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

[James Kempf (kempf]

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            jak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alper Yegin" <alper [at] docomolabs-usa.com>
To: "David Molnar" <dmolnar [at] legra.com>
Cc: <lwapp [at] frascone.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Lwapp] Certificates, Discovery Request/Reply, and validation.


> 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
>
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