Re: [dhcwg] DHCP interconnected to RADIUS for AAA

Erik Nordmark wrote:

> > Right now we don't have a simple username password authentication
> > mechanism for DHCP and we have something very complicated which will not
> > be used in most common deployments. In most of the cases we are happy
> > with either cleartext user name password or may be MD5 encoded username
> > password authentication. If we put this within the current DHCP
> > framework then this will help in replacing the ppp in DSL and cabel
> > modem world where username password is used to pick up the profile of
> > the user.
>
> An alternative would be to figure out how PANA and DHC would work
> together in this case.
>

Is there work currently in progress on such an alternative? (triggering a PANA
transaction upon a DHCP message from the client or something similar). Would
this be an appropriate forum to start a discussion?

- prakash

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>   Erik
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