RFC 2808 · INFORMATIONAL · 2000

The SecurID SASL Mechanism

Overview

RFC 2808, “The SecurID SASL Mechanism”, is an Informational document published in April 2000 by M. Nystrom. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) authentication mechanism using SecurID (a hardware token card product (or software emulation thereof) produced by RSA Security Inc., which is used for end-user authentication), thereby providing a means for such tokens to be used in SASL environments. This mechanism is only is only for authentication, and has no effect on the protocol encoding and is not designed to provide integrity or confidentiality services. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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