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rfc-3579

RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) Support For Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

B. Aboba, P. Calhoun
date2003-09 streamIETF wgnon working group statusINFORMATIONAL pages46 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3579 doi10.17487/RFC3579 errataview
This document defines Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) support for the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), an authentication framework which supports multiple authentication mechanisms. In the proposed scheme, the Network Access Server (NAS) forwards EAP packets to and from the RADIUS server, encapsulated within EAP-Message attributes. This has the advantage of allowing the NAS to support any EAP authentication method, without the need for method- specific code, which resides on the RADIUS server. While EAP was originally developed for use with PPP, it is now also in use with IEEE 802. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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