AW: Radius-Geopriv: Whose location?

[Tschofenig Hannes <hannes.tschofenig@siemens.com>]

hi bernard, 

i suspect that this mail was in response to joel's comment.

the radius-geopriv document covers user locations. i also agree with you
that it is important that the aaa server makes authorization decisions based
on the users location information. 

ciao
hannes

> > Requested change:
> >      Decide whether this document is intended to provide 
> subscriber location
> > (which is rarely  directly useful for AAA), or access 
> device / network
> > location information.
> 
> It is ok with me if this document solely handles NAS 
> location, so that we
> can (quickly) create another document to handle user 
> location.
>  However,
> it is not accurate to say that user location is rarely useful for AAA.
> There are now shipping products that support location-based access
> control:
> http://www.nwfusion.com/techinsider/2004/0315techinsiderrev.html
> 
> Some scenarios in which this is used:
> 
> a. High security installations, where access is only permitted within
> restricted areas.
> 
> b. Manufacturing, where it is important to track the location 
> of people
> and parts.
> 
> c. Medical, where it is important to know the location of medical
> personnel.
> 
> d. E911, where the location of an emergency call is 
> determined by the AP,
> and provided to the RADIUS server.
> 

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