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Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] LB291 CR Request: MAPC security part 2

Hi Jay,

Thanks for this and all of your work in this area. However I fail to see why the majority of this work even needs to be done as part of the 802.11bn amendment. 

If you look at the baseline and the amendments that precede P802.11bn, all the protocols needed to establish a secure MAPC session are in place. 

The only difference between MAPC and traditional infrastructure association or even PASN is that:
- the APs that enter a MAPC agreement are peers that are operating one or more BSSs
- the security required for a MAPC agreement is likely different from the security to gain network access.

The only work that needs to be done in P802.11bn is as follows:
- The MAPC discovery frames need to include the security requirements associated with MAPC agreements.
- MAPC authentication does not need to use Authentication frames, all it needs to do is to create an element to carry authentication frame contents in the MAPC Session establishment frames.
- MAPC needs to can either reference existing key derviations

The bottom line is that MAPC PASN is not required at all. You need MAPC Authentication and the authentication type could be PASN.

Cheers,

Mike


On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM Jay Yang <yang.zhijie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear MAPC  Security TTTs and all,


CR for CIDs on MAPC security part 2 is already on the mentor, please help review it.(https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/25/11-25-1860-00-00bn-lb291-cr-for-cids-on-mapc-security-part2.docx)


Dear Alfred,


Could you help put it(11-25/1860r0 CR for CIDs on MAPC Security part 2) to the MAC agenda (topic: Security)? It's expected to be presented in the ad-hoc hybrid session.



Thanks


Best Regards


Jay Yang (杨志杰)



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