roaming
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Considerable interest exists for a set of features that fit within
the general category of "roaming capability" for network access,
including dialup Internet users ...
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In order to enhance the interoperability of roaming services, it is
necessary to have a standardized method for identifying users. This
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... by the client during network access authentication. In roaming,
the purpose of the NAI is to identify the user as well as to
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... Roaming Capability
Roaming capability can be loosely defined as the ability to use
any one of multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs ...
... maintaining a formal, customer-vendor relationship with only one.
Examples of cases where roaming capability might be required
include ISP "confederations" and ISP ...
... services, and the number of Internet Service Providers
involved in roaming consortia is increasing rapidly.
In order to be able to offer roaming capability ...
... roaming consortia is increasing rapidly.
In order to be able to offer roaming capability, one of the
requirements is to be able to identify the user's home authentication
server ...
... requirements is to be able to identify the user's home authentication
server. For use in roaming, this function is accomplished via the
Network Access Identifier (NAI ...
... single user.
For roaming purposes, it is typically necessary to locate the
appropriate backend authentication server for the given NAI ...
... database,
dynamic discovery, or other means not specified here. Note that the
first condition is affected by roaming, as the availability of the
other realm may depend on the user's location or the desired
application.
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... NAI realm names are required to be unique, and the rights to use a
given NAI realm for roaming purposes are obtained coincident with
acquiring the rights to use a particular Fully Qualified Domain Name
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... Aboba, B., Lu, J., Alsop, J., Ding, J., and W. Wang, "Review of Roaming Implementations", RFC 2194, September 1997. ...