eap Mailing List: Re: Basic facts about EAP

[Bernard Aboba (aboba]

> I am not sure if using an EAP method to carry the NAS-ID or port-ID
> for Channel Bindings is really a good idea as it would actually make
> the EAP method media-dependent while it would make EAP media
> independent.

If the Channel Bindings are treated as opaque blobs, and are represented
as media-independent attributes, I don't think this creates a media dependency.

For example, NAS-Identifier, Called-Station-Id and Calling-Station-ID are
all media independent.

At least the way Channel Bindings are described in RFC 3748, Section 7.15,
it seems like the idea is to export the Bindings for verification by the
lower layer.

This seems like something that needs more explanation, though.  I will
file an issue on it and try to post some text to the list.