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RFC 8265: Preparation, Enforcement, and Comparison of Internationalized Strings Representing Usernames and Passwords

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This document describes updated methods for handling Unicode strings representing usernames and passwords. The previous approach was known as SASLprep (RFC 4013) and was based on Stringprep (RFC 3454). The methods specified in this document provide a more sustainable approach to the handling of internationalized usernames and passwords. This document obsoletes RFC 7613.

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Document ID
RFC8265
Published
October 2017
Authors
P. Saint-Andre; A. Melnikov
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
26
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 7613

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This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 4013 (2005)
  2. RFC 7613 (2015)
  3. RFC 8265 (2017)

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