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INFORMATIONAL

Updated by:

RFC 8146

Authors:

D. Harkins
G. Zorn

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IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5931

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Abstract

This memo describes an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)method, EAP-pwd, which uses a shared password for authentication.The password may be a low-entropy one and may be drawn from some setof possible passwords, like a dictionary, which is available to anattacker. The underlying key exchange is resistant to active attack,passive attack, and dictionary attack. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.