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ANIMA: BRSKI with Pledge in Responder Mode + Constrained BRSKI — draft-ietf-anima-brski-prm, draft-ietf-anima-constrained-voucher#

IETF 123 (Madrid) digest Program Adjacent pick Madrid · 19–25 July 2025

  • Tier: Adjacent
  • Why: Zero-touch secure onboarding of devices is the bootstrap problem that precedes any workload/device identity. BRSKI's variants (responder mode, constrained/IoT) matter for how fleets of network gear and edge devices get their first trust anchor.
  • What: brski-prm defines a BRSKI flow where the pledge acts in responder mode; constrained-voucher (cBRSKI) adapts the voucher/bootstrap flow to constrained devices. (from abstract only)
  • How: Both adapt the BRSKI voucher exchange to deployment realities where the standard pledge-initiated, unconstrained flow doesn't fit.
  • Where applicable: Network-equipment and IoT onboarding; constrained variant assumes limited devices.