Pasi wrote:
> Here I agree with you fully: this is an extremely bad idea. > Architecturally linking application security to the link > layer is just bad engineering, and hinders the ability of > link layers and applications evolve independently of each other. Lets start with this: Any application? > The emsk-hierarchy document should not give higher layer > applications as an example use case; instead, it should > explain why this is a bad idea, and recommend that keys > derived from link layer authentication should be used solely > for "link-layerish" things (such as link layer handoffs; > Mobile IP is a borderline case here). Mobile IP is an application. So I guess you are okay with some applications right? _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
