RFC 6124 on An EAP Authentication Method Based on the Encrypted Key Exchange (EKE) Protocol

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        RFC 6124

        Title:      An EAP Authentication Method Based 
                    on the Encrypted Key Exchange (EKE) 
                    Protocol 
        Author:     Y. Sheffer, G. Zorn,
                    H. Tschofenig, S. Fluhrer
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       February 2011
        Mailbox:    yaronf.ietf@gmail.com, 
                    gwz@net-zen.net, 
                    Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net,  sfluhrer@cisco.com
        Pages:      33
        Characters: 71706
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-sheffer-emu-eap-eke-09.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6124.txt

The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) describes a framework
that allows the use of multiple authentication mechanisms.  This
document defines an authentication mechanism for EAP called EAP-EKE,
based on the Encrypted Key Exchange (EKE) protocol.  This method
provides mutual authentication through the use of a short, easy to
remember password.  Compared with other common authentication
methods, EAP-EKE is not susceptible to dictionary attacks.  Neither
does it require the availability of public-key certificates.  
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.

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