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GNU SASL - SASL network authentication library

GNU SASL is a library that implements the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework and some SASL mechanisms. SASL is used in network servers (e.g. IMAP, SMTP, etc.) to authentication peers, and can also integrity and privacy.

This project was formerly know as 'libgsasl.'



Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
Source tarballftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gsasl/gsasl-0.1.2.tar.gz
Source informationftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gsasl/
Version 0.1.2 (alpha) released on 2004-07-16
Licensed under GPLv2orlater, LGPLv2.1orlater.
This is a GNU package.

Documentation
Programmer reference manual available in Texinfo, Postscript, PDF, HTML from http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/manual/
Support contacts

Bug List<bug-gsasl@gnu.org>
SupportPaid extension/consulting available from from http://josefsson.org/

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers

Related information

Source repositoryhttp://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=gsasl :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/gsasl module "gsasl"
Interfaceslibrary
Source languagesC
Supported languagesC, C++
Weak prerequisiteslibgcrypt, libidn, libntlm, kerberos

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-11-12
Entry compiled bySimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>

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