Subject: [Suit] Proposal for changes to draft-ietf-suit-manifest

From: Brendan Moran <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:16:16 +0000

I would like to propose a set of changes to draft-ietf-suit-manifest for the 02 version.  This set of changes has no effect on the encoding and is purely organisational for the draft, though it introduces new text. This new organisation would have approximately the following layout:

   1.  Introduction
   2.  Conventions and Terminology
   3.  Overview
       3.1.  How to use this document
       3.2.  Background
             3.2.1.  Landscape
             3.2.2.  Update Workflow Model
             3.2.3.  SUIT Manifest goals
             3.2.4.  SUIT manifest design summary
   4.  Interpreter Behaviour
       4.1.  Interpreter Setup
       4.2.  Required Checks
       4.3.  Interpreter fundamental properties
       4.4.  Abstract Machine Description
             4.4.1.  Parameters
             4.4.2.  Commands
             4.4.3.  Command Behaviour
       4.5.  Serialized Processing Interpreter
   5.  Creating Manifests
       5.1.  Manifest Source Material
       5.2.  Use Case Templates
   6.  Manifest Structure
   7.  Dependency processing
   8.  Access Control Lists
   9.  SUIT digest container
   10.  Creating conditional sequences
   11.  Full CDDL
   12.  Examples

Sections 3, 4, 5 are new. 3 contains mostly existing content with a new “how to use this document” section. Section 4 describes the behaviour of a manifest interpreter. Section 4 could give rise to a set of test vectors for manifest interpreters so that we can ensure correctness. Section 5 specifies what a manifest compiler needs to do.

I would also like feedback from the working group on the possibility of removing the examples section and placing that in a separate informative draft.

Best Regards,
Brendan
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