2024-07-10 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93803916577?pwd=UWdLSTJ2b0kvZTRyc1hZTUdQQ3ZFZz09

Recording: 

Date

Jul 10, 2024 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

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Attendees

• @Sam Curren  (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>

• @Stephen Curran (BC Gov/Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

Release Status and Work Updates

• Implementations:

  • Aries Cloud Agent Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings, Documentation: https://aca-py.org

  • Credo https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/credo-ts, Meetings: Credo Meetings

  • Bifold Wallet -- https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/bifold-wallet Meetings: Bifold Meetings

  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings

    • Are you using the Indy SDK for Aries VCX, please let us know, as we're looking to remove support from Aries VCX - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/1250

  • Picos as of pico-engine version 1.3.0 natively use DIDComm v2 (https://github.com/Picolab/pico-engine/blob/master/packages/pico-engine/README.md)

• Aries Agent Test Harness -- https://aries-interop.info

• Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements

  • Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr

  • Aries Askar secure storage - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-askar

  • AnonCreds Rust - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs

  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - being replaced by AnonCreds Rust

• aries-mediator-service – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box

• aries-endorser-service – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)

• Aries Akrida - Load Testing DIDComm based protocols

Discussion Topics

• did:tdw followup

  • https://bcgov.github.io/trustdidweb/

  • https://github.com/bcgov/trustdidweb/issues

• Charter Review:

  • LFDT: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-intent-to-form-lf-decentralized-trust

  • Charter Draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6RbR7xDaBt5CDJhqLJzR4c1pDJtyPGshp9fy6eVtSM/edit

• Unqualified DIDs 

  • https://hyperledger.github.io/aries-rfcs/latest/features/0793-unqualfied-dids-transition/

  • Progress?

    • ACA-Py working on 1.0, this will be the SECOND major release (0.12.1) of ACA-Py that has accomplished step 1

    • Ongoing successful testing with Credo.

  • did:indy handling

    • unqualified anoncreds objects being rejected

    • did:indy changes the unique identifier within the DID. both the old method and the new method should work.

    • Credo is using did:indy only, cannot resolve unqualified asset identifiers.

    • Rushed work to address within AnonCreds RS ( ? ) and ACA-Py. 

    • quicker fix in Credo, longer fix in everything.

  • PRs for adoption status welcome

• OOB Invitation / DID Exchange CCU

  • https://hyperledger.github.io/aries-rfcs/latest/features/0496-transition-to-oob-and-did-exchange/

  • Step 1 (Accept OOB Invitations) needs confirmation - Please Do This.

    • Bifold using OOB, but then connections (allowed for transitions)

  • Step 2 - use OOB and implement DID Exchange

  • Known systems possibly still using Connection Invitations

    • Lissi 

    • Dock

    • GlobalID

    • Trinsic

  • PRs for adoption status welcome

• DIDComm v2 adoption

  • ACA-Py progress shared last week

    • PR made for initial support. first round trip support.

  • Any other updates?

  • Credo has the beginnings of DIDComm v2, but does need some attention.

• Interopathon?

  • Discuss post EIC

  • Virtual

  • potential target end of july

  • participants

    • Aries /  ACA-Py

    • Credo

    • Veramo

  • scope

    • unqualified DIDs gone

      • did rotation

      • v1 - v2

    • DIDComm v2

      • trust ping?

      • discover features?

      • basicmessage?

      • did rotation after connection

      • didcomm demo interaction

    • advanced tasks

      • credential issuance / presentation

• Open Discussion

  • Validation of printed OOB Invitations

    • DID must be present in governance file?

    • Proof provided according to matching governance files.

    • prove well known dids other than the current connection.

  • JSON-LD creds impl within ACA-Py no longer working with Credo 0.5.0

    • Sphereon library using for Presentation Exchange objects is not expecting quite the same things, additional fields.

    • Daniel working through and testing, will report / create issues on the appropriate repos.

    • Updates?

    • Fix merged into ACA-Py. 

      • funny interactions between the speheron libraries and credo about presentation exchange. - issues raised to Timo et. al.

  • Protocol RFC

    • Harmonize Chat

      • https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm.org/pull/106/files

    • Sub connection-Ariel

      • new DID for the connection.

  • QR code short URLs / redirect to large invitations / deep linking in a way that works with iOS and Android

    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/blob/main/concepts/0700-oob-through-redirect/README.md

    • BCGov working on something similar.

• Mediator Reconfig revisit

  • (from last week)

  • 3 new messages

    • updatedconfig - new routing DID

      • note about timing or avoiding causing a traffic stampede as a result.

    • ack- received by 

    • updated downstream (keylist updates as alternative?)

  • need for this:

    • anytime a mediator needs to change the routing DID

    • static DID, but also other cases.

  • loss of data at the mediator

    • all routes lost.

Other Business

Future Topics

Action items

Call Recording: