Charter:

  Certificate Service Review Working Group

Final Report

Name

 PKI Review Working Group

Sponsor

--Ann West

Group Leader (Chair)

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Christopher Bongaarts, University of Minnesota

Working Group Flywheel: Paul Caskey, Internet2 

Mission/Goals

The mission of the PKI Review the Certificate Service Review Working Group is to review and provide input on matters pertaining to the next generation of the InCommon Certificate Service.  This group will represent the InCommon community and will serve as the advice and consent function for directions pertaining to the next generation of the service.

Specific goals for the PKI Review Working Group include:

• review and provide input on the upcoming Certificate Service Community Survey
• review (from the survey), document, and prioritize desired features for the next-generation service
• evaluate service alternatives if necessary

Membership

Membership in the Working Group is open to all a limited number of interested parties. Members join the Working Group by subscribing expressing an interest to participate to the mailing list, participating in the phone calls, and otherwise actively engaging in the work of the groupeither the chair or the Program Manager for Community Trust (pcaskey@internet2.edu).

The chair of the Working Group is appointed by the InCommon TAC and is responsible InCommon Program Manager for Community Trust. The chair is responsible for keeping the TAC InCommon Steering and Technical Advisory Committees informed regarding the Working Group's status.

Deliverables

Potential Deliverables Considered to be Out of Scope for this Phase

• Address short-term tactical issues
  • Review/approve revised domain activation process
  • Address the issue of the base domain and wildcarded base domain being treated separately?
  • Identify any issues around offering a private CA option
• Community survey
• List of desired features for the 'next-generation' InCommon Certificate Service
• Gap analysis between new features and existing service
• Recommendations for next steps

Expected End Date

The working group is expected to complete all deliverables by xx6/30/2016.

Required Resources

• wiki space 
• phone line for conference calls: usual Internet2 conference call line
• incommon.org group email list

WG Resources Page (restrictred to WG members)

https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/lIDuBQ

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See Also

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