I made one comment around this in the HOKEY session.  The intent of my
comment was that use of EMSK is optional.  There would be an
interoperability issue if peer and server do not negotiate on the use
of EMSK before actually using it.

Yoshihiro Ohba


On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 11:01:15AM +0200, Alper Yegin wrote:
> 
> I remember someone in Hokey WG meeting mentioned that not all methods
> generate EMSK (even though they generate MSK). Is that accurate?
> 
> Despite this RFC 3748 text?
> 
>    In order to provide keying material for use in a
>    subsequently negotiated ciphersuite, an EAP method supporting key
>    derivation MUST export a Master Session Key (MSK) of at least 64
>    octets, and an Extended Master Session Key (EMSK) of at least 64
>    octets.  
> 
> Alper
> 
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