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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B. Aboba Request for Comments: 7268 Microsoft Corporation Updates: 3580, 4072 J. Malinen Category: Standards Track Independent ISSN: 2070-1721 P. Congdon

                                                       Tallac Networks
                                                            J. Salowey
                                                         Cisco Systems
                                                              M. Jones
                                                         Azuca Systems
                                                             July 2014
              RADIUS Attributes for IEEE 802 Networks

Abstract

 RFC 3580 provides guidelines for the use of the Remote Authentication
 Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) within IEEE 802 local area networks
 (LANs).  This document defines additional attributes for use within
 IEEE 802 networks and clarifies the usage of the EAP-Key-Name
 Attribute and the Called-Station-Id Attribute.  This document updates
 RFCs 3580 and 4072.

Status of This Memo

 This is an Internet Standards Track document.
 This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
 (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
 received public review and has been approved for publication by the
 Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
 Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
 Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7268.

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Table of Contents

 1. Introduction ....................................................3
    1.1. Terminology ................................................4
    1.2. Requirements Language ......................................4
 2. RADIUS Attributes ...............................................5
    2.1. Allowed-Called-Station-Id ..................................5
    2.2. EAP-Key-Name ...............................................6
    2.3. EAP-Peer-Id ................................................7
    2.4. EAP-Server-Id ..............................................8
    2.5. Mobility-Domain-Id .........................................9
    2.6. Preauth-Timeout ...........................................10
    2.7. Network-Id-Name ...........................................11
    2.8. EAPoL-Announcement ........................................12
    2.9. WLAN-HESSID ...............................................14
    2.10. WLAN-Venue-Info ..........................................14
    2.11. WLAN-Venue-Language ......................................16
    2.12. WLAN-Venue-Name ..........................................17
    2.13. WLAN-Reason-Code .........................................18
    2.14. WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher .....................................19
    2.15. WLAN-Group-Cipher ........................................20
    2.16. WLAN-AKM-Suite ...........................................21
    2.17. WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher ...................................22
    2.18. WLAN-RF-Band .............................................23
 3. Table of Attributes ............................................24
 4. IANA Considerations ............................................25
 5. Security Considerations ........................................25
 6. References .....................................................26
    6.1. Normative References ......................................26
    6.2. Informative References ....................................27
 7. Acknowledgments ................................................28

1. Introduction

 In situations where it is desirable to centrally manage
 authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) for IEEE 802
 [IEEE-802] networks, deployment of a backend authentication and
 accounting server is desirable.  In such situations, it is expected
 that IEEE 802 authenticators will function as AAA clients.
 "IEEE 802.1X Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
 Usage Guidelines" [RFC3580] provides guidelines for the use of the
 Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) within networks
 utilizing IEEE 802 local area networks.  This document defines
 additional attributes suitable for usage by IEEE 802 authenticators
 acting as AAA clients.

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1.1. Terminology

 This document uses the following terms:
 Access Point (AP)
    A Station that provides access to the distribution services via
    the wireless medium for associated Stations.
 Association
    The service used to establish Access Point/Station mapping and
    enable Station invocation of the distribution system services.
 Authenticator
    An entity that requires authentication from the Supplicant.  The
    authenticator may be connected to the Supplicant at the other end
    of a point-to-point LAN segment or wireless link.
 Authentication Server
    An entity that provides an authentication service to an
    authenticator.  This service verifies the claim of identity made
    by the Supplicant using the credentials provided by the Supplicant
 Station (STA)
    Any device that contains an IEEE 802.11 conformant Medium Access
    Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) interface to the wireless
    medium (WM).
 Supplicant
    An entity that is being authenticated by an authenticator.  The
    Supplicant may be connected to the authenticator at one end of a
    point-to-point LAN segment or 802.11 wireless link.

1.2. Requirements Language

 In this document, several words are used to signify the requirements
 of the specification.  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED",
 "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY",
 and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
 [RFC2119].

