Bob O'Hara writes... > I can't forecast what an official interpretation > response might say, but the text in clause 5 is taken from the overview > section of the standard. The text prohibiting non-802.1X frames from > passing on the uncontrolled port is taken from clause 6, the description > of the Data SAP. My opinion would be that the text in clause 6 would be > given precedence, both because of its placement and because of its > specificity. I offer a little historical perspective on the text under debate in this thread. I am responsible for the text in Clause 5 that appears to allow other protocols besides 802.1X/EAPOL, which terminate in the AP, i.e. do not allow forwarding to the DS, to run over the 802.1X uncontrolled port in the AP. I added this text to one of the 802.11i drafts specifically to address a letter ballot comment on the previous draft. I was quite active in TGi at the time, including the comment resolution work. TGi voted to accept this comment resolution. It was arguably my mistake to leave the apparent conflict with the text of Clause 6, but the comment was probably only against Clause 5. Whether this comment resolution was a good idea, in the long run, is of course open to debate. The intent at the time was to allow operations such as those proposed in PANA, at least to the extent that I understand them based on this thread. I'm not sure this will help in resolving the issue, but at least it explains the apparent conflict. Regards, Dave Nelson _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf