Approval announcement
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Announcement
From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>,
RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>
Subject: Document Action: 'Improved Extensible Authentication
Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key
Agreement (EAP-AKA')' to Informational RFC
The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd Generation
Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA') '
<draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf-10.txt> as an Informational RFC
This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an
IETF Working Group.
The IESG contact person is Russ Housley.
A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf-10.txt
Ballot Text
Technical Summary
This specification defines a new EAP method, EAP-AKA', a small
revision of the EAP-AKA method. The change is a new key derivation
function that binds the keys derived within the method to the name of
the access network. The new key derivation mechanism has been defined
in 3GPP. This specification allows its use in EAP in an interoperable
manner. In addition, EAP-AKA' employs SHA-256 instead of SHA-1.
Working Group Summary
This document is not the product of any IETF WG. However, it has been
discussed in 3GPP SA3 group.
Protocol Quality
Several reviews have been obtained.
The document was reviewed by Russ Housley for the IESG.