eap Mailing List: RE: RE: Comments on draft-adrangi-eap-network-discovery-07.txt

[Glen Zorn (gwz) (gwz]

Glen Zorn (gwz) <mailto:gwz [at] cisco.com> supposedly scribbled:

> OK, now that we've established that the security properties of
WLANs
> are identical to those of cellular networks (I wish that Farooq
had
> pointed this out several years ago -- it would have saved a lot of
> time in 802.11i), I guess we can dispense with any further
discussion
> of such things.  Furthermore, no enterprise networks will be
listed
> in the hints, just SPs.  Suppose, then, that Bigco.com contracts
with
> Consort.com to provide remote access for Bigco's employees when
they
> are traveling.  Suppose also that Consort.com is a roaming partner
of
> Megatel.com, which operates hotspots in coffeehouses around the
> world.  A Bigco employee walks into a Megatel hotspot and tries to
> access the network.  

Should have mentioned, using her Bigco.com user ID.

>How does that work?  Does it work at all? 

BTW, this example is from Real Life -- the names have been changed
to protect the innocent -- and is the simplest example of enterprise
roaming/remote access I can think of.  There are _much_ more complex
examples, also from Real Life.        

Hope this helps,

~gwz

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