KMIP 3.0

Status

KMIP v3.0 Specification & Profiles (Normative documents) are currently at Working Draft Stage.

WD Link Location

Agreement

The KMIP TC will test v3.0 functionality at TBA.

Current Proposals

Topic	Actions	Spec	Profile	Test Cases	Usage Guide	Who	Open/Closed	Due Date	Status
PKCS#11 XML	adopt XML representation of PKCS#11 for the KMIP PKCS#11 Profile and associated test cases	-	Y	Y	Y	Tim C & Tim H	Closed	11-Mar-2021	Proposal Approved at Face 2 Face Meeting on 20-Feb-2020 - PKCS#11 XML approval in PKCS#11 TC (14-Oct-2020) - PKCS#11 XML profile delta Approved at the KMIP TC Meeting on 11-March-2021
Split Key	add new Split Key Polynomial attribute, add the two missing links and add the four omitted attributes to KMIP	Y	-	Y	Y	Chuck W	Closed	31-Jul-2020	Spec Delta approved at TC Meeting 30-Jul-2020, Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD03, Usage Guide Text, Test Cases
Client Mutual Authentication	Provide spec deltas for Spec & Profiles to asses impact	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim C	Closed	22-Oct-2020	Proposal approved 20-Feb-2020 for spec & profiles delta; Spec delta approved 22-Oct-2020 changes
Miscellaneous (batch)	Proceed with removing the Batch Count, Batch Order Option and Unique Batch Item ID in KMIP	Y	-	Y	-	Anthony B	Closed	30-Jul-2020	Spec delta approved 30-Jul-2020 - Applied in KMIP Spec V3.0 WD03
Obliterate	Move forward with spec deltas for the new ‘Obliterate’ operation. This operation will NOT remove the UUID	Y	-	Y	Y	Anthony B	Closed	27-Aug-2020	Spec delta approved 27-Aug-2020 - Applied in KMIP Spec V3.0 WD04
Obliterate (Naming)	Open Straw Poll for preferred name for this operation	Y	-	-	-	Tony C	Closed	15-May-2020	Straw poll required - closed with vote for Obliterate - Results
Name Representation	Move forward with Spec deltas for simplifying the Name representation to just TextString	Y	Base	-	-	Tim H	Closed	21-May-2020	Approved 21-May-2020 Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD02
Link Representation	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas for the new Link Representation	Y	Base	-	-	Tim H	Closed	04-Jun-2020	Spec delta - Approved 4-June-2020 - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD02
Name Lifecycle	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas for Name Lifecycle and the ‘hold’ concept	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	06-Aug-2020	Spec delta - Approved 06-Aug-2020 - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD03
Grouping Objects	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas for Grouping Objects	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	06-Aug-2020	Spec delta - Approved 06-Aug-2020 - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD03
Group Hierarchy	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas for Group Hierarchy	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	10-Sep-2020	Spec delta - Approved 10-Sept-2020 - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD05
Lists of Groups	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas for List of Groups	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	30-Aug-2020	Proposal approved 21-Feb-2020 for spec delta; spec update included in kmip-spec-v3.0-wd02-grouping-objects - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD02
Automation Architecture	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	30-Jul-2020	Spec delta - Approved 30-Jul-2020] - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD03
User Handling (Clients and Credentials as Users)	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	01-Oct-2020	Spec Delta - Approved 1-Oct-2020 - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD06
Identifiers or References	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas	Y	Base	-	Y	Tim H	Closed	6-Aug-2020	Proposal approved 21-Feb-2020 for spec delta effectively as part of Name Lifecycle - included in Links Representation - Applied to KMIP Spec V3.0 WD02
Revoke & Deactivate	Move forward with this proposal and produce KMIP Spec deltas	Y	Base	Y	Y	Tim H	Closed	17 Dec-2020	Spec Delta approved 17-Dec-2020 - Applied in KMIP Spec V3.0 WD08
Change split key references to SAM TC specification	Track this update	Y				Greg S	Open
NIST PQC Identifiers	Adding Cryptographic Algorithm Identifiers for NIST PQC FIPS-203, FIPS-204, and FIPS-205	Y	Y	Y	Y	Tim C	Open	14-Dec-2023	Proposal approved 14-Dec-2023

Pending Proposals

Topic	Actions	Spec	Profile	Test Cases	Usage Guide	Who	Open/Closed	Due Date	Status
Other System Objects	More detailed proposals are needed	Y	TBA	TBA	TBA	Tim H	Open	TBA	Spec delta approved 17-Dec-2020; spec update included in
LMS Signature Proposal	Proposal required - Standardized algorithm from NIST SP 800-208 Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes. proposal & test case required	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	???	Open	TBA	Noted in meeting of 12-Jan-2023
XMSS Signature Proposal	Proposal required - Standardized algorithm from NIST SP 800-208 Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes. Specifically because XMSS is already defined as a cryptographic identifier in KMIP 2.0 - proposal & test case required	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	???	Open	TBA	Noted in meeting of 12-Jan-2023
Hash then Sign Proposal	Members report that this is contained in NCCoE PQC Migration project analysis document and expects work to be at a point in early Feb for this to be shared with the TC	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	???	Open	TBA	Noted in meeting of 12-Jan-2023

Items from public comments not captured elsewhere that need to be reviewed and managed to resolution

No	Issue Title	Description	Proposed Actions	Who	Date(s) Approved	Links to Ballots and/or Minutes where approved	Added to Which Document by Editor(s)	Content reviewed by whom during committee review/Date
1	Cryptographic Usage Mask	Public Comment picked up and repeated to KMIP TC List Email comment re cryptographic usage mask after key revocation	Draft proposal to address issues across versions/documents	Tim H	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA