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

[Alper Yegin (alper]

On 7/22/03 1:49 PM, "David Molnar" <dmolnar [at] legra.com> wrote:

>> 
>> Is there a documented list of problems, like a problem statement? It is
>> really hard to reverse engineer the LWAPP to undertsand the problems we
>> are solving here.
> 
> Well, we do have the proposed charter points for CAPWAP posted by James
> Kempf. I have not seen much discussion of these on this list so far. What
> do you think of them?

Inadequate. One should expand on this. The following text does not fully
explain what the problem is, how it cannot be solved by the current
mechanisms, what does "acquisition"-"configuration"-"monitoring"-
"controlling load" entail...

    Develop a protocol controlling wireless access points with the following
    features:

    .Independent of wireless link protocol.
    .Discovery of a CAPWAP manager (AR, IP addressable switch).
    .Acquisition of APs by CAPWAP manager.
    .Configuration and monitoring of wireless link by CAPWAP manager.
    .Partially and/or fully terminate the wireless MAC layer at the CAPWAP
    manager.
       -Including security of host traffic.
       -NOT intended to define changes in MAC!
    .Control of AP host load.
    .Security for CAPWAP signaling.

Alper