Industry partnerships
and collaborations
InkBridge Networks works with leading organisations to advance network authentication protocols and practices. Our work spans standards development, interoperability testing, and knowledge sharing.
Standards and industry organisations
Alan DeKok, InkBridge Networks CEO, has authored numerous RADIUS protocol standards in the IETF. See the full list below.
Current work:
- Official liaison between the Wireless Broadband Alliance and IETF
- Active participation in RADEXT, EMU, and UTA working groups
- Multiple ongoing drafts in RADEXT and EMU
- Co-chair of UTA
- Member of the IETF Security Directorate, where all new standards are reviewed for security issues
- Updating the RADIUS Protocol to officially deprecate RADIUS/UDP, along with many other insecure practices
- Protocol-Error draft specification, TEAPv1, andTEAPv2 standards authorship
Common Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) Implementation Issues and Suggested Fixes | |||
Use of Status-Server Packets in the Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) Protocol | |||
RADIUS Design Guidelines | |||
RADIUS over TCP | |||
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) Protocol Extensions | |||
Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) as a Transport Layer for RADIUS | |||
Support of Fragmentation of RADIUS Packets | |||
The Network Access Identifier | |||
Data Types in RADIUS | |||
Dynamic Authorization Proxying in the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) Protocol | |||
TLS-Based Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Types for Use with TLS 1.3 | |||
RADIUS Extensions for DHCP-Configured Services | |||
RADIUS/1.1: Leveraging Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) to Remove MD5 | |||
Operational Considerations for Using TLS Pre-Shared Keys (TLS-PSKs) with RADIUS | |||
Tunnel Extensible Authentication Protocol (TEAP) Version 1 | |||
The eap.arpa. Domain and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Provisioning | |||
Meticulous Keyed ISAAC for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Optimized Authentication | |||
Educational and research networks
eduroam
FreeRADIUS serves as the authentication foundation for eduroam, the global research and education network serving millions of students and staff worldwide.
InkBridge Networks provides technical consultation on network architecture, scaling, and deployment including work with Klaas Wierenga (GÉANT CTO and eduroam founder).
CANARIE
InkBridge Networks collaborates with CANARIE, Canada's national research and education network, on eduroam deployment and authentication infrastructure.
This partnership includes joint webinars, technical guidance on RADIUS implementations, and support for Canadian institutions joining the eduroam federation.
GÉANT
We work with GÉANT, Europe's leading research and education network, on authentication infrastructure and standards development.
This includes collaboration with GÉANT leadership on protocol development, support for pan-European research network infrastructure, and joint planning for industry events.
Technology partners
Industry collaboration initiatives
RADIUS Conference
InkBridge Networks co-organises the only global RADIUS conference, bringing together authentication experts from ISPs, enterprises, educational institutions, and standards bodies.
The conference has featured in-person workshops and virtual events with speakers from Wireless Broadband Alliance, eduroam, GÉANT, Forescout, Boldyn Networks, and other leading organisations.
Join the work
Interested in collaborating with InkBridge Networks on standards development, research initiatives, or technology partnerships?