



Network Working Group                                         T. Madaras
Internet-Draft                                                  P. Estis
Intended status: Experimental                      GuardSuite, VXMSecure
Expires: 6 June 2026                                     3 December 2025


     High-Assurance Execution Environment (HAE) for Secure Approval
                  draft-madaras-high-assurance-exec-00

Abstract

   This document specifies the High-Assurance Execution Environment
   (HAE), a trusted, ephemeral approval environment designed to protect
   the authorization of high-risk digital and physical actions.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   5.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2

1.  Introduction

   The High-Assurance Execution Environment (HAE) provides an isolated,
   attestation-backed approval environment for high-risk actions such as
   financial transfers, cloud administrative operations, industrial
   control system commands, and AI-initiated operations.

2.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 ([RFC2119], [RFC8174]) when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  Security Considerations

   This document introduces no security considerations beyond those
   inherent in isolated execution and attestation systems.

4.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no IANA actions.

5.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, May 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.

Authors' Addresses







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   Tom Madaras
   GuardSuite, VXMSecure
   Hollywood, FL
   United States of America
   Email: tom@vxmsecure.com


   Pat Estis
   GuardSuite, VXMSecure
   Houston, TX
   United States of America
   Email: pat.estis@gmail.com







































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