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2. RADIUS Attributes

2.1. Allowed-Called-Station-Id

 Description
    The Allowed-Called-Station-Id Attribute allows the RADIUS server
    to specify the authenticator MAC addresses and/or networks to
    which the user is allowed to connect.  One or more Allowed-Called-
    Station-Id Attributes MAY be included in an Access-Accept, CoA-
    Request, or Accounting-Request packet.
    The Allowed-Called-Station-Id Attribute can be useful in
    situations where pre-authentication is supported (e.g., IEEE
    802.11 pre-authentication).  In these scenarios, a Called-Station-
    Id Attribute typically will not be included within the Access-
    Request so that the RADIUS server will not know the network that
    the user is attempting to access.  The Allowed-Called-Station-Id
    enables the RADIUS server to restrict the networks and attachment
    points to which the user can subsequently connect.
    A summary of the Allowed-Called-Station-Id Attribute format is
    shown below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |            String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    174
 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is one or more octets, specifying a Called-
    Station-Id that the user MAY connect to; if the Called-Station-Id
    that the user connects to does not match one of the Allowed-
    Called-Station-Id Attributes, the Network Access Server (NAS) MUST
    NOT permit the user to access the network.

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    In the case of IEEE 802, the Allowed-Called-Station-Id Attribute
    is used to store the Medium Access Control (MAC) address,
    represented as an uppercase ASCII character string in Canonical
    format and with octet values separated by a "-", for example,
    "00-10-A4-23-19-C0".  Where restrictions on both the network and
    authenticator MAC address usage are intended, the network name
    MUST be appended to the authenticator MAC address, separated from
    the MAC address with a ":", for example, "00-10-A4-23-19-C0:AP1".
    Where no MAC address restriction is intended, the MAC address
    field MUST be omitted, but ":" and the network name field MUST be
    included, for example, ":AP1".
    Within IEEE 802.11 [IEEE-802.11], the Service Set Identifier
    (SSID) constitutes the network name; within IEEE 802.1X
    [IEEE-802.1X] wired networks, the Network-Id Name (NID-Name)
    constitutes the network name.  Since a NID-Name can be up to 253
    octets in length, when used with [IEEE-802.1X] wired networks,
    there may not be sufficient room within the Allowed-Called-
    Station-Id Attribute to include both a MAC address and a network
    name.  However, as the Allowed-Called-Station-Id Attribute is
    expected to be used largely in wireless access scenarios, this
    restriction is not considered serious.

2.2. EAP-Key-Name

 Description
    The EAP-Key-Name Attribute, defined in "Diameter Extensible
    Authentication Protocol (EAP) Application" [RFC4072], contains the
    EAP Session-Id, as described in "Extensible Authentication
    Protocol (EAP) Key Management Framework" [RFC5247].  Exactly how
    this attribute is used depends on the link layer in question.
    It should be noted that not all link layers use this name.  An
    EAP-Key-Name Attribute MAY be included within Access-Request,
    Access-Accept, and CoA-Request packets.  A summary of the EAP-Key-
    Name Attribute format is shown below.  The fields are transmitted
    from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |          String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    102 [RFC4072]

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 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is one or more octets, containing the EAP
    Session-Id, as defined in "Extensible Authentication Protocol
    (EAP) Key Management Framework" [RFC5247].  Since the NAS operates
    as a pass-through in EAP, it cannot know the EAP Session-Id before
    receiving it from the RADIUS server.  As a result, an EAP-Key-Name
    Attribute sent in an Access-Request MUST only contain a single NUL
    character.  A RADIUS server receiving an Access-Request with an
    EAP-Key-Name Attribute containing anything other than a single NUL
    character MUST silently discard the attribute.  In addition, the
    RADIUS server SHOULD include this attribute in an Access-Accept or
    CoA-Request only if an EAP-Key-Name Attribute was present in the
    Access-Request.  Since a NAS will typically only include an EAP-
    Key-Name Attribute in an Access-Request in situations where the
    attribute is required to provision service, if an EAP-Key-Name
    Attribute is included in an Access-Request but is not present in
    the Access-Accept, the NAS SHOULD treat the Access-Accept as
    though it were an Access-Reject.  If an EAP-Key-Name Attribute was
    not present in the Access-Request but is included in the Access-
    Accept, then the NAS SHOULD silently discard the EAP-Key-Name
    Attribute.  As noted in Section 6.2.2 of [IEEE-802.1X], the
    Connectivity Association Key Name (CKN) is derived from the EAP
    Session-Id, and, as described in Section 9.3.3 of [IEEE-802.1X],
    the CKN is subsequently used in the derivation of the Key
    Encrypting Key (KEK) and the Integrity Check Value Key (ICK),
    which protect the Secure Association Keys (SAKs) utilized by Media
    Access Control Security (MACsec).  As a result, for the NAS to
    acquire information needed in the MACsec Key Agreement (MKA)
    exchange, it needs to include the EAP-Key-Name Attribute in the
    Access-Request and receive it from the RADIUS server in the
    Access-Accept.

