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PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
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Network Working Group L. Blunk
Request for Comments: 2284 J. Vollbrecht
Category: Standards Track Merit Network, Inc.
March 1998
PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method for
transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.
PPP also defines an extensible Link Control Protocol, which allows
negotiation of an Authentication Protocol for authenticating its peer
before allowing Network Layer protocols to transmit over the link.
This document defines the PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction .......................................... 2
1.1 Specification of Requirements ................... 2
1.2 Terminology ..................................... 2
2. PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) .......... 3
2.1 Configuration Option Format ..................... 4
2.2 Packet Format ................................... 6
2.2.1 Request and Response ............................ 6
2.2.2 Success and Failure ............................. 7
3. Initial EAP Request/Response Types .................... 8
3.1 Identity ........................................ 9
3.2 Notification .................................... 10
3.3 Nak ............................................. 10
Blunk & Vollbrecht Standards Track
