eap Mailing List: Re: review of draft-ietf-eap-netsel-problem-04.txt

[Jari Arkko (jari.arkko]

Bari, Farooq wrote:

>>I don't think we should talk about SSIDs here because
>>[13] explicitly uses realms, not SSIDs (and the proliferation
>>of new Id Request parameters would be harmful). If
>>MNCs are embedded in NAIs, this does not really reduce
>>the length all that much. I think this leaves only the PANA
>>example, even if the general point is valid.
>>
>>    
>>
>[Bari, Farooq] Agree. Bernard had comment on the same part. Propose the
>following text.
>
>Since RFC 1035 [1] enables FQDNs to be up to 255 octets in length, this
>may not enable the announcement of many realms. The use of other network
>identifiers than domain names is also possible, for instance the PANA
>protocol uses a free form string and an SMI  Network Management Private
>Enterprise Code [17], or Mobile Network Codes embedded in NAIs as
>specified in 3GPP.
>  
>
Ok.

--Jari