eap Mailing List: FW: Document Action: 'Identity selection hints for Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)' to Informational RFC

[Jari Arkko (jari.arkko]

The IESG wrote:

> The IESG has approved the following document:
>
> - 'Identity selection hints for Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) '
>   <draft-adrangi-eap-network-discovery-14.txt> as an Informational RFC
>
> This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an
> IETF Working Group. 
>
> The IESG contact person is Margaret Wasserman.
>
> A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-adrangi-eap-network-discovery-14.txt
>
> Technical Summary
>
>   The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is defined in RFC 3748.
>   This document defines a mechanism that allows an access network to
>   provide identity selection hints to an EAP peer.  The purpose is to
>   assist the EAP peer in selecting an appropriate Network Access
>   Identifier (NAI).  This is especially useful when the access network
>   does not have a direct roaming relationship with the peer's home
>   network, so that a mediating network, such as a roaming consortium or
>   broker, is used.
>
>   The mechanism defined in this document is primarily intended for
>   advertising connectivity of access network to a limited number of
>   roaming partners that find such advertisement useful.
>
> Working Group Summary
>
>   This document was an individual submission, but it was reviewed by
>   the EAP WG.  
>
> Protocol Quality
>
>   This document was reviewed for the IESG by Margaret Wasserman.
>
> RFC Editor Note
>
> Please include the following IESG note in this document:
>
> EAP Identity Selection was developed by 3GPP. Documentation is
> provided as information to the Internet community.  The EAP WG has
> verified that this specification is compatible with EAP as
> defined in RFC 3748.  Required 3GPP client behavior is described in
> 3GPP TS 24.234.
>