At the dhc WG meeting in Prague, there was a discussion of "subscriber authentication" and how that function might be provided through DHCP. Ric Pruss gave a presentation about a proposal for subscriber authentication through DHCP:
http://www3.ietf.org/proceedings/07mar/slides/dhc-2.pdf http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-pruss-dhcp-auth-dsl-00.txt There is a related draft that was not discussed at the dhc WG meeting: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-zhao-dhc-user-authentication-01.tx t There was also a discussion of "Principles of Internet Host Configuration". Dave Thaler gave a presentation about the draft he co-authored with Bernard Aboba: http://www3.ietf.org/proceedings/07mar/slides/dhc-7.pdf http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-aboba-ip-config-00.txt During the discussion of subscriber authentication, it was noted that the proposed solutions assume that DHCP is the right vehicle through which subscriber authentication should take place. That assumption needs to be further examined; PANA, for example, provides an alternative solution which does not depend on DHCP. Before the IETF proceeds with a DHCP-based solution, we need to discuss the broader issue of where subscriber authentication should be implemented. Accordingly, the Internet Area directors and the WG chairs have decided to move the discussion of subscriber authentication to the int-area mailing list. This discussion will explore the subscriber authentication problem space and requirements, to come to some initial consensus about where a solution might belong. To kick off the discussion, we are trying to get permission to publish subscriber authentication requirements from the DSL Forum. I've included [email protected] as a BCC to this note, to inform the dhc WG members that further discussion of subscriber authentication will move to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've also included [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a BCC, to make sure we have appropriate security clue in the discussion. - Ralph _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
