[sasl] RFC 5801 on Using Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Mechanisms in Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL): The GS2 Mechanism Family

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        RFC 5801

        Title:      Using Generic Security Service Application 
                    Program Interface (GSS-API) Mechanisms in Simple 
                    Authentication and Security Layer (SASL): The 
                    GS2 Mechanism Family 
        Author:     S. Josefsson, N. Williams
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       July 2010
        Mailbox:    simon@josefsson.org, 
                    Nicolas.Williams@oracle.com
        Pages:      26
        Characters: 52543
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-sasl-gs2-20.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5801.txt

This document describes how to use a Generic Security Service
Application Program Interface (GSS-API) mechanism in the Simple
Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework.  This is done by
defining a new SASL mechanism family, called GS2.  This mechanism
family offers a number of improvements over the previous "SASL/
GSSAPI" mechanism: it is more general, uses fewer messages for the
authentication phase in some cases, and supports negotiable use of
channel binding.  Only GSS-API mechanisms that support channel
binding and mutual authentication are supported.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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