eap Mailing List: Re: issue: lifetimes of keys internal to EAP methods

[Jari Arkko (jari.arkko]

Yoshihiro Ohba wrote:

>>(2) The text does not cater for changing TEKs during an
>>EAP method run. I know its far-fetched given that EAP is
>>not the world's best protocol transporting large quantities
>>of information. But it shouldn't be disallowed either.
> 
> 
> OK.  But where is "changing TEKs" mentioned in your proposed text?

It wasn't directly, but I added "typically" so we still leave
some space for this to happen:

   "They typically remain valid only for the duration of
   the EAP conversation, and are lost once the EAP conversation
   completes."

Do you think it should be more explicit?

--Jari