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Re: [pcp] EAP-over-PCP

Margaret Wasserman <margaretw42@gmail.com> Wed, 19 September 2012 10:06 UTC

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From: Margaret Wasserman <margaretw42@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [pcp] EAP-over-PCP
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Hi Alper,

On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Alper Yegin wrote:
> I don't understand how this works.
> EAP authenticator performs rexmits. 
> So, if it does not get a response, it'll keep rexmitting. So, how can you achieve "server will never generate an unsolicited request"?

A retransmission is not an unsolicited request...  I'm not sure what you mean by this.

> And, furthermore, there'd be EAP re-authentication which can be initiated by the client or server. This is another reason for having to support server-side requests.

Why do you think that we need to support EAP re-authentication? 

Margaret

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