2.3. EAP-Peer-Id

 Description
    The EAP-Peer-Id Attribute contains a Peer-Id generated by the EAP
    method.  Exactly how this name is used depends on the link layer
    in question.  See [RFC5247] for more discussion.  The EAP-Peer-Id
    Attribute MAY be included in Access-Request, Access-Accept, and
    Accounting-Request packets.  More than one EAP-Peer-Id Attribute
    MUST NOT be included in an Access-Request; one or more EAP-Peer-Id
    Attributes MAY be included in an Access-Accept.

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    It should be noted that not all link layers use this name, and
    existing EAP method implementations do not generate it.  Since the
    NAS operates as a pass-through in EAP [RFC3748], it cannot know
    the EAP-Peer-Id before receiving it from the RADIUS server.  As a
    result, an EAP-Peer-Id Attribute sent in an Access-Request MUST
    only contain a single NUL character.  A home RADIUS server
    receiving an Access-Request with an EAP-Peer-Id Attribute
    containing anything other than a single NUL character MUST
    silently discard the attribute.  In addition, the home RADIUS
    server SHOULD include one or more EAP-Peer-Id Attributes in an
    Access-Accept only if an EAP-Peer-Id Attribute was present in the
    Access-Request.  If a NAS receives EAP-Peer-Id Attribute(s) in an
    Access-Accept without having included one in an Access-Request,
    the NAS SHOULD silently discard the attribute(s).  A summary of
    the EAP-Peer-Id Attribute format is shown below.  The fields are
    transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |            String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    175
 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is one or more octets, containing an EAP Peer-Id
    exported by the EAP method.  For details, see Appendix A of
    [RFC5247].  A robust implementation SHOULD support the field as
    undistinguished octets.  Only a single EAP Peer-Id may be included
    per attribute.

2.4. EAP-Server-Id

 Description
    The EAP-Server-Id Attribute contains a Server-Id generated by the
    EAP method.  Exactly how this name is used depends on the link
    layer in question.  See [RFC5247] for more discussion.  The EAP-
    Server-Id Attribute is only allowed in Access-Request, Access-
    Accept, and Accounting-Request packets.  More than one EAP-Server-

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    Id Attribute MUST NOT be included in an Access-Request; one or
    more EAP-Server-Id Attributes MAY be included in an Access-Accept.
    It should be noted that not all link layers use this name, and
    existing EAP method implementations do not generate it.  Since the
    NAS operates as a pass-through in EAP [RFC3748], it cannot know
    the EAP-Server-Id before receiving it from the RADIUS server.  As
    a result, an EAP-Server-Id Attribute sent in an Access-Request
    MUST contain only a single NUL character.  A home RADIUS server
    receiving an Access-Request with an EAP-Server-Id Attribute
    containing anything other than a single NUL character MUST
    silently discard the attribute.  In addition, the home RADIUS
    server SHOULD include this attribute in an Access-Accept only if
    an EAP-Server-Id Attribute was present in the Access-Request.  A
    summary of the EAP-Server-Id Attribute format is shown below.  The
    fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |            String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    176
 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is one or more octets, containing an EAP Server-
    Id exported by the EAP method.  For details, see Appendix A of
    [RFC5247].  A robust implementation SHOULD support the field as
    undistinguished octets.

2.5. Mobility-Domain-Id

 Description
    A single Mobility-Domain-Id Attribute MAY be included in an
    Access-Request or Accounting-Request in order to enable the NAS to
    provide the RADIUS server with the Mobility Domain Identifier
    (MDID), defined in Section 8.4.2.49 of [IEEE-802.11].  A summary
    of the Mobility-Domain-Id Attribute format is shown below.  The
    fields are transmitted from left to right.

