clarification as to the purpose of ANONYMOUS mechanism
"Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> Mon, 12 April 2004 02:49 UTC
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:49:14 -0700
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From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Subject: clarification as to the purpose of ANONYMOUS mechanism
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In response to recent discussions on this list, I propose to insert the following paragraph between the existing first and second paragraphs of Section 1 of draft-ietf-sasl-anon-xx.txt: Unlike many other SASL mechanisms whose purpose is to authenticate and identify the user to a server, the purpose of this SASL mechanism is to allow the user to gain access to services or resources without requiring the user to establish or otherwise disclose their identity to the server. That is, this mechanism provides an anonymous login method. Comments? Kurt
- clarification as to the purpose of ANONYMOUS mech… Kurt D. Zeilenga