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RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) Support For Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
draft-aboba-radius-rfc2869bis-22

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 3579.
Authors Pat R. Calhoun , Dr. Bernard D. Aboba
Last updated 2022-05-10 (Latest revision 2003-05-16)
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Informational
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draft-aboba-radius-rfc2869bis-22
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        RFC 3579

        Title:      RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User
                    Service) Support For Extensible Authentication
                    Protocol (EAP)
        Author(s):  B. Aboba, P. Calhoun
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       September 2003
        Mailbox:    bernarda@microsoft.com, pcalhoun@airespace.com
        Pages:      46
        Characters: 104469
        Updates:    2869

        I-D Tag:    draft-aboba-radius-rfc2869bis-22.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3579.txt

This document defines Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
(RADIUS) support for the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), an
authentication framework which supports multiple authentication
mechanisms.  In the proposed scheme, the Network Access Server (NAS)
forwards EAP packets to and from the RADIUS server, encapsulated
within EAP-Message attributes.  This has the advantage of allowing the
NAS to support any EAP authentication method, without the need for 
method-specific code, which resides on the RADIUS server.  While EAP
was originally developed for use with PPP, it is now also in use with
IEEE 802.

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