Glen Zorn wrote:
> Indeed it could, but all you really seem to be asking for is a way for the
> corporation to be able to control the configuration of the client.  

  That is already done outside of the scope of EAP.  (VPN config,
Directory services, etc.)  The only requirement I see for EAP is that it
support channel bindings, and an indication that the home AAA approves
of the connection.

> As you point out, it is reasonable to expect that the corporation knows the
> identity of its own access points; why does it matter what the client
> _thinks_ (for lack of a better word) that it is attached to?  I cannot see
> any purpose for the client sending the SSID of the network to which it
> attached.

  It's part of the channel binding.  It closes the loop between what the
NAS tells the AAA, and what the NAS tells the client.

  Right now in a commercial roaming scenario, the NAS could tell the
user "we're partner X: $0.05 / minute".  It could *really* be partner Y:
$5.00 / minute.  The user naively connects, and the bill is larger than
expected.  The partner gets paid, and the user gets blamed for not
paying attention.

>  In fact, it seems that all that is necessary is the ability to
> remotely modify the configuration of a client; why is the job of EAP, again?

  I don't think it is.  I think EAP might *motivate* changes in the
config.  i.e.  I could provision a machine to run a script after
authentication.  That script would check the SSID, and enforce a local
configuration for that SSID.

  But it's not the role of EAP to "change the configuration".

  Alan DeKok.
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