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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Wed Mar 09 17:03:53 2022 +0100 (2022-03-09) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/gsasl/description.txt Wed Mar 09 17:03:53 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ 1.4 +GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and 1.5 +Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. 1.6 +SASL is used by network servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP, XMPP) to 1.7 +request authentication from clients, and in clients to 1.8 +authenticate against servers. 1.9 + 1.10 +GNU SASL consists of a C library (libgsasl), a command-line 1.11 +application (gsasl), and a manual. 1.12 +The library supports the ANONYMOUS, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, 1.13 +EXTERNAL, GS2-KRB5, GSSAPI, LOGIN, NTLM, OPENID20, PLAIN, 1.14 +SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, SCRAM-SHA-256, SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS, 1.15 +SAML20, and SECURID mechanisms. 1.16 + 1.17 +The library is portable because it does not do network 1.18 +communication by itself, but rather leaves it up to the calling 1.19 +application. 1.20 +The library is flexible with regards to the authorization 1.21 +infrastructure used, as it utilizes callbacks into the application 1.22 +to decide whether an user is authorized or not.