Re: [Nea] Verifying consensus on next steps re TLS/TCP-based PT

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Kent Landfield
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On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:16 PM, "Susan Thomson (sethomso)" <sethomso@cisco.com> wrote:

> At IETF80, there was a discussion on next steps regarding the individual
> submissions for a TLS/TCP-based PT, and an EAP-based PT.
> 
> Specifically, there are 2 proposals for a TLS/TCP-based transport
> documented in the following I-Ds:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sangster-nea-pt-tls-02.txt 
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-cam-winget-eap-tlv-03.txt
> 
> At the meeting, there was unanimous consensus to merge the TLS/TCP
> proposals in the above I-Ds as follows:
> - Support client authentication using the SASL framework
> - Support vendor extensions
> - Support error handling
> 
> The authors of the above I-Ds have agreed to work on a joint WG
> submission.
> 
> The chairs would like to verify this consensus on the mailing 
> list. Please review the proposal and respond by Monday, 5pm PT on 
> Apr 18. Indicate in your response whether you support the changes. 
> If you support the changes, a one word response ("Support") is 
> sufficient. If not, please explain your concerns and suggest how 
> they could be resolved.
> 
> Thanks
> Susan
> ----------------------------
> 
> Note: No consensus has yet been reached on the EAP-based proposals, in
> particular, whether to use an EAP method or EAP-TLV for carrying posture
> information. The next step is to document the strengths and weaknesses
> of these 2 approaches to help make a decision.
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