GNU Simple Authentication and Security Layer - Summary
This project is part of the GNU Project.
GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms.
GNU SASL consists of a library (libgsasl), a command line utility (gsasl) to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes support for the framework (with authentication functions and application data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, SCRAM-SHA-1, LOGIN, and NTLM mechanisms.
The library is easily ported because it does not do network communication by itself, but rather leaves it up to the calling application. The library is flexible with regards to the authorization infrastructure used, as it utilizes a callback into the application to decide whether a user is authorized or not.
The project web page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
Registration Date: Sun 15 Dec 2002 08:30:01 AM UTC
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
posted by jas, Tue 03 May 2011 06:51:31 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU SASL an implementation of the Simple Authentication and security Layer, which is a framework that allows application protocols, such as SMTP or IMAP, to add authentication support.
The announcement is here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2011-05/msg00001.html
In brief:
- Add a Libs.Private to libgsasl.pc.
- Use newer gettext files.
- Doc fixes.
posted by jas, Thu 16 Dec 2010 05:51:15 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU SASL an implementation of the Simple Authentication and security Layer, which is a framework that allows application protocols, such as SMTP or IMAP, to add authentication support.
The announcement is here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2010-12/msg00001.html
In brief:
- SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS with channel bindings is now implemented.
- GS2-KRB5 is now implemented.
- MIT Kerberos for Windows support.
- Documentation improvements, bug fixes, i18n updates, gnulib changes.
posted by jas, Tue 30 Mar 2010 10:47:23 PM UTC - 0 replies
The announcement is here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2010-03/msg00014.html
In brief:
- GS2-KRB5: New mechanism GS2 with support for Kerberos V5.
- gsasl: Fix crash when getaddrinfo does not get a canonical name.
- gsasl: Improve error message when server rejects authentication.
- tests: Self checks are improved.
- DIGEST-MD5: The server code now returns GSASL_OK after the final token.
- New error codes for GSS-API library errors (used by GS2).
posted by jas, Fri 26 Mar 2010 12:08:29 AM UTC - 0 replies
The announcement is here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2010-03/msg00011.html
In brief:
- SCRAM: Don't read out of bounds when parsing tokens.
- SCRAM: Fix build error on platforms without strnlen.
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