Draft Agenda of the PKI-COORD Workshop

10.00-17.00 December 6, 2000
TERENA Offices, Amsterdam
 
10.00-10.05 1. Opening
10.05-10.15 2. Round table introduction
10.15-10.20 3. Agenda bashing
10.20-11.20 4. European NRENs projects overview (short presentations 10-15 min)

4.1. SURFnet PKI/CA by Ton Verschuren
4.2. DFN by Ingmar Camphausen
4.3. RedIRIS by Diego Lopez
4.4. JISC by Alan Robiette

11.20-11.50 Coffee Break 
11.50-12.25 5. European activity/projects Overview

5.1. PKI/CA services - EuroPKI by Antonio Lioy

12.25-12.40 6. Internet2 PKI Initiative by Brian Gilmore
12.40-13.00 7. Technical issues in PKI deployment

7.1. Certificate profiles and Certificate management (storage, revocation, access, etc.) by David Chadwick

13.00-14.00 Lunch 
14.00-16.00 8. Discussion of the PKI-COORD Coordination and Technical Agenda - ALL
  • Coordination issues: Policies harmonization between NRENs and national CAs, Coordination with Internet2 PKI Initiative
  • Deployment issues: Establishing and running pilot/test PKI/CA services, interoperability testing
  • PKI Architecture issues: RootCA vs BridgeCA architecture, trust relations between CAs, cross-certification 
  • Technical issues: Certificate profiles and certificate management (storage, revocation, access, etc.)
  • Interoperability issues: interoperability testing, repository of test certificates, software interoperability, contribution to OpenSource development, etc.
  • Application issues: PKI/Certificates usability, what applications need PKI and in what profile/realization, PGP key certification
  • Legal issues: participation in creation of a legal base for use of PKI and Digital Signature
  • Organisational issues: What form of organisation is required?
  • Workshops for new CAs on technical issues and PKI deployment including recommendations and guidance
16.00-16.45 9. Follow-on activity - in which form, what timetable, who participate - ALL
  • Action list, timelines, list of deliverables, interested parties
16.40-16.45 10. Next meeting (if any)
16.45-17.00 11. AOB
17.00 12. Closing



More information: TERENA Technical Contact: Yuri Demchenko <demchenko@terena.nl>.