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Re: [kitten] SASL as authmode for HTTP and SIP

Stefan Marsiske <03cx8i55f6@ctrlc.hu> Fri, 14 October 2022 23:33 UTC

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On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 07:18:37PM -0400, Ken Hornstein wrote:
> >The HTTP-SASL spec is mature, and has been implemented for Apache (2x),
> >Nginx and FireFox.

the missing links:
https://gitlab.com/arpa2/apachemod/-/tree/master/
https://github.com/stef/ngx_http_auth_sasl_module/
https://gitlab.com/arpa2/http_sasl_client

(i don't know which is the 2nd apache impl though)

> Forgive me for being skeptical, but ... is that statement accurate?
> 
> I found the HTTP-SASL plugin for Nginx, and it seems straighforward.  But
> I did not find a comparable one for Apache.  I did find mod_authn_sasl,
> but that seems to just be a basic provider that does calls for SASL
> password verification.  It's not that I don't believe you that such a
> plugin exists, but a quick search doesn't uncover it.
> 
> I was curious about Firefox, so I took a look at the mozilla-central
> repo.

it's not native. it's just a webextension (see above). and it only works with
manifestv2 - thus no chrom* support.

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