eap Mailing List: Re: Re: Issue 251

[Nick Petroni (npetroni]

> > If this is correct, then it may be that the state machine
> > needs some modification. OTOH, when I read -04 peer state
> > machine, one of the required conditions to go into the FAILURE
> > state is to have reqId == lastId. Since lastId has been initialized
> > to NONE, it seems that an immediate Failure is not accepted
> > by the current state machine.
I'll take a closer look at the SM and make sure this is not allowed then.

> I agree with Jari here.  The text of RFC 3748 assumes that an EAP
> conversation begins with a Request, which implies that a "canned" Failure
> is not allowed.
Can I ask what category 802.1X canned messages fall into? I guess they
are just the use of EAP messages outside of the protocol? Or perhaps I
misunderstand when they can occur.

nick