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     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    177
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer.  The two most significant octets MUST be set to zero by
    the sender and are ignored by the receiver; the two least
    significant octets contain the Mobility Domain Identifier (MDID)
    defined in Section 8.4.2.49 of [IEEE-802.11].
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |            Reserved           |   Mobility Domain Identifier  |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

2.6. Preauth-Timeout

 Description
    This attribute sets the maximum number of seconds that pre-
    authentication state is required to be kept by the NAS without
    being utilized within a user session.  For example, when
    [IEEE-802.11] pre-authentication is used, if a user has not
    attempted to utilize the Pairwise Master Key (PMK) derived as a
    result of pre-authentication within the time specified by the
    Preauth-Timeout Attribute, the PMK MAY be discarded by the Access
    Point.  However, once the session is underway, the Preauth-Timeout
    Attribute has no bearing on the maximum session time for the user
    or the maximum time during which key state may be kept prior to
    re-authentication.  This is determined by the Session-Timeout
    Attribute, if present.

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    A single Preauth-Timeout Attribute MAY be included within an
    Access-Accept or CoA-Request packet.  A summary of the Preauth-
    Timeout Attribute format is shown below.  The fields are
    transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value (cont)         |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    178
 Length
    6
 Value
    The field is 4 octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned integer
    encoding the maximum time in seconds that pre-authentication state
    should be retained by the NAS.

2.7. Network-Id-Name

 Description
    The Network-Id-Name Attribute is utilized by implementations of
    IEEE-802.1X [IEEE-802.1X] to specify the name of a Network-Id
    (NID-Name).
    Unlike the IEEE 802.11 SSID (which is a maximum of 32 octets in
    length), the NID-Name may be up to 253 octets in length.
    Consequently, if the MAC address is included within the Called-
    Station-Id Attribute, it is possible that there will not be enough
    remaining space to encode the NID-Name as well.  Therefore, when
    used with IEEE 802.1X [IEEE-802.1X], the Called-Station-Id
    Attribute SHOULD contain only the MAC address, with the Network-
    Id-Name Attribute used to transmit the NID-Name.  The Network-Id-
    Name Attribute MUST NOT be used to encode the IEEE 802.11 SSID; as
    noted in [RFC3580], the Called-Station-Id Attribute is used for
    this purpose.

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    Zero or one Network-Id-Name Attribute is permitted within an
    Access-Request, Access-Challenge, Access-Accept or Accounting-
    Request packet.  When included within an Access-Request packet,
    the Network-Id-Name Attribute represents a hint of the NID-Name to
    which the Supplicant should be granted access.  When included
    within an Access-Accept packet, the Network-Id-Name Attribute
    represents the NID-Name to which the Supplicant is to be granted
    access.  When included within an Accounting-Request packet, the
    Network-Id-Name Attribute represents the NID-Name to which the
    Supplicant has been granted access.
    A summary of the Network-Id-Name Attribute format is shown below.
    The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |            String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    179
 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is one or more octets, containing a NID-Name.
    For details, see [IEEE-802.1X].  A robust implementation SHOULD
    support the field as undistinguished octets.

2.8. EAPoL-Announcement

 Description
    The EAPoL-Announcement Attribute contains EAPoL-Announcement Type-
    Length-Value (TLV) tuples defined within Table 11-8 of IEEE-802.1X
    [IEEE-802.1X].  The acronym "EAPoL" stands for Extensible
    Authentication Protocol over Local Area Network.
    Zero or more EAPoL-Announcement Attributes are permitted within an
    Access-Request, Access-Accept, Access-Challenge, Access-Reject,
    Accounting-Request, CoA-Request, or Disconnect-Request packet.

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    When included within an Access-Request packet, EAPoL-Announcement
    Attributes contain EAPoL-Announcement TLVs that the user sent in
    an EAPoL-Announcement.  When included within an Access-Accept,
    Access-Challenge, Access-Reject, CoA-Request or Disconnect-Request
    packet, EAPoL-Announcement Attributes contain EAPoL-Announcement
    TLVs that the NAS is to send to the user in a unicast EAPoL-
    Announcement.  When sent within an Accounting-Request packet,
    EAPoL-Announcement Attributes contain EAPoL-Announcement TLVs that
    the NAS has most recently sent to the user in a unicast EAPoL-
    Announcement.
    A summary of the EAPoL-Announcement Attribute format is shown
    below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |             String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    180
 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is one or more octets, containing EAPoL-
    Announcement TLVs in the format defined in Figure 11-8 of Section
    11.12 of [IEEE-802.1X].  Any EAPoL-Announcement TLV Type MAY be
    included within an EAPoL-Announcement Attribute, including
    Organizationally Specific TLVs.  If multiple EAPoL-Announcement
    Attributes are present in a packet, their String fields MUST be
    concatenated before being parsed for EAPoL-Announcement TLVs; this
    allows EAPoL-Announcement TLVs longer than 253 octets to be
    transported by RADIUS.  Similarly, EAPoL-Announcement TLVs larger
    than 253 octets MUST be fragmented between multiple EAPoL-
    Announcement Attributes.

