eap Mailing List: Re: Proposed Resolution of Issue 253: AAA-Key Name is Misleading

[Bernard Aboba (aboba]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Jari Arkko wrote:

> > Since I agree with Joe's comments, it pains me that the term "AAA-Key" is
> > used in RFC 3748, and therefore I don't feel we can change the term in the
> > EAP Key Management framework document.
> >
> > However, we probably should expose language clarifying that the AAA-Key
> > exists even where there is no AAA server (how is that for obfuscation?).
>
> I think that is all we can do. Too bad, but can't be helped.

I looked at the definition of "AAA-Key".  It says:

"However, despite the name, the AAA-Key is computed regardless of whether
a backend authentication server is present."

So I'm not sure how much more we can do.