RFC 5803: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Schema for Storing Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM) Secrets
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo describes how the "authPassword" Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attribute can be used for storing secrets used by the Salted Challenge Response Authentication Message (SCRAM) mechanism in the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC5803
- Published
- July 2010
- Authors
- A. Melnikov
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 4
- Also known as
- —
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