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SASL: the Simple Authentication and Security Layer	Category: Authentication
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Posted by John Viega on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 (01:33 AM) GMT

External URL: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/

"SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols. To use SASL, a protocol includes a command for identifying and authenticating a user to a server and for optionally negotiating protection of subsequent protocol interactions. If its use is negotiated, a security layer is inserted between the protocol and the connection."

The CMU SASL page includes links to their SASL implementation, Cyrus SASL.

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