EAP  a new Esperanto for IP networks

RFC 2284, "PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)",1998.
   
    RFC 2661, "Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) ", 1999.
    RFC 2637, " Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) ", 1999.

IEEE 802.1x, 2001

RFC 3559, "RADIUS Support For Extensible Authentication Protocol", 2003

RFC 3748, Extensible Authentication Protocol, 2004
RFC 2716, "PPP EAP TLS Authentication Protocol“, 1999.
RFC 4186, "Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Subscriber Identity Modules (EAP-SIM) ", 2006
RFC 4187, "Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA)", 2006
RFC 4072, "Diameter Extensible Authentication Protocol Application ", 2005
RFC 4306, "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol", 2005  
IEEE 802.16e (WiMAX mobile), PKM-EAP, 2005