RFC 6331: Moving DIGEST-MD5 to Historic
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo describes problems with the DIGEST-MD5 Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) mechanism as specified in RFC 2831. It marks DIGEST-MD5 as OBSOLETE in the IANA Registry of SASL mechanisms and moves RFC 2831 to Historic status. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6331
- Published
- July 2011
- Authors
- A. Melnikov
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 2831
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Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 4505Anonymous Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) MechanismCurrent
June 2006
- RFC 2617HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access AuthenticationObsoleted
June 1999
- RFC 2245Anonymous SASL MechanismObsoleted
November 1997
- RFC 2818HTTP Over TLSObsoleted
May 2000
- RFC 2817Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1Updated
May 2000
- RFC 2808The SecurID(r) SASL MechanismCurrent
April 2000
- RFC 2585Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols: FTP and HTTPCurrent
May 1999
- RFC 2554SMTP Service Extension for AuthenticationObsoleted
March 1999
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