File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2222

Authors:

A. Melnikov, Ed.
K. Zeilenga, Ed.

Stream:

IETF

Source:

sasl (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4422

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Abstract

The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is a framework for providing authentication and data security services in connection-oriented protocols via replaceable mechanisms. It provides a structured interface between protocols and mechanisms. The resulting framework allows new protocols to reuse existing mechanisms and allows old protocols to make use of new mechanisms. The framework also provides a protocol for securing subsequent protocol exchanges within a data security layer.

This document describes how a SASL mechanism is structured, describes how protocols include support for SASL, and defines the protocol for carrying a data security layer over a connection. In addition, this document defines one SASL mechanism, the EXTERNAL mechanism.

This document obsoletes RFC 2222. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.