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2.9. WLAN-HESSID

 Description
    The WLAN-HESSID Attribute contains a MAC address that identifies
    the Homogenous Extended Service Set.  The HESSID is a globally
    unique identifier that, in conjunction with the SSID, encoded
    within the Called-Station-Id Attribute as described in [RFC3580],
    may be used to provide network identification for a subscription
    service provider network (SSPN), as described in Section 8.4.2.94
    of [IEEE-802.11].  Zero or one WLAN-HESSID Attribute is permitted
    within an Access-Request or Accounting-Request packet.
    A summary of the WLAN-HESSID Attribute format is shown below.  The
    fields are transmitted from left to right.
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |          String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    181
 Length
    19
 String
    The String field is encoded in uppercase ASCII characters with the
    octet values separated by dash characters, as described in RFC
    3580 [RFC3580], for example, "00-10-A4-23-19-C0".

2.10. WLAN-Venue-Info

 Description
    The WLAN-Venue-Info Attribute identifies the category of venue
    hosting the WLAN, as defined in Section 8.4.1.34 of [IEEE-802.11].
    Zero or more WLAN-Venue-Info Attributes may be included in an
    Access-Request or Accounting-Request.

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    A summary of the WLAN-Venue-Info Attribute format is shown below.
    The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    182
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer.  The two most significant octets MUST be set to zero by
    the sender, and are ignored by the receiver; the two least
    significant octets contain the Venue Group and Venue Type fields.
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |            Reserved           |  Venue Group  |  Venue Type   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Venue Group
       The Venue Group field is a single octet and describes the broad
       category of the venue, e.g., "Assembly".  See Section 8.4.1.34
       of [IEEE-802.11] for Venue Group codes and descriptions.
    Venue Type
       The Venue Type field is a single octet and describes the venue
       in a finer granularity within the Venue Group, e.g., "Library".
       See Section 8.4.1.34 of [IEEE-802.11] for Venue Type codes and
       descriptions.

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2.11. WLAN-Venue-Language

 Description
    The WLAN-Venue-Language Attribute is a string encoded by
    ISO-14962-1997 [ISO-14962-1997] that defines the language used in
    the WLAN-Venue-Name Attribute.  Zero or more WLAN-Venue-Language
    Attributes may be included in an Access-Request or Accounting-
    Request, and each one indicates the language of the WLAN-Venue-
    Name Attribute that follows it.
    A summary of the WLAN-Venue-Language Attribute format is shown
    below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |         String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      String (cont) |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    183
 Length
    4-5
 String
    The String field is a two- or three-character language code
    selected from ISO-639 [ISO-639].  A two-character language code
    has a zero ("null" in ISO-14962-1997) appended to make it 3 octets
    in length.

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2.12. WLAN-Venue-Name

 Description
    The WLAN-Venue-Name Attribute provides additional metadata on the
    Basic Service Set (BSS).  For example, this information may be
    used to assist a user in selecting the appropriate BSS with which
    to associate.  Zero or more WLAN-Venue-Name Attributes may be
    included in an Access- Request or Accounting-Request in the same
    or different languages.
    A summary of the WLAN-Venue-Name Attribute format is shown below.
    The fields are transmitted from left to right.
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |    Length     |          String...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    184
 Length
    >=3
 String
    The String field is encoded in UTF-8 and contains the venue's
    name.  The maximum length of this field is 252 octets.

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2.13. WLAN-Reason-Code

 Description
    The WLAN-Reason-Code Attribute contains information on the reason
    why a Station has been refused network access and has been
    disassociated or de-authenticated.  This can occur due to policy
    or for reasons related to the user's subscription.
    A WLAN-Reason-Code Attribute MAY be included within an Access-
    Reject or Disconnect-Request packet, as well as within an
    Accounting-Request packet.  Upon receipt of an Access-Reject or
    Disconnect-Request packet containing a WLAN-Reason-Code Attribute,
    the WLAN-Reason-Code value is copied by the Access Point into the
    Reason Code field of a Disassociation or Deauthentication frame
    (see Clauses 8.3.3.4 and 8.3.3.12, respectively, in
    [IEEE-802.11]), which is subsequently transmitted to the Station.
    A summary of the WLAN-Reason-Code Attribute format is shown below.
    The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    185
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer.  The two most significant octets MUST be set to zero by
    the sender and are ignored by the receiver; the two least
    significant octets contain the Reason Code values defined in Table
    8-36 of Section 8.4.1.7 of [IEEE-802.11].

