Subject: WG Action: Extensible Authentication Protocol (eap)

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 17:00:44 -0400

A new IETF working group has been established in the Internet Area.
Please contact the Area Directors or WG CHairs for additional
information.

Extensible Authentication Protocol (eap)
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 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Bernard Aboba  <[email-masked]>
     Jari Arkko  <[email-masked]>

 Internet Area Director(s):
     Thomas Narten  <[email-masked]>
     Erik Nordmark  <[email-masked]>

 Internet Area Advisor:
     Erik Nordmark  <[email-masked]>

 Technical Advisor(s):
     William Arbaugh  <[email-masked]>

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Description of Working Group:

The EAP working group will restrict itself to the following work items 
in order to fully document and improve the interoperability of the 
existing EAP protocol:

1. IANA considerations for EAP.
2. Type space extension to support an expanded Type space.
3. EAP usage model.
4. Threat model and security requirements.
5. EAP state machine.
6. Documentation of interaction between EAP and other layers.
7. Resolution of interoperability issues.
8. EAP keying problem description and requirements.

Items 1-7 are intended to be covered within RFC 2284bis, the
revision to the EAP specification. Item 8 will be covered within
a separate document

The EAP WG is not currently chartered to review or standardize EAP
methods. However, when these work items are completed, the WG may be
rechartered, or a new WG may be formed to evaluate proposed methods.

 Goals and Milestones:

   DEC 02       RFC 2284bis submitted for publication as a Proposed 
                Standard 

   JUN 03       EAP Keying Problem document submitted for publication as an 
                Informational RFC