eap Mailing List: Issue on eap-keying: PMK naming

[Florent Bersani (florent.bersani]

   Description of issue: possible confusion between PMK naming and PMKID

   Submitter name: Florent Bersani

   Submitter email address: florent.bersani [at] francetelecom.com

   Date first submitted: 10/04/2004

   Document: Keying Framework

   Comment type: 'E'ditorial

   Priority: '1' Should fix

   Section: 2.4 and 3.4.1

   Rationale/Explanation of issue:

I find the following confusing. In section 2.4, I read

"PMK Name

      The PMK has no name of its own, and is only identified by the AAA-
      Key from which it is derived."

but in Section 3.4.1, I find "PMKID (security association 
identifier)"... so it seems to me that the PMK has no name but has an 
identifier (defined in clause 8.5.1.2 of IEEE 802.11i IIRC). I guess it 
could be worth clarifying this subtlety, wouldn't it?

Requested change

Would our 802.11i experts approve the following:
"PMK Name

      The PMK may be named by its identifier PMKID defined in clause 
8.5.1.2 of [IEEE80211i]."