Hi,
This is the most recent version of a revsion I've been working on to
RFC2554. This came out of some discussions I had with others about
problems in the current spec (mostly based around lack of clarity on
the handling of the MAIL FROM AUTH= parameter and the initial client
response).
I'd like to hear some comments on it from a wider audience.
The most controversial issue I've hit so far is the choice of a
mandatory-to-implement (at a minimum level) SASL mechanism. From the
people I've talked to, it seems that the choice of DIGEST-MD5 is more
popular than the choice (that IMAP made) of STARTTLS+PLAIN, so that's
where the document currently stands.
Please send comments to the list.
-Rob
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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-siemborski-rfc2554bis-02.txt
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Title : SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
Author(s) : R. Siemborski
Filename : draft-siemborski-rfc2554bis-02.txt
Pages : 18
Date : 2003-12-5
This document defines a Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)
extension whereby an SMTP client may indicate an authentication
mechanism to the server, perform an authentication protocol
exchange, and optionally negotiate a security layer for subsequent
protocol interactions during this session. This extension includes
a profile of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) for
SMTP.
This document obsoletes RFC 2554 and replaces it as a Proposed
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