The official way to do this is to submit an "interpretation request" to the IEEE. The instructions can be found here: http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/interp/. The request will then be referred to the appropriate working group for response and approval. The earliest that this could be completed by 802.11 is during their meeting during the week of May 14-18. This would result in an official response from the 802.11 working group and the IEEE. Generally, the response will include referral to the next maintenance task group for inclusion in a corrigendum or the next revision of the standard. -Bob -----Original Message----- From: Alper Yegin [mailto:alper.yegin@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:22 PM To: Bob O'Hara (boohara); 'Yoshihiro Ohba'; 'Sam Hartman' Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-pana-framework-06 Hi Bob, I think the issue at hand is not the interpretation of text, but the conflicting text in the 802.11i standard. David Nelson has already shed some light to this. Text in Clause 5 opens the door for non-802.1X protocols to utilize the uncontrolled port, and we didn't find any limitations on what those protocols may be -- hence concluded that PANA could be one of those. This is where PANA WG came from. I'd not say this is an "interpretation", but rather spec-reading. How are we (in fact, IEEE) going to resolve this? Alper > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob O'Hara (boohara) [mailto:boohara@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:49 PM > To: Alper Yegin; Yoshihiro Ohba; Sam Hartman > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-pana-framework-06 > > Alper, > > In my reading of 802.11i, such an AP will not be compliant. In > addition, PANA needs to have the 802.11 mobile client also support PANA. > Currently, PANA packets would also be dropped at the sending client, > prior to opening the 802.1X controlled port. > > In Yoshi's email, referenced at the URL below, he says that it is > possible to interpret the text in the current 802.11ma revision draft to > allow the PANA operations described for bootstrapping an 802.11i AP. > The IEEE is the only body that has the authority to interpret their > standards. For 802.11, IEEE delegates that authority to the working > group that I chair. 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. > > > -Bob O'Hara, Chair, 802.11 Task Group m > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alper Yegin [mailto:alper.yegin@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:55 AM > To: Bob O'Hara (boohara); 'Yoshihiro Ohba'; 'Sam Hartman' > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-pana-framework-06 > > > Hi Bob, > > Last two e-mails were in response to Sam's "implementability" concern. > > Note that, when an IEEE 802.11 AP is used as a PANA EP and bootstrapped > for > IEEE 802.11i security, it is not an "off-the-shelf" AP. Some amount of > coding needs to be done on the AP. The question is, would this modified > AP > still be compliant with IEEE 802.11i or not (no, PANA WG does not mean > to > propose a change to IEEE standards.) > > Please see Yoshi's e-mail and let us know what you think. > http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg41011.html > > Thanks. > > Alper > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob O'Hara (boohara) [mailto:boohara@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:34 PM > > To: Alper Yegin; Yoshihiro Ohba; Sam Hartman > > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-pana-framework-06 > > > > I have no doubt that an implementation can be made to work, when one > has > > control of all the layers. The question is whether PANA bootstrap > will > > work when all that is supplied is a PANA layer that must operate above > > an existing, presumably standards compliant, 802.1X/802.11i > > implementation. When one can bypass a restriction of 802.11i (which > > says to drop non-802.1X frames on the uncontrolled port), then PANA > > bootstrap is possible. > > > > However, what authority has PANA to change a standard developed in an > > entirely different standards organization? > > > > > > -Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alper Yegin [mailto:alper.yegin@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:19 AM > > To: 'Yoshihiro Ohba'; 'Sam Hartman' > > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-pana-framework-06 > > > > We (Samsung) have an implementation as well. > > > > Alper > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Yoshihiro Ohba [mailto:yohba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM > > > To: Sam Hartman > > > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-pana-framework-06 > > > > > > If implementability of the specification is an issue, my company has > > > an implementation of bootstrapping 802.11i PSK mode based on running > > > PANA over Uncontrolled Port. The implementation works without > > > modifying a WiFi hardware or its firmware. We have a plan to > publish > > > the source code of the implementation in Open Diameter project. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Yoshihiro Ohba > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 11:45:25AM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: > > > > >>>>> "Yoshihiro" == Yoshihiro Ohba <yohba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > writes: > > > > > > > > e email discussion over > > > > Yoshihiro> the EAP mailing list quoted below, I had a short > > > > Yoshihiro> conversation on this issue with Jesse Walker during > > > > Yoshihiro> IEEE 802 interim meeting in January in order to > > > > Yoshihiro> follow-up the email discussion and understand the > > input > > > > Yoshihiro> from Jesse more. As far as I understand, he seemed > > to > > > > Yoshihiro> agree on this possible interpretation while he > > > > Yoshihiro> mentioned that there is no existing 802.11i > > > > Yoshihiro> implementation that uses 802.1X Uncontrolled Port > for > > > > Yoshihiro> non-802.1X frame exchange, but I may be still > > > > Yoshihiro> misunderstanding something. Also, for the sake of > > > > Yoshihiro> completeness of the email discussion over the EAP > > > > Yoshihiro> mailing list, the following email that I sent in > > > > Yoshihiro> response to msg03872 should be quoted as well: > > > > Yoshihiro> > > http://lists.frascone.com/pipermail/eap/msg03879.html.] > > > > > > > > > > > > So, the implementability of our specifications is a significant > > > > concern. If we do not expect there to be environments in which a > > > > feature of our spec will be implementable, then we should remove > > that > > > > feature. > > > > > > > > Implementability is sufficiently important that RFC 2026 > explicitly > > > > gives the IESG the ability to request an implementation report > even > > > > for publication at proposed standard when it has questions about > > > > whether a particular feature can be implemented interoperably. > > > > > > > > --Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ietf mailing list > > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf