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Re: [MEXT] Well-known problem with authentication/etc. in wireless networks

Alper Yegin <alper.yegin@yegin.org> Thu, 25 August 2011 08:47 UTC

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Hi Charlie,

On Aug 24, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Charles E. Perkins wrote:

> If the Home Agent were recognized as a robust security
> appliance, then it could naturally sit on the network
> boundary as an IP-addressable device.  Mobile IP
> authentication could become the primary means of
> validating user access, instead of an afterthought
> to enable IP-address preservation after all the heavy
> lifting has been done a lower levels.

Do you mean using Mobile IP protocol for (local area) network access authentication? Or, something else?

Alper

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