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    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |            Reserved           |          Reason Code          |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

2.14. WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher

 Description
    The WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher Attribute contains information on the
    pairwise ciphersuite used to establish the robust security network
    association (RSNA) between the AP and mobile device.  A WLAN-
    Pairwise-Cipher Attribute MAY be included within Access-Request
    and Accounting-Request packets.
    A summary of the WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher Attribute format is shown
    below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    186
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer, in Suite selector format as specified in Figure 8-187
    within Section 8.4.2.27.2 of [IEEE-802.11], with values of OUI and
    Suite Type drawn from Table 8-99.
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                OUI                            |  Suite Type   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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2.15. WLAN-Group-Cipher

 Description
    The WLAN-Group-Cipher Attribute contains information on the group
    ciphersuite used to establish the robust security network
    association (RSNA) between the AP and mobile device.  A WLAN-
    Group-Cipher Attribute MAY be included within Access-Request and
    Accounting-Request packets.
    A summary of the WLAN-Group-Cipher Attribute format is shown
    below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    187
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer, in Suite selector format as specified in Figure 8-187
    within Section 8.4.2.27.2 of [IEEE-802.11], with values of OUI and
    Suite Type drawn from Table 8-99.
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                OUI                            |  Suite Type   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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2.16. WLAN-AKM-Suite

 Description
    The WLAN-AKM-Suite Attribute contains information on the
    authentication and key management suite used to establish the
    robust security network association (RSNA) between the AP and
    mobile device.  A WLAN-AKM-Suite Attribute MAY be included within
    Access-Request and Accounting-Request packets.
    A summary of the WLAN-AKM-Suite Attribute format is shown below.
    The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |             Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    188
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer, in Suite selector format as specified in Figure 8-187
    within Section 8.4.2.27.2 of [IEEE-802.11], with values of OUI and
    Suite Type drawn from Table 8-101:
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                OUI                            |  Suite Type   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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2.17. WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher

 Description
    The WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher Attribute contains information on the
    group management cipher used to establish the robust security
    network association (RSNA) between the AP and mobile device.
    Zero or one WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher Attribute MAY be included
    within Access-Request and Accounting-Request packets.  The
    presence of the Attribute indicates that the Station negotiated to
    use management frame protection during association.
    A summary of the WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher Attribute format is shown
    below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |     Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    189
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer, in Suite selector format as specified in Figure 8-187
    within Section 8.4.2.27.2 of [IEEE-802.11], with values of OUI and
    Suite Type drawn from Table 8-99:
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                OUI                            |  Suite Type   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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2.18. WLAN-RF-Band

 Description
    The WLAN-RF-Band Attribute contains information on the radio
    frequency (RF) band used by the Access Point for transmission and
    reception of information to and from the mobile device.  Zero or
    one WLAN-RF-Band Attribute MAY be included within an Access-
    Request or Accounting-Request packet.
    A summary of the WLAN-RF-Band Attribute format is shown below.
    The fields are transmitted from left to right.
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |  Length       |     Value
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Value                |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 Type
    190
 Length
    6
 Value
    The Value field is four octets, containing a 32-bit unsigned
    integer.  The three most significant octets MUST be set to zero by
    the sender and are ignored by the receiver; the least significant
    octet contains the RF Band field, whose values are defined by the
    IEEE 802.11 Band ID field (Table 8-53a of [IEEE-802.11ad])
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |            Reserved                           |    RF Band    |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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3. Table of Attributes

