GNU SASL

An implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Simon Josefsson
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://josefsson.org/gsasl/
  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS X
  • File Size:
  • 3.6 MB

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GNU SASL Description

An implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in clients to authenticate against servers.GNU SASL consists of a library (`libgsasl'), a command line utility (`gsasl') to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes support for the SASL framework (with authentication functions and application data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the CRAM-MD5, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN, EXTERNAL, SECURID, LOGIN, NTLM anThe library is portable because it does not do network communication by itself, but rather leaves it up to the calling application. The library is flexible with regards to the authorization infrastructure used, as it utilizes callbacks into the application to decide whether an user is authorized or not.GNU SASL is written in pure ANSI C89 to be portable to embedded and otherwise limited platforms. The entire library, with full support for ANONYMOUS, EXTERNAL, PLAIN, LOGIN and CRAM-MD5, and the front-end that support client and server mode, and the IMAP and SMTP protocols, fits in under 60kb on an Intel x86 platform, without any modifications to the code.GNU SASL is developed for the GNU/Linux system, but runs on over 20 platforms including most major Unix platforms and Windows, and many kind of devices including iPAQ handhelds and S/390 mainframes. What's New in This Release: · Experimental support for SCRAM-SHA-1 added. · gsasl: Fix libintl-related build errors on MinGW. · doc: Typo fixes to manual. · tests: Rewrite basic self test using modern API. · tests: New self-test 'crypto' to increase code coverage.


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