@misc{rfc4616,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    4616,
    howpublished =  {RFC 4616},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC4616},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4616},
    author =    {Kurt Zeilenga},
    title =     {{The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism}},
    pagetotal = 11,
    year =      2006,
    month =     aug,
    abstract =  {This document defines a simple clear-text user/password Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) mechanism called the PLAIN mechanism. The PLAIN mechanism is intended to be used, in combination with data confidentiality services provided by a lower layer, in protocols that lack a simple password authentication command. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}},
}