A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6696 Title: EAP Extensions for the EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP) Author: Z. Cao, B. He, Y. Shi, Q. Wu, Ed., G. Zorn, Ed. Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: July 2012 Mailbox: caozhen@chinamobile.com, hebaohong@catr.cn, shiyang1@huawei.com, bill.wu@huawei.com, glenzorn@gmail.com Pages: 47 Characters: 103860 Obsoletes: RFC5296 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-hokey-rfc5296bis-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6696.txt The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is a generic framework supporting multiple types of authentication methods. In systems where EAP is used for authentication, it is desirable to avoid repeating the entire EAP exchange with another authenticator. This document specifies extensions to EAP and the EAP keying hierarchy to support an EAP method-independent protocol for efficient re- authentication between the peer and an EAP re-authentication server through any authenticator. The re-authentication server may be in the home network or in the local network to which the peer is connecting. [STANDARDS-TRACK] This document is a product of the Handover Keying Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC