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Mobile IPv4 Challenge/Response Extensions (Revised)
RFC 4721

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['chap']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Bharatia": changed name from "Jayshree Bharatia" to "J. Bharatia", cleared country (was "Richardson, TX  75082"), changed order from "1" to "3"
2026-05-20
(System)
Changed author "P. Calhoun": changed name from "Pat Calhoun" to "P. Calhoun", changed affiliation from "Cisco Systems" to "Cisco Systems, Inc.", cleared country (was "San …
Changed author "P. Calhoun": changed name from "Pat Calhoun" to "P. Calhoun", changed affiliation from "Cisco Systems" to "Cisco Systems, Inc.", cleared country (was "San Jose, CA  95134")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "C. Perkins": changed name from "Charles Perkins" to "C. Perkins", cleared country (was "Mountain View, California  94043"), changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2018-12-20
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'Mobile IP, as originally specified, defines an authentication extension (the Mobile-Foreign Authentication extension) by which a …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'Mobile IP, as originally specified, defines an authentication extension (the Mobile-Foreign Authentication extension) by which a mobile node can authenticate itself to a foreign agent. Unfortunately, that extension does not provide the foreign agent any direct guarantee that the protocol is protected from replays and does not allow for the use of existing techniques (such as Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)) for authenticating portable computer devices.

In this specification, we define extensions for the Mobile IP Agent Advertisements and the Registration Request that allow a foreign agent to use a challenge/response mechanism to authenticate the mobile node.

Furthermore, this document updates RFC 3344 by including a new authentication extension called the Mobile-Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Authentication extension. This new extension is provided so that a mobile node can supply credentials for authorization, using commonly available AAA infrastructure elements. This authorization-enabling extension MAY co-exist in the same Registration Request with authentication extensions defined for Mobile IP Registration by RFC 3344. This document obsoletes RFC 3012. [STANDARDS-TRACK]')
2015-10-14
(System) Notify list changed from mip4-chairs@ietf.org to (None)
2007-02-06
Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Published from RFC Ed Queue by Amy Vezza
2007-02-06
Amy Vezza [Note]: 'RFC 4721' added by Amy Vezza
2007-01-31
(System) RFC published