@misc{rfc6616, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6616, howpublished = {RFC 6616}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6616}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6616}, author = {Eliot Lear and Hannes Tschofenig and Henry Mauldin and Simon Josefsson}, title = {{A Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) and Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Mechanism for OpenID}}, pagetotal = 18, year = 2012, month = may, abstract = {OpenID has found its usage on the Internet for Web Single Sign-On. Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) and the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) are application frameworks to generalize authentication. This memo specifies a SASL and GSS-API mechanism for OpenID that allows the integration of existing OpenID Identity Providers with applications using SASL and GSS-API. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }