eap Mailing List: Re: Proposed Resolution to Issue 326: Identifiers

[Jari Arkko (jari.arkko]

Ok. --Jari

Bernard Aboba wrote:

> The text of Issue 326 is enclosed below.  The proposed resolution is 
> as follows:
>
> In Section 1, change:
>
> "The combination of the Peer-ID and Server-ID uniquely specifies the
> endpoints of the EAP method exchange."
>
> To:
>
> "The combination of the Peer-ID and Server-ID may uniquely specify the
> endpoints of the EAP method exchange when they are provided."
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
> Issue 326: Identifiers
> Submitter name: Joe Salowey
> Submitter email address: jsalowey [at] cisco.com
> Date Submitted: December 1, 2005
> Reference:
> Document: Keying-08
> Comment type: T
> Priority: 1
> Section: 1
> Rationale/Explanation of issue:
>
> "  EAP methods also MAY export method-specific peer and server
>   identifiers (peer-ID and server-ID), a method-specific EAP
>   conversation identifier known as the Method-ID, and the lifetime of
>   the exported keys, known the Key-Lifetime.   EAP methods MAY also
>   support the import and export of Channel Bindings.  New EAP method
>   specifications MUST define the Peer-ID, Server-ID and Method-ID. The
>   combination of the Peer-ID and Server-ID uniquely specifies the
>   endpoints of the EAP method exchange."
>
> It seems that additional data associated with the identity should be
> exported to satisfy section 1.3.  Suggestion is to add this and call
> them identity attributes.
>
> In this paragraph it states that the "Peer-ID and Server-ID uniquely
> specifies the  endpoints of the EAP method exchange", however further 
> down it states
> that these quantities may be null.  This is contradictory.  Suggested
> modification to above text:
>
> "The combination of the Peer-ID and Server-ID may uniquely specify the
> endpoints of the EAP method exchange if the method supports unique IDs."
>
>
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