Report from the Internet of Things Software Update (IoTSU) Workshop 2016
RFC 8240
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(September 2017; No errata)
Was draft-iab-iotsu-workshop (iab)
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Authors | Hannes Tschofenig , Stephen Farrell | ||
Last updated | 2018-12-20 | ||
Replaces | draft-farrell-iotsu-workshop | ||
Stream | IAB | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
Stream | IAB state | Published RFC | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
RFC Editor Note | (None) |
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) H. Tschofenig Request for Comments: 8240 S. Farrell Category: Informational September 2017 ISSN: 2070-1721 Report from the Internet of Things Software Update (IoTSU) Workshop 2016 Abstract This document provides a summary of the Internet of Things Software Update (IoTSU) Workshop that took place at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland on the 13th and 14th of June, 2016. The main goal of the workshop was to foster a discussion on requirements, challenges, and solutions for bringing software and firmware updates to IoT devices. This report summarizes the discussions and lists recommendations to the standards community. Note that this document is a report on the proceedings of the workshop. The views and positions documented in this report are those of the workshop participants and do not necessarily reflect IAB views and positions. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to provide for permanent record. It represents the consensus of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Documents approved for publication by the IAB are not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8240. Tschofenig & Farrell Informational [Page 1] RFC 8240 IoTSU Report September 2017 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2017 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Requirements and Questions Raised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Authorizing a Software/Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. End-of-Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6. Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7. Measurements and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8. Firmware Distribution in Mesh Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9. Compromised Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 10. Miscellaneous Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11. Tentative Conclusions and Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 12. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 13. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 14. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Appendix A. Program Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Appendix B. Accepted Position Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Appendix C. List of Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tschofenig & Farrell Informational [Page 2] RFC 8240 IoTSU Report September 2017 1. Introduction This document provides a summary of the Internet of Things Software Update (IoTSU) Workshop [IoTSU] that took place at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland on the 13th and 14th of June, 2016. The main goal of the workshop was to foster a discussion on requirements, challenges, and solutions for bringing software and firmware updates to IoT devices. The views and positions in this report are those of the workshop participants and do not necessarily reflect those of their employers/ sponsors, the authors of this memo, nor the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), under whose auspices the workshop was held. The IAB holds occasional workshops designed to consider long-term issues and strategies for the Internet, and to suggest future directions for the Internet architecture. The topics investigated often require coordinated efforts of different organizations and industry bodies to improve an identified problem. One of the goals of such workshops is to assist with communication between relevant organizations, companies, and universities, especially when theShow full document text