 The following table provides a guide to which attributes may be found
 in which kinds of packets and in what quantity.
 Access-  Access-  Access-  Access-
 Request  Accept   Reject   Challenge  #   Attribute
 0        0+       0        0        174  Allowed-Called-Station-Id
 0-1      0-1      0        0        102   EAP-Key-Name
 0-1      0+       0        0        175  EAP-Peer-Id
 0-1      0+       0        0        176  EAP-Server-Id
 0-1      0        0        0        177  Mobility-Domain-Id
 0-1      0-1      0        0        178  Preauth-Timeout
 0-1      0        0        0        179  Network-Id-Name
 0+       0+       0+       0+       180  EAPoL-Announcement
 0-1      0        0        0        181  WLAN-HESSID
 0-1      0        0        0        182  WLAN-Venue-Info
 0+       0        0        0        183  WLAN-Venue-Language
 0+       0        0        0        184  WLAN-Venue-Name
 0        0        0-1      0        185  WLAN-Reason-Code
 0-1      0        0        0        186  WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher
 0-1      0        0        0        187  WLAN-Group-Cipher
 0-1      0        0        0        188  WLAN-AKM-Suite
 0-1      0        0        0        189  WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher
 0-1      0        0        0        190  WLAN-RF-Band
 CoA- Dis-  Acct-
 Req  Req   Req  #      Attribute
 0+    0    0+   174   Allowed-Called-Station-Id
 0-1   0    0    102   EAP-Key-Name
 0     0    0+   175   EAP-Peer-Id
 0     0    0+   176   EAP-Server-Id
 0     0    0-1  177   Mobility-Domain-Id
 0-1   0    0    178   Preauth-Timeout
 0     0    0-1  179   Network-Id-Name
 0+    0+   0+   180   EAPoL-Announcement
 0     0    0-1  181   WLAN-HESSID
 0     0    0-1  182   WLAN-Venue-Info
 0     0    0+   183   WLAN-Venue-Language
 0     0    0+   184   WLAN-Venue-Name
 0     0-1  0-1  185   WLAN-Reason-Code
 0     0    0-1  186   WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher
 0     0    0-1  187   WLAN-Group-Cipher
 0     0    0-1  188   WLAN-AKM-Suite
 0     0    0-1  189   WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher
 0     0    0-1  190   WLAN-RF-Band

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 The following table defines the above table entries.
 0     This attribute MUST NOT be present in packet.
 0+    Zero or more instances of this attribute MAY be present in the
       packet.
 0-1   Zero or one instance of this attribute MAY be present in the
       packet.

4. IANA Considerations

 This document uses the RADIUS [RFC2865] namespace; see
 <http://www.iana.org/assignments/radius-types>.  Per this
 specification, RADIUS attribute types have been assigned for the
 following attributes:
 Attribute                        Type
 =========                        ====
 Allowed-Called-Station-Id        174
 EAP-Peer-Id                      175
 EAP-Server-Id                    176
 Mobility-Domain-Id               177
 Preauth-Timeout                  178
 Network-Id-Name                  179
 EAPoL-Announcement               180
 WLAN-HESSID                      181
 WLAN-Venue-Info                  182
 WLAN-Venue-Language              183
 WLAN-Venue-Name                  184
 WLAN-Reason-Code                 185
 WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher             186
 WLAN-Group-Cipher                187
 WLAN-AKM-Suite                   188
 WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Cipher           189
 WLAN-RF-Band                     190
 Since this specification relies entirely on values assigned by IEEE
 802, no registries are established for maintenance by the IANA.

5. Security Considerations

 Since this document describes the use of RADIUS for purposes of
 authentication, authorization, and accounting in IEEE 802 networks,
 it is vulnerable to all of the threats that are present in other
 RADIUS applications.  For a discussion of these threats, see
 [RFC2607], [RFC2865], [RFC3162], [RFC3579], [RFC3580], and [RFC5176].
 In particular, when RADIUS traffic is sent in the clear, the
 attributes defined in this document can be obtained by an attacker

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 snooping the exchange between the RADIUS client and server.  As a
 result, RADIUS confidentiality is desirable; for a review of RADIUS
 security and crypto-agility requirements, see [RFC6421].
 While it is possible for a RADIUS server to make decisions on whether
 to accept or reject an Access-Request based on the values of the
 WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher, WLAN-Group-Cipher, WLAN-AKM-Suite, WLAN-Group-
 Mgmt-Cipher, and WLAN-RF-Band Attributes, the value of doing this is
 limited.  In general, an Access-Reject should not be necessary,
 except where Access Points and Stations are misconfigured so as to
 enable connections to be made with unacceptable values.  Rather than
 rejecting access on an ongoing basis, users would be better served by
 fixing the misconfiguration.
 Where access does need to be rejected, the user should be provided
 with an indication of why the problem has occurred, or else they are
 likely to become frustrated.  For example, if the values of the WLAN-
 Pairwise-Cipher, WLAN-Group-Cipher, WLAN-AKM-Suite, or WLAN-Group-
 Mgmt-Cipher Attributes included in the Access-Request are not
 acceptable to the RADIUS server, then a WLAN-Reason-Code Attribute
 with a value of 29 (Requested service rejected because of service
 provider ciphersuite or AKM requirement) SHOULD be returned in the
 Access-Reject.  Similarly, if the value of the WLAN-RF-Band Attribute
 included in the Access-Request is not acceptable to the RADIUS
 server, then a WLAN-Reason-Code Attribute with a value of 11
 (Disassociated because the information in the Supported Channels
 element is unacceptable) SHOULD be returned in the Access-Reject.

