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RFC 6616
Title: A Simple Authentication and Security
Layer (SASL) and Generic Security Service
Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Mechanism for
OpenID
Author: E. Lear, H. Tschofenig,
H. Mauldin, S. Josefsson
Status: Standards Track
Stream: IETF
Date: May 2012
Mailbox: lear@cisco.com,
Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net,
hmauldin@cisco.com,
simon@josefsson.org
Pages: 18
Characters: 39323
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-kitten-sasl-openid-08.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6616.txt
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]
This document is a product of the Common Authentication Technology Next Generation Working Group of the IETF.
This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
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