eap Mailing List: RE: Strawman -10

[Salowey, Joe (jsalowey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernard Aboba [mailto:bernard_aboba [at] hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:05 PM
> To: Salowey, Joe
> Cc: eap [at] frascone.com
> Subject: RE: [eap] Strawman -10
> 
> >[Joe] In order to preserve mode independence the EMSK must not be
> >directly consumed by the lower layer.  The lower layer must 
> not require
> >direct access to the EMSK to function.  However, the lower layer may
> >rely upon keys derived from the EMSK.
> 
> I'm confused.  You submitted a change to remove the material from the 
> document that relates to lower layer usage of the EMSK.  Your 
> change was 
> accepted, so the document no longer restricts usage of the 
> EMSK by the lower 
> layer.
> 

[Joe] I must not have been clear. That was not my intent, which change
request was this?  The EMSK must not be directly used by the lower
layer.  If it is then you might as well just eliminate it since it
serves the same purpose as the MSK.