100 11 which is
> not described anywhere
Corrected (an old value was present in the OID of the tags extension.
> 
> vii) the example contain the OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 8005 100 100 6 which is
> obsoleted in Section 4.3
Yes, it is there intentionally, to demonstrate that it is possible to 
find them (for compatibility with older servers), but they should be 
ignored.

> 
> viii) section 3.4.1. The IetfAttrSyntax is defined in RFC 3281 and not
> RFC 3280.
Oops!

I will send an updated version as soon as you can direct me to where is 
point v)

Thanks for your comments,
    Vincenzo

> 
> 
> regards
> 
> David
> 
> 
> Mary Thompson wrote:
> 
>> Vincenzo,
>>     I uploaded the version that was attached to your email to the 
>> GridForge page for OGSA-AuthZ-wg 
>> http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/projects.ogsa-authz/docman.root.attributes 
>>
>>
>> Mary
>>
>> Vincenzo Ciaschini wrote:
>>
>>> Von Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vincenzo,
>>>
>>> Hi Von,
>>>
>>>>  One question, according to 4.1.1 the extension id is { voms 5 },  
>>>> but looking at the example in section 5, I don't actually see that  
>>>> extension used. What am I misunderstanding?
>>>
>>> No, you are right.  What happened is that when I cut-and-pasted the 
>>> AC dump, I mistakenly deleted that line.  This is fixed now.
>>>
>>>>  One suggestion, the definition for the voms base oid is currently  
>>>> somewhat buried in section 3.4.1.1, I suggest pulling that out and  
>>>> making it more prominent.
>>>
>>> Agreed.  It is now In section 3, right after the AC definition.
>>>
>>> Mary, since we consider the document final, can you upload it on the 
>>> ogsa-authz page along the other documents for public access?  We 
>>> don't seem to have access to do it ourselves.
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>>    Vincenzo
>>>
>>>> Von
>>>>
>>>> On May 31, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Vincenzo Ciaschini wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here it is included what is in our intention the final version of  
>>>>> the document. There is only one change from the previous version.   
>>>>> The attribute Tags has become the extension Tags, and has been  
>>>>> moved to the corresponding section.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason for this is that adding an atribute cause backwards  
>>>>> compatibility problems with some existing APIs to access the AC 
>>>>> and  so, in the interest of backwards compatibility, the data has 
>>>>> been  moved to an extension.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bye,
>>>>>    Vincenzo
>>>>>
>>>>> Vincenzo Ciaschini wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Blair Dillaway wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Vincenzo,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In reading this draft I've found a few places I believe would  
>>>>>>> benefit
>>>>>>> from some additional clarification.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (1) 3.1.1 - "As a consequence of this, in VOMS ACs the only
>>>>>>> admissible choice for the field is the baseCertificateID."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You might re-write this to say the holder field MUST include the
>>>>>>> baseCertificateID field and omit the entityName and objectDigestInfo
>>>>>>> fields. The syntax defines a sequence of 3 optional fields, not a
>>>>>>> choice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the RFC recommends that only one should be used. Done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (2) 3.4.1.2 - "Where <root group> is by convention the name of the
>>>>>>> virtual organization."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The document seems to imply this is a required encoding for
>>>>>>> interoperability purposes. If so, its not just a convention. You
>>>>>>> should clarify if this is a MUST, SHOULD, or RECOMMENDED encoding.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right, done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (3) 3.4.1.2 - "Future compatibility issue: It is possible that 
>>>>>>> in  the
>>>>>>> future a /Role=NULL component may be omitted in its entirety.  The
>>>>>>> same goes for a /Capability=NULL part.  Conforming applications
>>>>>>> SHOULD be prepared to handle these cases."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The previous paragraph states "The /Capability=<capability name>  
>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>> is deprecated....". If so, I assume conforming implementations  
>>>>>>> SHOULD
>>>>>>> always omit the /Capability part whether or not its null. Having it
>>>>>>> be deprecated and noting it may disappear in the future seem to  
>>>>>>> be in
>>>>>>> conflict.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, that is the besr that ca be done for the moment,  
>>>>>> since it should continue to be included until the software out  
>>>>>> there has has a reasonable chance to change its implementation 
>>>>>> not  to rely on it. Obviously, this come free if the official APIs 
>>>>>> are  used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also the statement that /Role=NULL *may* be omitted in the future
>>>>>>> seems to be in conflict with the examples in 3.4.1.3. The compact
>>>>>>> format shown does omit Role=NULL. If this is allowed, then the 'in
>>>>>>> the future' qualification should be removed. It should be stated if
>>>>>>> the compact format is recommended, required, or simply a supported
>>>>>>> encoding option.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The intent of the sentence is to state that applications  
>>>>>> interested in reading the date should deal with the case that the  
>>>>>> field could be empty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (4) 3.4.2.2 - "A name-specific syntax that encodes multiple  
>>>>>>> values in
>>>>>>> a single pair is also allowed."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Examples of a single value and multiple value encoding would be
>>>>>>> helpful here. The syntax in 3.4.2.1 indicates a Tag includes only a
>>>>>>> single name, value, and qualifier field. I assume how multiple  
>>>>>>> values
>>>>>>> are encoded into the value field should be specified for interop
>>>>>>> purposes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> As said, it is name-specific, meaning that each attribute can  
>>>>>> choose its own way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards, Blair
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bye,
>>>>>>    Vincenzo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: owner-ogsa-authz at ggf.org  
>>>>>>>> [mailto:owner-ogsa-authz at ggf.org] On Behalf Of Vincenzo  
>>>>>>>> Ciaschini Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 6:34 AM To: ogsa Authz  
>>>>>>>> Subject:
>>>>>>>> [OGSA-AUTHZ] Updated version of VOMS Specification
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi to All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is the updated document about VOMS specification I promised
>>>>>>>> yesterday.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apart from a few minor language clarifications, the main changes
>>>>>>>> are in the following sections:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3.4.1  clarifications about the syntax of FQANs. 3.4.2  rewritten,
>>>>>>>> with a (slight) change in format. 3.5.1  explanation rewritten.
>>>>>>>> The previous explanation was the exact opposite of the truth. OOPS!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, the AC example in section5 has been substituted with a more
>>>>>>>> complete one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bye, Vincenzo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> <VOMSACv8.doc>
>>>>
>>>>
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