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RFC 4505: Anonymous Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism

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On the Internet, it is common practice to permit anonymous access to various services. Traditionally, this has been done with a plain-text password mechanism using "anonymous" as the user name and using optional trace information, such as an email address, as the password. As plain-text login commands are not permitted in new IETF protocols, a new way to provide anonymous login is needed within the context of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC4505
Published
June 2006
Authors
K. Zeilenga
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
9
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Obsoletes:
RFC 2245

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