1.3 Overview

The Device Registration Enrollment Protocol provides for issuance of X.509v3 digital certificates, and is intended for use as a lightweight device registration server. The server is known in WS-Trust [WSTrust1.3] terminology as a security token service (STS). The protocol is based loosely on [MS-WSTEP].

This document defines and uses the following term:

Directory Server: Refers to the directory database that will store the device-object record and policy information for the server.

Typical sequence diagram for Device Registration

Figure 1: Typical sequence diagram for Device Registration