SASL is 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. This is the Cyrus SASL API implentation. It can be used on the client or server side to provide authentication. See RFC 2222 for more information. There's a mailing list for Cyrus SASL. Subscribe by sending a message to majordomo@lists.andrew.cmu.edu with the body "subscribe cyrus-sasl". The mailing list is available via anonymous IMAP at imap://cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu/archive.cyrus-sasl or via the web at http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/mailbox.php3?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl. This package does not include any mechanisms. Users will almost certainly want to install one or more of the packages security/cy2-*.
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