eap Mailing List: RE: Issue 174: Mandatory to Implement

[Walker, Jesse (jesse.walker]

Ill advised. EAP methods are outside the scope of the 802.11i PAR.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Zorn [mailto:gwz [at] cisco.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 10:24 AM
> To: 'Bernard Aboba'
> Cc: eap [at] frascone.com
> Subject: RE: [eap] Issue 174: Mandatory to Implement
> 
> 
> Bernard Aboba <mailto:aboba [at] internaut.com> writes:
> 
> >> The obvious problem is that this leaves EAP as essentially an empty
> >> framework, removing the basis for any but purely formal
> >> interoperability.  In addition, since AFAIK 802.11i doesn't specify
> >> any EAP method as mandatory (relying instead upon RFC 2284), it
> >> leaves them in the same boat.  Is this really desirable?
> > 
> > Since EAP MD5-Challenge is already illegal for use with 
> IEEE 802.11i,
> > they are already in this predicament, no? 
> 
> Is the use of EAP MD5-Challenge actually illegal or just ill-advised?
> 
> ~gwz
> 
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