Re: [Dime] Comments on draft-ietf-dime-erp-03.txt

"Glen Zorn" <gwz@net-zen.net> Thu, 11 March 2010 07:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Dime] Comments on draft-ietf-dime-erp-03.txt
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Qin Wu [mailto:sunseawq@huawei.com] writes:

...

> > There seems to be some confusion here: an ER server will _never_
> receive an
> > ERP/DER message, since that is a _Diameter_ message, not an EAP
> message.
> > Actually, the confusion starts in the Introduction: "a new Diameter
> ERP
> > application to transport ERP messages between an ER authenticator and
> the ER
> > server".  "Authenticator" is a technical term & refers to an EAP
> protocol
> > entity, not a Diameter entity, so how can send Diameter messages?
> Clearing
> > up this confusion might go a long way toward making an acceptable
> > specification.
> 
> [Qin]: Is it a big issue?

Yes.