RFC 9820: Authentication Service Based on the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) for Use with the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Recent RFCs 2025-09-13
Summary:
This document specifies an authentication service that uses the
Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) as a transport method to
carry the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). As such, it
defines an EAP lower layer based on CoAP called "CoAP-EAP". One of
the main goals is to authenticate a CoAP-enabled Internet of Things
(IoT) device (EAP peer) that intends to join a security domain
managed by a Controller (EAP authenticator). Secondly, it allows
deriving key material to protect CoAP messages exchanged between them
based on Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments
(OSCORE), enabling the establishment of a security association
between them.