Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-6lowpan-problem (6LoWPAN: Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement and Goals) to Informational RFC]

[Geoff Mulligan <geoff at mulligan.com>]

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 08:07 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Geoff Mulligan wrote:
> > You question about switches does point to an overloaded term.  In that
> > particular paragraph the "switches" we are talking about are electrical
> > switches, as in light switches, not network switches.  We'll fix the
> > wording.
> 
> I guessed as much, which is what triggered me to wonder about the use 
> of the term 'personal' as I don't think an electrical switch is 
> typically carried in your PAN :-)
> 
> > The reason we use the term personal area network is that it is the
> > industry term used for 802.15.4 networks.  I agree that these devices
> > are not "personal", but it is a nomenclature that we are stuck with by
> > the IEEE.
> 
> If you don't want to drop 'Personal' from the used terminology, I 
> would suggest considering adding a sentence or two in Introduction of 
> all relevant documents to make it clearer that the IETF has designed a 
> generic solution which also applies outside of PANs. The IETF 
> specifications as far as I can see are not ress complete(!) and "Transient Session Keys =
(TSKs)", where the EAP peers negotiate a ciphersuite for this =
purpose.  Although I don't think it's prohibited for EAP methods to =
negotiate ciphersuites for subsequent use _by other protocols_ (such as =
802.11i, etc.), I don't know of any that do & I don't think that =
that is what is meant in this definition: it is only the rather IMHO =
sloppy use of the terms "authenticator" and "peer" =
to mean, basically, "whatever is hanging off the ends of the =
wire&quot; that allows this usage.</FONT></P>

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