RFC 5873 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2010

Pre-Authentication Support for the Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access

Overview

RFC 5873, “Pre-Authentication Support for the Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access”, is an Experimental document published in May 2010 by Y. Ohba, A. Yegin. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines an extension to the Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) for proactively establishing a PANA Security Association between a PANA Client in one access network and a PANA Authentication Agent in another access network to which the PANA Client may move. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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What “Experimental” means

Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.

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