Capwap Mailing List: Re: Certificates, Discovery Request/Reply, and validation.

[Yoshihiro Ohba (yohba]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 01:51:24PM -0700, Pat R. Calhoun wrote:
> > If IEEE 802 doesn't need/want to touch this L2-specific work, the reason 
> > might be one of the followings:
> 
> > a) The problem does not exist, or 
> > b) The problem exists, but the IEEE does not think it is a long-term 
> > problem.
> 
> > Which is the case?  Note that if the problem exists and the IEEE
> > thinks it is a long-term problem, I think the IEEE should take the
> > responsibility to solve the problem.
> 
> No, there is lots of interest, hence Dorothy being involved. However, we are 
> not designing a MAC or a PHY, so the IEEE doesn't touch these problems. They 
> tried with 802.11f with limited success. So people feel this is a protocol 
> issue, not a MAC or a PHY and therefore belongs in IETF.

I asked the question because you previously mentioned:

   "So how does the AP know that 802.1x will be required for a given
   mobile? How +does the AP get the 802.1x keys that it must use with
   the mobile? How does the +AR handle load balancing? How does the AR
   handle 802.11e and 802.11i, or should+the AP do it? What about
   802.11h? What about 802.11k?"

Aren't those 802.11[e,h,i,k] related to IEEE 802 MAC or PHY?  Why the IETF
needs to handle all these stuff?  I think there is some inconsistency
in this discussion.

> 
> Moving on...
> 
> PatC

Yoshihiro Ohba