Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                         S. Turner
Request for Comments: 5916                                          IECA
Category: Informational                                      June 2010
ISSN: 2070-1721


                         Device Owner Attribute

 Abstract

   This document defines the Device Owner attribute.  It indicates the
   entity (e.g., company, organization, department, agency) that owns
   the device.  This attribute may be included in public key
   certificates and attribute certificates.

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1.  Introduction

   This document specifies the Device Owner attribute.  It indicates the
   entity (e.g., company, organization, department, agency) that owns
   the device.  This attribute is intended to be used in public key
   certificates [RFC 5280] and attribute certificates [RFC 5755].

   This attribute may be used in automated authorization decisions.  For
   example, when two peers are deciding whether to communicate, each
   could check that the device owner present in the other device's
   certificate is on an "approved" list.  This check is performed in
   addition to certification path validation [RFC 5280].  The mechanism
   for managing the "approved" list is beyond the scope of this
   document.

   NOTE: This document does not provide an equivalent Lightweight
   Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) schema specification as this
   attribute is targeted at public key certificates [RFC 5280] and
   attribute certificates [RFC 5755].  Definition of an equivalent LDAP
   schema is left to a future specification.

1.1.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].

1.2.  ASN.1 Syntax Notation

   The attribute is defined using ASN.1 [X.680], [X.681], [X.682], and
   [X.683].

2.  Device Owner

   The Device Owner attribute indicates the entity (e.g., company,
   organization, department, agency) that owns the device with which
   this attribute is associated.  Device Owner is an object identifier.

   The following object identifier identifies the Device Owner
   attribute:

      id-deviceOwner OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
        joint-iso-ccitt(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101)
        dod(2) infosec(1) attributes(5) 69
      }






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   The ASN.1 syntax for the Device Owner attribute is as follows:

      at-deviceOwner ATTRIBUTE ::= {
        TYPE                    OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        EQUALITY MATCHING RULE  objectIdentifierMatch
        IDENTIFIED BY           id-deviceOwner
      }

   There MUST only be one value of Device Owner associated with a
   device.  Distinct owners MUST be represented in separate
   certificates.

3. Security Considerations

   If this attribute is used as part of an authorization process, the
   procedures employed by the entity that assigns each value must ensure
   that the correct value is applied.  Including this attribute in a
   public key certificate or attribute certificate ensures the value for
   the device owner is integrity protected.

4.  Normative References

   [RFC 2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC 5280]  Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
              Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
              Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
              (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, May 2008.

   [RFC 5755]  Farrell, S., Housley, R., and S. Turner, "An Internet
              Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization", RFC
              5755, January 2010.

   [RFC 5912]  Schaad, J. and P. Hoffman, "New ASN.1 Modules for the
              Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)", RFC 5912,
              June 2010.

   [X.501]    ITU-T Recommendation X.520 (2002) | ISO/IEC 9594-2:2002,
              Information technology - The Directory: Models.

   [X.680]    ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (2002) | ISO/IEC 8824-1:2002,
              Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
              (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation.

   [X.681]    ITU-T Recommendation X.681 (2002) | ISO/IEC 8824-2:2002,
              Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One:
              Information Object Specification.



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   [X.682]    ITU-T Recommendation X.682 (2002) | ISO/IEC 8824-3:2002,
              Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One:
              Constraint Specification.

   [X.683]    ITU-T Recommendation X.683 (2002) | ISO/IEC 8824-4:2002,
              Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One:
              Parameterization of ASN.1 Specifications.












































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Appendix A.  ASN.1 Module

   This appendix provides the normative ASN.1 [X.680] definitions for
   the structures described in this specification using ASN.1 as defined
   in [X.680], [X.681], [X.682], and [X.683].

   DeviceOwnerAttribute-2008
     { joint-iso-ccitt(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101)
       dod(2) infosec(1) module(0) id-deviceOwnerAttribute-2008(34) }

   DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS ::=

   BEGIN

   -- EXPORTS ALL --

   IMPORTS

   -- IMPORTS from New PKIX ASN.1 [RFC 5912]

     ATTRIBUTE
       FROM PKIX-CommonTypes-2009
         { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1)
           security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0)
           id-mod-pkixCommon-02(57) }

   -- Imports from ITU-T X.501 [X.501]

     objectIdentifierMatch
       FROM InformationFramework
         { joint-iso-itu-t ds(5) module(1) informationFramework(1) 4 }

   ;

   -- device owner attribute OID and syntax

   id-deviceOwner OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
     joint-iso-ccitt(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101)
     dod(2) infosec(1) attributes(5) 69
   }

   at-deviceOwner ATTRIBUTE ::= {
     TYPE                     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
     EQUALITY MATCHING RULE   objectIdentifierMatch
     IDENTIFIED BY            id-deviceOwner
   }

   END



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Author's Address

   Sean Turner
   IECA, Inc.
   3057 Nutley Street, Suite 106
   Fairfax, VA 22031
   USA

   EMail: turners@ieca.com










































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