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Work item:
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YSTR.Feas-DID-IoT
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Subject/title:
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Feasibility of Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) in IoT
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Status:
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[Carried to next study period]
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Approval process:
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Agreement
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Type of work item:
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Technical report
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Version:
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New
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Equivalent number:
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-
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Timing:
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-
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Liaison:
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ITU-T SG2, IETF, W3C
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Supporting members:
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Egypt, Nigeria, Niger
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Summary:
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Using single persistent identifiers in a typical IoT network could pose a privacy risk. Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are one possible way of resolving some of these potential associated privacy risks. DIDs are designed to be independent of a central issuing identity provider that creates and controls the identifier. Instead, DIDs are created and managed by the identity-owner. However, DIDs alone do not suffice, as they do need additional mechanisms for identity information management. In a typical IoT setup where devices can have constrained resources/capabilities, it might be necessary to assess the feasibility of this solution in such cases.-
This draft Technical Report provides a study on the feasibility of DIDs if applied in IoT environments. More specifically, this draft Technical Report covers the followings:
- Overview of the privacy implications of the use of persistent identifiers in IoT environments;
- Different solutions for addressing privacy related threats in IoT setups using persistent identifiers with a focus on W3C DID Specifications as a possible promising technology;
- Feasibility of deploying DIDs in IoT devices (including constrained and non-constrained scenarios);
- Investigation of approaches that would enable the use of DIDs in IoT devices and its relationships with ongoing work related to DIDs in ITU-T SG20 (if applicable - depending on the results of the feasibility study).
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Comment:
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-
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First registration in the WP:
2019-12-11 15:02:00
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Last update:
2021-10-28 11:13:34
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