2020-10-08 Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

Today's Call

Project updates
Presentation & Discussion of Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES) – Steve McCown

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/244779296

Date

08 Oct 2020 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

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Attendees

Name (Organization) <email>
Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
Daniel Bachenheimer (Accenture) <daniel.bachenheimer@accenture.com>
Sebastian Bickerle (Main Incubator GmbH / lissi) <sebastian.bickerle@main-incubator.com>

Announcements

Oct 20-22: Internet Identity Workshop (IIW -- to be held online)
Central repository for industry meeting slides:

News

The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI): https://medium.com/@cci.2020/the-covid-19-credentials-initiative-cci-b00c1d858ccb
The Commons Project: CommonPass – https://thecommonsproject.org/commonpass

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Meeting Notes: 2020-09-30
  - Recording available
  - Global Architecture for Digital Identity https://www.goodeintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Introduction-to-GADI_The-Global-Architecture-for-Digital-Identity.pdf
  - www.didalliance.org

Hyperledger Indy
- Code Management Updates
  - Migrate Jira to Github issues
  - Moving from Jenkins to GitHub actions
  - Revocation 2.0 (target: available Summer 2020) – It's in the code, has it officially launched?
- Contributors Meeting
  - 2020-09-29 Indy Contributors Call
    - Future of LibVCX – Deprecate from Indy and move to Aries
    - 2020-09-17 Special: Planning Next Indy Node Release – new release upcoming for indy-plenum and indy-node
    - Process flow summary
    - Rich Schema Flag
    - BBS+
  - Indy Node
  - Pending: Planning for Ubuntu 20.04 - other dependencies - Jira Issue
- Indy SDK
  - Indy VDR into LibIndy
  - Indy Credx into LibIndy
- Indy/Aries Shared Libraries
  - Aries Shared:
    - indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    - indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
    - indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-shared-rs
    - aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
    - Aries Secure Storage initiatives
- Indy Semantics WG
  - Does anyone have a current WG page link?
  - The agenda, video, notes, etc. from the HL Indy Semantics WG call:

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - Meeting Agenda & Notes: Aries Working Group
  - WG A: 2020-10-07-A Aries Working Group Call (Europe afternoon)
    - Revocation 2.0 Overview/Discussion – Options and Data Flows - Stephen Curran
      - Document and Presentation
  - WG B: 2020-10-07-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
    - Zoom meeting adjustment?
      - New Invite with password in place to avoid waiting room?
    - Invite Action Protocol - Daniel Hardman
      - PR 550
    - Universal Wallet Spec
      - current spec
      - Potential Split between Data Model and Interface
      - Adjustments to Data Model for Aries use
      - Inclusion of arbitrary binary data for app specific backup data.
    - Revisit simple request for now() in revocation state proof - Daniel Hardman
    - Closing Game
- Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
  - Aries-CloudAgent-Python (bc.gov)
    - Release 0.5.5 pending
      - More on revocation – making it more robust
      - Initialization via command line parameters, config files (text, yaml) and environment variables.
  - Static Agent Python - Release 0.7.1 - Patch to accept base64url encoded values with or without padding
  - Toolbox - Various improvements including Transaction Author Agreement support for Indy ledgers requiring it
    - New web app repo https://github.com/thclab/aries
- Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
  - indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
  - indy-credx - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-credx
    - Experimental ACA-Py branch created that can do credential exchange with indy-credx
  - indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-shared-rs
    - Shared features across indy-vdr and indy-credx
    - pack/unpack on Ursa (not libsodium)
  - aries-credx-framework-rust - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
  - Aries Secure Storage initiatives:
    - Soon to be pubic - from Andrew Whitehead
    - Askar - (means guard or soldier)
- Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries-Framework-Go #aries-go
    - 0.1.4 release notes
    - Mobile (android/iOS) code snippets for using protocols and receiving notifications (Java/Kotlin; Objective-C/Swift). See Go framework mobile agent README.
    - Created repo to handle pluggable go framework components such as Indy VDR: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go-ext
  - Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin (Aries MAX) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin
  - Aries-SDK-Ruby
    - Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (0.0.4)
      - moved to https://github.com/decentralized-identity/activestorage-horcrux
      - refactored to change blob key directly (instead of via Tempfile)
- Tools
  - Aries Toolbox – converted to a web application by Robert Mitwicki - repo https://github.com/thclab/aries
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
  - Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-agent-test-harness

Hyperledger Ursa
- Homepage: Hyperledger Ursa
- 2020-09-30 Meeting Agenda
  - Review CII Questionnaire as a group. All maintainers and contributors should be aware of and following the practices that have been attested to here: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/projects/2447
  - Open PRs and discussion.
  - Discussion of post-quantum crypto.
    1. Users of Ursa do have demand for post-quantum crypto, particularly for key exchange.
    2. Forward secrecy is necessary.
  - Wrapper discussion
    1. We have a lot of wrappers for Ursa–where should we include them.
    2. We want to have separate folders for our wrappers.

