RFC 3579 and Access-Accepts

[Josh Howlett]

Hi Stefan,

> Whereas RFC 3579 , chapter 2.6.5 says: 
> "An EAP-Message/EAP-Request/Notification SHOULD NOT be 
> included within an Access-Accept or Access-Reject packet."

I think this is a case of mis-reading the (confusing?) notation used by
the RFC.

What the RFC is saying is that you are not permitted to include a
Notification within an EAP-Request within an EAP-Message within an
Access-Accept.

It's not saying you're not allowed to include an EAP-Message attribute
_per se_.

FWIW, I don't think it would be possible to implement a compliant EAP
method without including an EAP-Message in the Access-Acccept; you need
to return an EAP-Success or EAP-Failure, and IIRC you can't do that in
an Access-Challenge.

josh.

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