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RFC 5247: Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Key Management Framework

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The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), defined in RFC 3748, enables extensible network access authentication. This document specifies the EAP key hierarchy and provides a framework for the transport and usage of keying material and parameters generated by EAP authentication algorithms, known as "methods". It also provides a detailed system-level security analysis, describing the conditions under which the key management guidelines described in RFC 4962 can be satisfied. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5247
Published
August 2008
Authors
B. Aboba; D. Simon; P. Eronen
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
79
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Updates:
RFC 3748
Updated by:
RFC 8940

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