Re: [Emu] Re-charter text

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 22 August 2019 19:46 UTC

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Comments: In-reply-to Mohit Sethi M <mohit.m.sethi@ericsson.com> message dated "Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:13:51 -0000."
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Subject: Re: [Emu] Re-charter text
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Mohit Sethi M <mohit.m.sethi@ericsson.com> wrote:
    > At the same time, some new use cases for EAP have been identified. EAP
    > is now more broadly in mobile network authentication. The group will
    > update existing EAP methods such as EAP-AKA' to stay in sync with

...

    > Out-of-band (OOB) refers to a separate communication channel
    > independent of the primary in-band channel over which the actual

    > EAP authentication is based on credentials available on the peer and
    > the server. However, some EAP methods use credentials that are time or
    > domain limited (such as EAP-POTP), and there may be a need for creating
    
I feel that the charter is too limiting if it names specific drafts like
this.  In effect, the charter is mandating adoption of specific documents.

If you agree, I will suggest some alternate text.

    > In summary, the working group shall produce the following documents:

These read like milestones rather than areas of focus.

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