Package: libsasl2-2 (2.1.22.dfsg1-8)

Authentication abstraction library

SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols. To use SASL, a protocol includes a command for identifying and authenticating a user to a server and for optionally negotiating protection of subsequent protocol interactions. If its use is negotiated, a security layer is inserted between the protocol and the connection. See RFC 2222 for more information.

This is the Cyrus SASL API implementation, version 2.1.

Any of: ANONYMOUS, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI (MIT Kerberos 5 or MIT Kerberos 5), NTLM, OTP, PLAIN, or LOGIN can be used. This package is unusable without the SASL plugins. Most likely you will need to install the libsasl2-modules package.

Tags: Role: Shared Library, Security: Authentication