SIMPLE AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY LAYER (SASL) MECHANISMS
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The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) [RFC2222] is a
method for adding authentication support to connection-based
protocols.  To use this specification, a protocol includes a command
for identifying and authenticating a user to a server and for
optionally negotiating a security layer for subsequent protocol
interactions.  The command has a required argument identifying a SASL
mechanism.

SASL mechanisms are named by strings, from 1 to 20 characters in
length, consisting of upper-case letters, digits, hyphens, and/or
underscores.  SASL mechanism names must be registered with the IANA.
Procedures for registering new SASL mechanisms are given in the
section "Registration procedures" of RFC2222.


MECHANISMS	OWNER                                          REFERENCE
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KERBEROS_V4	IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2222]

GSSAPI		IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2222]   

SKEY (OBSOLETE)	IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2444]

EXTERNAL	IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2222]

CRAM-MD5	IESG <iesg@ietf.org>      		       [RFC2195]

ANONYMOUS	IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2245]

OTP             IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2444]

GSS-SPNEGO	Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>                [Leach] 

PLAIN           IESG <iesg@ietf.org>                           [RFC2595]

SECURID         Magnus Nystrom <magnus@rsasecurity.com>        [RFC2808]

NTLM		Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>                [Leach] 

NMAS_LOGIN	Mark G. Gayman <mgayman@novell.com>             [Gayman]

NMAS_AUTHEN	Mark G. Gayman <mgayman@novell.com>             [Gayman]

DIGEST-MD5	IESG <iesg@ietf.org>		               [RFC2831]


References
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[RFC2222] Myers, J., "Simple Authentication and Security Layer
          (SASL)", RFC 2222, Netscape Communications, October 1997.

[RFC2195]  Klensin, J., Catoe, R., Krumviede, P. "IMAP/POP AUTHorize
           Extension for Simple Challenge/Response", RFC 2195, MCI,
           September 1997.

[RFC2245]  Newman, C., "Anonymous SASL Mechanism", RFC 2245, Innosoft,
           November 1997. 

[RFC2444]  Newman, C., "The One-Time-Password SASL Mechanism", RFC
           2444, October 1998.

[RFC2595]  Newman, C., "Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP", RFC 2595,
           Innosoft, June 1999.

[RFC2808]  Nystrom, M., "The SecurID(r) SASL Mechanism", RFC 2808,
           April 2000.

[RFC2831]  Leach, P. and C. Newman, "Using Digest Authentication as a
           SASL Mechanism", RFC 2831, May 2000.

People
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[Gayman] Mark G. Gayman, <mgayman@novell.com>, September 2000.

[Leach] Paul Leach, <paulle@microsoft.com>, December 1998, June 2000.

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