RFC 5803 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Schema for Storing Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism Secrets

Overview

RFC 5803, “Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Schema for Storing Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism Secrets”, is an Informational document published in July 2010 by A. Melnikov. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo describes how the "authPassword" Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attribute can be used for storing secrets used by the Salted Challenge Response Authentication Message (SCRAM) mechanism in the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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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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