Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems — Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks — Part 1X: Port-based network access control
1.1 Scope
For the purpose of providing compatible authentication, authorization, and cryptographic key agreement
mechanisms to support secure communication between devices connected by IEEE 802® 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 802.1AE™ MAC Security.
c) Facilitates the use of industry standard authentication and authorization protocols.