Subject: [eap] preserving packet order in EAP?

From: [email-masked] ([email-masked])
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:36:59 +0200

Hi,

EAP requires that packet order is maintained by the lower layer. My =
concern is that EAP can't be carried by UDP or IP alone, because these =
protocols do not preserve the packet order? This becomes an issue in the =
PANA wg. TCP/SCTP would be another option to carry EAP, but EAP detects =
duplicates and does re-transmissions already. Another comment/question: =
Isn't EAP request-response style protocol, so what are the =
possibilites/consequences for packet order mismatch?

- Dan