6. References

6.1. Normative References

 [IEEE-802] IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
            Networks: Overview and Architecture. Amendment 2:
            Registration of Object Identifiers", ANSI/IEEE Std 802,
            2001.
 [IEEE-802.11]
            IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Information technology -
            Telecommunications and information exchange between
            systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific
            requirements Part 11:  Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
            (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications", IEEE Std
            802.11-2012, 2012.

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 [IEEE-802.11ad]
            IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Information technology -
            Telecommunications and information exchange between
            systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific
            requirements Part 11:  Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
            (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications, Amendment
            3: Enhancements for Very High Throughput in the 60 GHz
            Band", IEEE Std 802.11ad-2012, 2012.
 [IEEE-802.1X]
            IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area
            networks - Port-Based Network Access Control", IEEE Std
            802.1X-2010, February 2010.
 [ISO-639]  ISO, "Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages",
            ISO 639.
 [ISO-14962-1997]
            ISO, "Space data and information transfer systems - ASCII
            encoded English", 1997.
 [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
            Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
 [RFC2865]  Rigney, C., Willens, S., Rubens, A., and W. Simpson,
            "Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)", RFC
            2865, June 2000.
 [RFC4072]  Eronen, P., Ed., Hiller, T., and G. Zorn, "Diameter
            Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Application", RFC
            4072, August 2005.
 [RFC5247]  Aboba, B., Simon, D., and P. Eronen, "Extensible
            Authentication Protocol (EAP) Key Management Framework",
            RFC 5247, August 2008.

6.2. Informative References

 [RFC2607]  Aboba, B. and J. Vollbrecht, "Proxy Chaining and Policy
            Implementation in Roaming", RFC 2607, June 1999.
 [RFC3162]  Aboba, B., Zorn, G., and D. Mitton, "RADIUS and IPv6", RFC
            3162, August 2001.
 [RFC3579]  Aboba, B. and P. Calhoun, "RADIUS (Remote Authentication
            Dial In User Service) Support For Extensible
            Authentication Protocol (EAP)", RFC 3579, September 2003.

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 [RFC3580]  Congdon, P., Aboba, B., Smith, A., Zorn, G., and J. Roese,
            "IEEE 802.1X Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
            (RADIUS) Usage Guidelines", RFC 3580, September 2003.
 [RFC3748]  Aboba, B., Blunk, L., Vollbrecht, J., Carlson, J., and H.
            Levkowetz, Ed., "Extensible Authentication Protocol
            (EAP)", RFC 3748, June 2004.
 [RFC5176]  Chiba, M., Dommety, G., Eklund, M., Mitton, D., and B.
            Aboba, "Dynamic Authorization Extensions to Remote
            Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)", RFC 5176,
            January 2008.
 [RFC6421]  Nelson, D., Ed., "Crypto-Agility Requirements for Remote
            Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)", RFC 6421,
            November 2011.

7. Acknowledgments

 The authors would like to acknowledge Maximilian Riegel, Dorothy
 Stanley, Yoshihiro Ohba, and the contributors to the IEEE 802.1 and
 IEEE 802.11 reviews of this document, for useful discussions.

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Authors' Addresses

 Bernard Aboba
 Microsoft Corporation
 One Microsoft Way
 Redmond, WA 98052
 US
 EMail: bernard_aboba@hotmail.com
 Jouni Malinen
 EMail: j@w1.fi
 Paul Congdon
 Tallac Networks
 6528 Lonetree Blvd.
 Rocklin, CA 95765
 US
 Phone: +19167576350
 EMail: paul.congdon@tallac.com
 Joseph Salowey
 Cisco Systems
 EMail: jsalowey@cisco.com
 Mark Jones
 Azuca Systems
 EMail:  mark@azu.ca

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