Subject: EAP over PANA or L2?

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:56:47 +0300

Hi,

I've been following the discussions here. Could PANA be a protocol that creates an API for network access authentication with different link layers? EAP is most probably the protocol that needs to be carried securely by PANA. Instead of arguing the need for PANA or comparing it to the L2 solutions as a competitor, PANA could be seen as a protocol API that really knows the underlying L2 and uses it effectively? If there is not enough security provided by L2 to carry EAP, PANA adds it (for example TLS). What about network authentication then?

- Dan