RFC 2485 (rfc2485) - Page 1 of 4
DHCP Option for The Open Group's User Authentication Protocol
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Network Working Group S. Drach
Request for Comments: 2485 Sun Microsystems
Category: Standards Track January 1999
DHCP Option for The Open Group's User Authentication Protocol
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document defines a DHCP [1] option that contains a list of
pointers to User Authentication Protocol servers that provide user
authentication services for clients that conform to The Open Group
Network Computing Client Technical Standard [2].
Introduction
The Open Group Network Computing Client Technical Standard, a product
of The Open Group's Network Computing Working Group (NCWG), defines a
network computing client user authentication facility named the User
Authentication Protocol (UAP).
UAP provides two levels of authentication, basic and secure. Basic
authentication uses the Basic Authentication mechanism defined in the
HTTP 1.1 [3] specification. Secure authentication is simply basic
authentication encapsulated in an SSLv3 [4] session.
In both cases, a UAP client needs to obtain the IP address and port
of the UAP service. Additional path information may be required,
depending on the implementation of the service. A URL [5] is an
excellent mechanism for encapsulation of this information since many
UAP servers will be implemented as components within legacy HTTP/SSL
servers.
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