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Title : Simple Authentication and Security Layer C API
Author(s) : C. Newman, A. Melnikov
Filename : draft-newman-sasl-c-api-01.txt
Pages : 28
Date : 2003-2-18
Almost every protocol needs authentication. However, there does not
exist an authentication mechanism suitable for all organizations, nor
is it likely that a small fixed set of authentication mechanisms will
remain suitable. SASL [SASL] provides the on-the-wire framework for
authentication (and a security layer) which separates the design of
authentication mechanisms from the protocols in which they're used.
The SASL protocol model suggests a software architecture where
application protocols call a generic API to authenticate which in
turn calls a generic plug-in interface for extensible authentication
modules. This memo documents the API used in one implementation of
this architecture in the hope that it will be useful to others. An
associated memo documenting the plug-in interface is forthcoming.
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