Subject: Re: [eap] Proposed resolution to Issue 164: Conflicting Implementation Note

From: John Vollbrecht <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 11:29:17 -0400

sounds good to me - John

--On Saturday, August 2, 2003 1:14 PM -0700 Bernard Aboba 
<[email-masked]> wrote:

> The text of Issue 164 is enclosed below.  The recommendation is that
> the proposed change be accepted.  Any objections?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Issue 164: Conflicting Implementation Note
> Submitter name: Joe Salowey
> Submitter email address: [email-masked]
> Date first submitted: 7/29/2003
> Reference:
> Document: RFC2284bis
> Comment type: T
> Priority: S
> Section: 5.1
> Rationale/Explanation of issue:
>
> In section 2 [3] there is the following text
> "After a suitable number of
>        retransmissions, the authenticator SHOULD end the EAP
>        conversation.  The authenticator MUST NOT send a Success or
>        Failure packet when retransmitting or when it fails to get a
>        response from the peer."
>
> In section 5.1 there is the following text in the implementation note:
>
> "It is suggested that the Identity Request be
>  retried a minimum of 3 times before terminating the
> authentication phase with a Failure reply."
>
> This seems contradictory.
>
> Requested change:
>
> Section 5.1
>
> "It is suggested that the Identity Request be
> retried a minimum of 3 times before terminating the
> authentication."
>
>
>
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