Re: [saag] SSH Protocol Extensions

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 12 August 2015 16:45 UTC

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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [saag] SSH Protocol Extensions
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I should add that we have a great example of how the complexity of the
GSS-API is really just about the API, and how it can be sidestepped:
RFC5802.

RFC5802 specifies a mechanism for GSS and SASL that can be implemented
without reference to GSS.

Nico
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