On Sep 12, 2019, at 9:53 AM, Aura Tuomas <tuomas.a...@aalto.fi> wrote:
> 
> I was looking at the EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 draft and noticed that it forbids 
> PSK authentication. Why is that?

  See Section 2.1.2.  TLS 1.3 uses PSK for resumption.  As a result, we 
*cannot* use PSK for authentication in EAP-TLS.

> While there is the EAP-PSK method, I would much rather use EAP-TLS with PSK 
> because it provides identity protection and perfect forward secrecy, unlike 
> EAP-PSK. 

  Use EAP-PWD for that.

> In fact, I think EAP-TLS with PSK should become the standard authentication 
> method for networks that rely on shared secrets, e.g. WPA-Personal. Unifying 
> the Wi-Fi authentication around EAP would greatly simplify the Wi-Fi protocol 
> stack. Not that I expect it to happen immediately, but we should not close 
> sensible paths forward.

  The time to fix that was before TLS 1.3 was standardized.

  Alan DeKok.

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