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Why do we need a type for smartcard ? Why not?. Existing types relative to tokens or smartcards (according to www.IANA.org) 6 Generic Token Card (RFC3748) , 14 Defender Token, 15 RSA Security SecurID EAP, 18 Nokia IP smart card authentication, 28 CRYPTOCard, 30 DynamID, 32 SecurID EAP, … Prerequisite Method is clearly defined and standardized. Method may be implemented by other means than smartcards. Smartcard interface, associated with a particular method is clearly defined and standardized. Benefits Standardization of smartcards use with EAP scenario. Avoid conflicts when the host supports multiple instances of a given type (EAP-TLS, …). Smartcard may be removed from the supplicant host, it’s clearly linked to terminal user. Proposed mechanism EAP in EAP encapsulation |