For the purpose of providing compatible authentication, authorization, and cryptographic key agreement mechanisms to support secure communication between devices connected by IEEE 8028 Local Area Networks (LANS), this standard
a) Specifies a general method for provision of port-based network access control.
b) Specifies protocols that establish secure associations for IEEE Std 802.1AETM MAC Security.
c) Faeilitates the use of industry standard authentication and authorization protocols.
