Thanks, Jouni. That's a good clarification. -----Original Message----- From: Jouni Malinen <j...@w1.fi> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2020 9:26 AM To: Alan DeKok <al...@deployingradius.com> Cc: Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofe...@arm.com>; emu@ietf.org Subject: Re: [Emu] My review ... was RE: I-D Action: draft-ietf-emu-eaptlscert-02.txt
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:08:06AM -0400, Alan DeKok wrote: > On Mar 24, 2020, at 4:00 AM, Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofe...@arm.com> > wrote: > >> For example, many EAP authenticator (access point) implementations > >> will drop an EAP session if it has not finished after > >> 40 - 50 round-trips. > > > > Is there a reference that could be included? > > References to hostap source code. hostapd has a limit in the EAP server role on the number of round trips (and wpa_supplicant in the EAP peer role). However, there is no such limit in the EAP authenticator role, i.e., hostapd as the access point forwarding EAP to an external RADIUS authentication server does not place such a constraint on the exchange. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Emu mailing list Emu@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/emu