"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com> wrote:
> Hmm....  It's not an authentication issue -- I don't run EAP in my 
> house -- but I see your point.  But you raise an interesting 
> architectural point: how to manage non-static connectivity.

  On Linux systems, there are scripts which run when an interface goes
up or down.  e.g. ifup-eth0: start a dhcp client.  ifdown-eth0: kill
the dhcp client.

>. ..  I'd love to be able to do something similar on NetBSD,
>including caching authentication credentials if possible and
>necessary.

  I don't think it's hard to do, it's just that I don't know if it's
been done yet in NetBSD.

  Alan DeKok.