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Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
RFC 4422

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2018-12-20
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is a framework for providing authentication and data security …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is a framework for providing authentication and data security services in connection-oriented protocols via replaceable mechanisms. It provides a structured interface between protocols and mechanisms. The resulting framework allows new protocols to reuse existing mechanisms and allows old protocols to make use of new mechanisms. The framework also provides a protocol for securing subsequent protocol exchanges within a data security layer.

This document describes how a SASL mechanism is structured, describes how protocols include support for SASL, and defines the protocol for carrying a data security layer over a connection. In addition, this document defines one SASL mechanism, the EXTERNAL mechanism.

This document obsoletes RFC 2222. [STANDARDS-TRACK]')
2015-10-14
(System) Notify list changed from tlyu@mit.edu, kurt@openLDAP.org to (None)
2006-06-12
Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Published from RFC Ed Queue by Amy Vezza
2006-06-12
Amy Vezza [Note]: 'RFC 4422' added by Amy Vezza
2006-06-08
(System) RFC published