@misc{rfc4505, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4505, howpublished = {RFC 4505}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4505}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4505}, author = {Kurt Zeilenga}, title = {{Anonymous Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2006, month = jun, abstract = {On the Internet, it is common practice to permit anonymous access to various services. Traditionally, this has been done with a plain-text password mechanism using "anonymous" as the user name and using optional trace information, such as an email address, as the password. As plain-text login commands are not permitted in new IETF protocols, a new way to provide anonymous login is needed within the context of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }