State Machines for the Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) (RFC5609) (01-Aug-2009)

Network Working Group                                    V. Fajardo, Ed. Request for Comments: 5609                        Telcordia Technologies Category: Informational                                          Y. Ohba                                                                  Toshiba                                                           R. Marin-Lopez                                                          Univ. of Murcia                                                              August 2009

                            State Machines for    the Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA)

Abstract

   This document defines the conceptual state machines for the Protocol    for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA).  The state    machines consist of the PANA Client (PaC) state machine and the PANA    Authentication Agent (PAA) state machine.  The two state machines    show how PANA can interface with the Extensible Authentication    Protocol (EAP) state machines.  The state machines and associated    models are informative only.  Implementations may achieve the same    results using different methods.

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 Fajardo, et al.              Informational                      [Page 1]
 RFC 5609                  PANA State Machines                August 2009

 Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................3

   2. Terminology .....................................................3

   3. Interface between PANA and EAP ..................................3

   4. Document Authority ..............................................5

   5. Notations .......................................................5

   6. Common Rules ....................................................6

      6.1. Common Procedures .....