*HEPKI-TAG Conference Call*
May 2, 2007

*Attendees*
Jim Jokl (chair) - Virginia
Eric Norman - Wisconsin
Nathan Faut - KPMG
David Wasley - independent
Neal McBurnett - Internet2
Lisa Haanpaa - Internet2
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Action Items*
(new)
[ACTION] Jim will contact John Krienke and Greg Wood about USHER publicity, and cc David.
[ACTION] Eric will send OpenID a note about USHER.
[ACTION] Eric will look up a discussion of certs that happened on the OpenID list and summarize it in email or on the next TAG call.

(from previous calls)
[AI] Jim will follow up with Bob about TAG input on http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-simon-emu-rfc2716bis-09.txt
[AI] David will follow up with his contact for information on SAFE-BioPharma applications for electronic signatures.
[AI] All who know of non-email applications for electronic signatures, will send info to Jim.
[AI] Neal will find out how different browsers determine whether to display the EV green bar, and whether browser modifications are required when a new CA is approved to issue EV certs.
[AI] Eric will experiment with delivery and trust of root and intermediate certs via the web in Mozilla-family browsers.
[AI] Jim will incorporate Scott's digsig-tools information into the HEPKI-TAG web site.
[AI] Jim will expand the signing-tools matrix with columns on APIs and scripting tools; multiple signatures (parallel vs. stacked); and whether or not the tool lets you add a trust anchor.
[AI] Jim will get an OID for PKI Lite from MACE.
[AI] Jim will send mail to people who have expressed interest in various possible areas of work for TAG, and work toward finding a focus for the group.

*Discussion*
USHER is now officially open for business; see http://www.usherca.org/ . Slides from the USHER/PKI BoF at the Internet2 Member Meeting are at http://events.internet2.edu/2007/spring-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=3242&event=267

The group discussed documentation and publicity needed for USHER. David suggested that TAG produce a one-pager explaining what you need to set up a CA with USHER; there was general agreement.

[ACTION] Jim will contact John Krienke and Greg Wood about USHER publicity, and cc David. [ACTION] Eric will send OpenID a note about USHER. Also, [ACTION] Eric will look up a discussion of certs that happened on the OpenID list and summarize it in email or on the next TAG call.

[USHER was featured in the May 10 Internet2 Member Update; see http://members.internet2.edu/newsletter.cfm?date=2007-05-01#849]

The group discussed developments at PKI07. Slides and papers are at http://middleware.internet2.edu/pki07/proceedings/ ; Ben is working on a summary. Eric noted that the discussion at the panel he moderated took off so quickly that he only got to present his first two slides. Eric is looking for feedback on the slides; see http://middleware.internet2.edu/pki07/proceedings/slides/02-identity-norman.ppt