Below is a revision to the EMU charter that is intended to reflect the discussions in the Philadelphia meeting. Please respond to the list if you approve of the charter or if you have any comments on the charter. I would like to have responses by 4/24.
Thanks, Joe Description of Working Group: The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) [RFC 3748] is a network access authentication framework used in the PPP, 802.11, 802.16, VPN, PANA, and in some functions in 3G networks. EAP itself is a simple protocol and actual authentication happens in EAP methods. Over 40 different EAP methods exist. Most of these methods are proprietary methods, but some are documented in informational RFCs. In the past the lack of documented, open specifications has been a deployment and interoperability problem. There are currently only two EAP methods in the standards track that implement features such as key derivation that are required for many modern applications. Authentication types and credentials continue to evolve as do requirements for EAP methods. This group is chartered to work on the following types of mechanisms to meet RFC 3748, RFC 4017, RFC 4962 and EAP Keying requirements: - An update to RFC 2716 to bring EAP-TLS into standards track, clarify specification, interoperability, and implementation issues gathered over the years, and update the document to meet the requirements of RFC 3748, RFC 4017, and EAP keying framework documents. Backwards compatibility with RFC 2716 is a requirement. - A mechanism based on strong shared secrets. This mechanism should strive to be simple and compact for implementation in resource constrained environments. - A document that defines EAP channel bindings and provides guidance for establishing EAP channel bindings within EAP methods. - A mechanism to support extensible communication within a TLS protected tunnel. This mechanism must support channel bindings in order to meet RFC 4962 requirements. This mechanism will support meeting the requirements of an enhanced TLS mechanism, a password based authentication mechanism, and additional inner authentication mechanisms. - Enable a TLS-based EAP method to support channel bindings. This item will not generate a new method, rather it will extend EAP-TLS and/or the above tunnel method. - A mechanism that makes use of existing password databases such as AAA databases. This item will be based on the above tunnel method. Goals and Milestones: Done Form design team to work on strong shared secret mechanism Done Submit 2716bis I-D Done Submit first draft of shared secret mechanism I-D Done Form password based mechanism design team Done Submit 2716bis draft to IESG for Proposed Standard Apr 2008 Submit Strong Shared Secret Mechanism to IESG May 2008 Submit Tunnel and Password Method requirements first Draft Sep 2008 Submit EAP Channel Bindings First Draft Sep 2008 Submit Tunnel Method first draft Oct 2008 Submit TLS based method channel binding first draft Oct 2008 Submit Password Method first draft Jan 2009 Send EAP Channel Bindings to IESG Mar 2009 Send Tunnel Method to IESG Apr 2009 Send TLS based method channel binding to IESG Apr 2009 Send Password based method to IESG _______________________________________________ Emu mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/emu
