[RFC][PATCH 0/5] wpa_supplicant: Support realms according to 3GPP TS 23.003

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2012-01-03 at 00:29 +0100, Simon Baatz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> here is a set of proposed patches to derive the realm from the IMSI
> according to 3GPP TS 23.003 for EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA in wpa_supplicant as
> recommended by the respective RFCs.
> 
> Patches 1/5 and 2/5 are improvements with respect to pseudonym handling. RFC
> 4186 states in section 4.2.1.9:
> 
>   When using a pseudonym username in an environment where a realm
>   portion is used, the peer concatenates the received pseudonym
>   username with the "@" character and an NAI realm portion.
> 
> (The same applies to EAP-AKA.) Thus, if the permanent identity includes a
> realm, this realm should be appended to the received pseudonyms as well.
> 
> Patch 3/5 adds a function to read the MNC length from the EF-AD file on the
> SIM/USIM.  I could only test this with one SIM/USIM card, which has an MNC
> length of two.  If possible, this should be tested with other cards as well,
> but I don't have the means to do this.
> 
> Patch 4/5 adds the config item to enable the feature and 5/5 adds the actual
> derivation of the realm from the IMSI.

Does the user or sysadmin just have to know that the realm is required?
Or can this be determined automatically?

Dan