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This project is part of the GNU Project.

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 contains 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, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, LOGIN, NTLM mechanisms.

The 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 developed for the GNU/Linux system, but runs on over 20 platforms including most major Unix platforms and Windows.

GNU SASL is licensed under the GNU Public License.

The project web page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/

For more information see:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2222.txt

Registration Date: Sun 15 Dec 2002 08:30:01 AM UTC
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
Development Status: 3 - Alpha

 

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GNU SASL 0.2.29
     posted by jas, Tue 21 Oct 2008 06:21:37 PM UTC - 0 replies

See the release announcement here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2008-10/msg00019.html

GNU SASL moved to Savannah
     posted by jas, Mon 20 Jan 2003 10:02:24 PM UTC - 0 replies

The entire project has now been moved to Savannah. Building from CVS should work if you have the usual development tools (autoconf, automake etc).

GNU SASL moving to savannah
     posted by jas, Thu 26 Dec 2002 07:28:42 PM UTC - 0 replies

Pending some details, it is likely that GNU SASL development will be moving to Savannah within a few weeks.


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