RFC - 4616
The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4616.txt |
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| Authors: | K. Zeilenga [OpenLDAP Foundation] |
| Date: | August 2006 |
| Category: | Proposed Standard |
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| RFC-2595prop | Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP (Updated by RFC-4616prop) |
| Referred by: | 2 RFC |
| Refers to: | 11 RFC |
Status
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 Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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.
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prepared by Miloslav Nic
- the founder of Zvon.org and Law-Ref.org
- the head of B.Sc. program Informatics and chemistry [in Czech]
- the founder of Lidem.org - Volby 2006 - parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic [in Czech]
- the chief consultant of the publishing house ICT Press
- and Pavel Srb, a student of B.Sc. program Informatics and chemistry