Subject: Re: [Pana] FW: AD Review comments on draft-ietf-pana-usage-scenarios-06.txt

From: Yoshihiro Ohba <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:06:02 -0700

Correction to my comment.  My comment was based on some old version of
MACsec document.  After checking the latest MACsec document, it
appears that MACsec is not designed to work across IEEE 802 bridges.

Yoshihiro Ohba

On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 04:06:46PM -0700, Yoshihiro Ohba wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 03:05:59PM -0700, Alper Yegin wrote:
> > 
> > Aside from the IEEE 802 and PPPoE context, there is also PPP over ATM,
> > and PPP over cdma2000 networks. 
> > 
> > Btw, even in IEEE 802-based DSL networks, using 802.1X would have issues
> > if it has to go through bridges (e.g., CPE modem, DSLAM).
> 
> Just to be fair, there is ongoing work, i.e., 802.1AE (MACsec) and
> 802.1AF (KeySec), in IEEE 802.1 Working Group to develop an
> architecture and protocols in order to provide link-layer security
> that work across IEEE 802 bridges (i.e., MACsec).  However,
> considering maturity level of the work, I think PANA has more reality
> in DSL environment (or PANA may be used even for bootstrapping MACsec
> and KeySec in a future.)
> 
> Yoshihiro Ohba
> 
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> > 
> > Alper
> > 
> > 
> > 
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