eap Mailing List: EAP type for smartcards

[Pascal Urien (urienp]

Hi Everybody,

I new draft as been posted to the IETF.

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-urien-eap-smartcard-type-00.txt

   This draft is supported by the WLAN Smartcard Consortium
   see   http://www.wlansmartcard.org/press_releases_0.html and
   introduces an unique  EAP type, which should be used
    when  the authenticator requests  that the client processes
   EAP method in smartcard.

Regards

Pascal Urien
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Title:   draft-urien-eap-smartcard-type-00.txt
Authors: P.Urien,W.Habraken ,D. Flattin,H. Ganem
Expired date: March  2005

Abstract:

Smart Cards are hardware security devices that are widely used in
   data and voice networks to authenticate users and devices, and to
   enforce security policies on the client platform.

   The EAP Smart Card Protocol (EAP-SC) defines an EAP Method and
   Multiplexing model for the support of Smart Card based
   authentication methods. EAP-SC provides a uniform framework for
   interfacing with Smart Cards within the EAP [RFC3748] context. EAP-
   SC provides for encapsulation of other EAP methods (such as [EAP-
   TLS], [EAP-SIM] and [EAP-AKA]).

   EAP-SC enhances the security of authentication methods by enabling
   the use of Smart Cards for the secure provisioning and storage of
   keys and credentials, and the secure execution of security sensitive
   functions. In addition, EAP-SC provides security requirements for
   the support of Smart Card based Authentication Methods that ensure a
   uniform level of security complementary to the underlying
   authentication method.