RE: Q: EAP Message Format

[Gregory Lebovitz <Gregory@netscreen.com>]

so, Francis and Charlie, will your suggested change to the text be made in
the -09?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francis Dupont [mailto:Francis.Dupont@enst-bretagne.fr]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 1:13 AM
> To: Ricky Charlet
> Cc: ipsec mailingList
> Subject: Re: Q: EAP Message Format 
> 
> 
>  In your previous mail you wrote:
> 
>    	So, as currently specified in draft-08, the length 
> field of the EAP 
>    message format may be either 2 or 4 bytes depending upon the type.
> 
> => no, the text in the draft is buggy but is simpler than 
> your proposal.
> Current text is:
> 
>    o  Type (one octet) is present only if the Code field is Request
>       (1) or Response (2). For other types, the EAP message length
>       MUST be four octets and the Type and Type_Data fields MUST NOT
>       be present. ...
> 
> The fixed text should be:
> 
>    o  Type (one octet) is present only if the Code field is Request
>       (1) or Response (2). For other codes, the EAP message length
>                                      ^^^^^
>       MUST be four octets and the Type and Type_Data fields MUST NOT
>       be present. ...
> 
> So if the code is not Request or Response the length field 
> *value* is 4
> and there is nothing after the length field.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Francis.Dupont@enst-bretagne.fr
>