[rfc-dist] RFC 4284 on Identity Selection Hints for the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

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        RFC 4284

        Title:      Identity Selection Hints for the 
                    Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP 
        Author:     F. Adrangi,  V. Lortz, 
                    F. Bari,  P. Eronen
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       January 2006
        Mailbox:    farid.adrangi at intel.com, 
                    victor.lortz at intel.com, 
                    farooq.bari at cingular.com, pasi.eronen at nokia.com
        Pages:      14
        Characters: 30322
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-adrangi-eap-network-discovery-14.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4284.txt

The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is defined in RFC 3748.
This document defines a mechanism that allows an access network to
provide identity selection hints to an EAP peer -- the end of the
link that responds to the authenticator.  The purpose is to assist
the EAP peer in selecting an appropriate Network Access Identifier
(NAI).  This is useful in situations where the peer does not receive
a lower-layer indication of what network it is connecting to, or when
there is no direct roaming relationship between the access network
and the peer\'s home network.  In the latter case, authentication is
typically accomplished via a mediating network such as a roaming
consortium or broker.

The mechanism defined in this document is limited in its scalability.
It is intended for access networks that have a small to moderate
number of direct roaming partners.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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