Evaluation of Candidate Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocols
RFC 4565
Document | Type | RFC - Informational (July 2006; No errata) | |
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Authors | David Nelson , Behcet Sarikaya , Darren Loher , Oleg Volinsky | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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Network Working Group D. Loher Request for Comments: 4565 Envysion, Inc. Category: Informational D. Nelson Enterasys Networks, Inc. O. Volinsky Colubris Networks, Inc. B. Sarikaya Huawei USA July 2006 Evaluation of Candidate Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocols Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). Abstract This document is a record of the process and findings of the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points Working Group (CAPWAP WG) evaluation team. The evaluation team reviewed the 4 candidate protocols as they were submitted to the working group on June 26, 2005. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 1.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................3 1.2. Terminology ................................................3 2. Process Description .............................................3 2.1. Ratings ....................................................3 3. Member Statements ...............................................4 4. Protocol Proposals and Highlights ...............................5 4.1. LWAPP ......................................................5 4.2. SLAPP ......................................................6 4.3. CTP ........................................................6 4.4. WiCoP ......................................................7 Loher, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 4565 Evaluation of Candidate CAPWAP Protocols July 2006 5. Security Considerations .........................................7 6. Mandatory Objective Compliance Evaluation .......................8 6.1. Logical Groups .............................................8 6.2. Traffic Separation .........................................8 6.3. STA Transparency ...........................................9 6.4. Configuration Consistency .................................10 6.5. Firmware Trigger ..........................................11 6.6. Monitor and Exchange of System-wide Resource State ........12 6.7. Resource Control ..........................................13 6.8. Protocol Security .........................................15 6.9. System-Wide Security ......................................16 6.10. 802.11i Considerations ...................................17 6.11. Interoperability .........................................17 6.12. Protocol Specifications ..................................18 6.13. Vendor Independence ......................................19 6.14. Vendor Flexibility .......................................19 6.15. NAT Traversal ............................................20 7. Desirable Objective Compliance Evaluation ......................20 7.1. Multiple Authentication ...................................20 7.2. Future Wireless Technologies ..............................21 7.3. New IEEE Requirements .....................................21 7.4. Interconnection (IPv6) ....................................22 7.5. Access Control ............................................23 8. Evaluation Summary and Conclusions .............................24 9. Protocol Recommendation ........................................24 9.1. High-Priority Recommendations Relevant to Mandatory Objectives ......................................25 9.1.1. Information Elements ...............................25 9.1.2. Control Channel Security ...........................25 9.1.3. Data Tunneling Modes ...............................26 9.2. Additional Recommendations Relevant to Desirable Objectives ................................................27 9.2.1. Access Control .....................................27 9.2.2. Removal of Layer 2 Encapsulation for Data Tunneling ..........................................28 9.2.3. Data Encapsulation Standard ........................28 10. Normative References ..........................................29 11. Informative References ........................................29Show full document text