RFC 2444: The One-Time-Password SASL Mechanism
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
OTP provides a useful authentication mechanism for situations where there is limited client or server trust. Currently, OTP is added to protocols in an ad-hoc fashion with heuristic parsing. This specification defines an OTP SASL mechanism so it can be easily and formally integrated into many application protocols. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2444
- Published
- October 1998
- Authors
- C. Newman
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 7
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 2222
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