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- Steering Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
- 9 Sep 2020 - Steering Committee Meeting:
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee
    - https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - Confluence wiki organization, development, templates, and training
    - V2 of our ToIP stack diagram
    - V2 of our Introducing the Trust over IP Foundation white paper
    - New ToIP Interoperability Profiles white paper
  - Governance Stack
    - Governance models & standards https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/concepts/0289-toip-stack
    - Main WG Page: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/GSWG+Meeting+Page
    - 7 Oct 2020 meeting (APAC)
      - Presentation link: recording
      - Review on - Governance Architecture TSS (Drummond Reed). "Accepted to be a Draft" is available for review here."
      - Review on - (Scott Perry) "Pre-Draft" is available for - Process and Roles Recommendations | Credentials Class Definitions | Master Credential Policy Template
    - 1 Oct 2020 meeting (NA/EU)
      - Presentation link: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/GSWG+Meeting+Page
      - Pre-Draft Deliverables (WIP)
        Governance Architecture TSS (Drummond Reed). "Pre-Draft" is available for review here."
        Accepted to be a Draft Deliverable (by consensus)
        Process and Roles Recommendations (Scott Perry ) "Pre-Draft is available for review here and here"
        Credentials Class Definitions (Scott Perry ) "Pre-Draft" is available for review here."
        Master Credential Policy Template (Scott Perry) "Pre-Draft" is available for review here."
    - ToIP Standards Specification (TSS) - defines overall governance framework model, intended to become an industry standard. May be implemented by multiple TIPs
    - Layer One Utility Governance Framework Templates (based on Sovrin)
  - Technical Stack
    - WG: 5 Oct 2020 https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-10-5+Weekly+Meeting
      - Discussion topics
        Saturn V Proposal – on hold pending Design Principles it can reference (Laws of Identity, Privacy by Design)
        TSWG Deliverables and Process
        Convert concepts discussed here: TSWG Deliverables Process, TIP Incubation and Graduation Process
        TIP Proposal Template was introduced and need to be incorporated into the broader TSWG process.
  - Utility Foundry
    - Focus on Layer One (e.g., Indy ledger) utility projects
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/UFWG+Meeting+Page
    - 9-15-2020: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-09-15+Meeting+Page
    - Bedrock
      1. Call for interested companies that may be interested in joining.
    - SSI4DE
      1. Co-Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs.
    - Sovrin MainNet
      1. Transition Team has commenced work. Stability of MainNet is the focus. There is focus on membership ramp-up and acquiring new funds for the Sovrin Foundation to have operational stability and hire for new positions including a Community Manager
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+Meeting+Page
      - Patient Identity Task Force introduction - Dinocrates Group LLC
      - Human Trafficking Ecosystem Task Force introduction - Secours.io
      - Entidad Ecosystem Use Case - entidad.io
      - Ecosystem template and term definitions
  - Decentralized Semantics
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-09-08+Weekly+Meeting
      - Presentation: Interoperable schema (Presented by Robert—10 mins)
        Ref.: https://wiki.hyperledger.org /display/II/Agenda?preview=/36734080/39617940/20200902%20IIO%20Vision%20For%20Interoperable%20Schema_0.mp4
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=65700
    - Develop a glossary of shared concepts and terminology

DIF DIDComm Working Group
- WG Rolling Agenda
- DIDComm.org Progress
  - Setting up repo for gh-pages based site.
- PR/Issues:
  - Encoding Types
  - Trust Ping PR 97
  - Feature Discovery PR 98
  - Revise Overview PR 93
  - Sig Section PR 120
  - Issue 113 - DIDComm over gRPC
  - PR 103 & 104 - moved to issues?
  - PR 117 - Perfect Forward Secrecy details
DIF Interoperability Group
- https://identity.foundation/interop/
- Participation does not require DIF membership (to sign-up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekX5D5l1oXv1Z-jtn6Yq6R3_KwreRDuu2v2zHv2v2zoxeG5g/viewform)
- DIF Interop WG Charter Draft
Sovrin Foundation
- Technical Governance Board (TGB)
  - Meeting Minutes:
  - 1 Oct 2020
    - Updating Confluence pages
    - Steward updates
      - 600 transactions in one day
      - 2 new production cases going live
    - Discussing Node/Plenum release processes
    - CI/CD
    - Ubuntu 20 upgrade
    - Need work on Revocation 2.0 (also discussed in Oct 7th Aries A wG)
- Steward Council
  - All Steward Call 8-20-2020
  - Steward Council Meeting Page:
  - Reviewed Workstreams (1) Health monitoring, 2) technical, 3) community engagement)
- Network is healthy with near 100% uptime

W3C Standard
- Verifiable Credentials Working Group
- DID Working Group
  - DID Working Group Face-to-Face this week. Expect freeze to standard in May.