RFC - 4764

The EAP-PSK Protocol: A Pre-Shared Key Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Method

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4764.txt
Authors:	F. Bersani [France Telecom R&D], H. Tschofenig [Siemens Networks GmbH & Co KG]
Date:	January 2007
Category:	Experimental Standard

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Referred by:	0 RFC
Refers to:	18 RFC

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Status

This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).

Abstract

This document specifies EAP-PSK, an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method for mutual authentication and session key derivation using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK). EAP-PSK provides a protected communication channel when mutual authentication is successful for both parties to communicate over. This document describes the use of this channel only for protected exchange of result indications, but future EAP-PSK extensions may use the channel for other purposes. EAP-PSK is designed for authentication over insecure networks such as IEEE 802.11.

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