Re: [lp-wan] overview issue#2: AAA server term...

[Arun <[e-mail]>]

Hi Stephen,
There is a draft, draft-garcia-radext-radius-lorawan, that explains the
use of AAA server in lpwa technologies like lora.
The idea is to use standardized solutions like AAA for authenticating
end devices in such technologies.
IMHO, AAA term in a way is good to push for the use of standard entities
in the architecture.

regards,
Arun

On 18/05/2017 09:41, Stephen Farrell wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> (Crap: I mucked up the subject line by also calling this "issue#1"
> when I first sent this, maybe that's why nobody responded - so
> trying now with a correct subject line and with a suggested
> resolution in case nobody else cares... :-)
>
> In [1] we define the term "AAA server." I don't think that's a good
> term to use, as it may be read to assume that we'll end up with a
> RADIUS or Diameter based solution and a typical AAA server like that
> is just not the same as a LoRaWAN NS/JS. (There might be a RADIUS or
> Diameter server behind such a beast, but it's not the same thing.)
> I think (less sure though) that the "AAA server" is also not so good
> for the other technologies too.
>
> What'd the WG like to do here?
>
> If nobody answers, in the next revision I'll use the term "LPWAN
> back-end server" ("LBES") instead of "AAA server." That's also not
> great but at least doesn't have the potential to create new confusion.
>
> Cheers,
> S.
>
> [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lpwan-overview-02#section-3
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