RFC 2831 on Digest SASL Mechanism

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        RFC 2831

        Title:	    Using Digest Authentication as a SASL Mechanism 
        Author(s):  P. Leach, C. Newman
        Status:     Standards Track
	Date:       May 2000
        Mailbox:    paulle@microsoft.com, chris.newman@innosoft.com
        Pages:      27
        Characters: 58124
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None

        I-D Tag:    draft-leach-digest-sasl-05.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2831.txt


This specification defines how HTTP Digest Authentication [Digest] can
be used as a SASL [RFC 2222] mechanism for any protocol that has a
SASL profile. It is intended both as an improvement over CRAM-MD5 [RFC
2195] and as a convenient way to support a single authentication
mechanism for web, mail, LDAP, and other protocols.

This document is a product of the LDAP Extension Working Group of the
IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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