ietf-nntp Re: WG Review: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (sasl)

Charles Lindsey chl at clw.cs.man.ac.uk
Fri Dec 6 03:30:13 PST 2002


Do we think that incorporating SASL into NNTP, or otherwise ensuring
compatibility with our draft, should be added to the remit of this new WG?

In <200212060011.TAA05743 at ietf.org> The IESG <iesg-secretary at ietf.org> writes:

>A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Security Area.
>The IESG has not made any determination as yet. 

>The following Description was submitted, and is provided for
>informational purposes only:

>Simple Authentication and Security Layer (sasl)
>-----------------------------------------------

>Current Status: Proposed Working Group

>Description of Working Group:

>The Simple Authentication and Security Layer [RFC2222] provides key
>security services to a number of application protocols including BEEP,
>IMAP, LDAP, POP, and SMTP.  The purpose of this working group is to
>shepherd SASL, including select SASL mechanisms, through the Internet
>Standards process.

>This group will deliver a revised SASL Technical Specification
>suitable for consideration as a Draft Standard.  This work will be
>based upon RFC 2222 and draft-myers-saslrev.

>This group will deliver revised Technical Specifications suitable for
>consideration as Draft Standards for the following SASL mechanisms:
>ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, and EXTERNAL.  This work will
>be based upon RFC 2195, RFC 2222, RFC 2831, draft-zeilenga-sasl-anon,
>draft-zeilenga-sasl-plain, draft-nerenberg-sasl-crammd5 and
>draft-melnikov-rfc2831bis, and draft-myers-saslrev-xx.txt.

>This group will deliver a revised Technical Specification suitable for
>publication as Proposed Standard for the GSSAPI family of SASL
>mechanisms.  This work will be based upon RFC 2222 and
>draft-ietf-cat-sasl-gssapi.

>This group will deliver a Technical Specification suitable for
>publication as Proposed Standard describing a family of SASL
>mechanisms using the Secure Remote Password [RFC2945] protocol.  This
>work will be based upon draft-burdis-cat-srp-sasl.

>The following areas are not within the scope of work of this WG:

>- new features,

>- SASL Mechanisms not specifically mentioned above, and

>- SASL "profiles".

>However, the SASL WG is an acceptable forum for review of SASL-related
>submissions produced by others as long as such review does not impede
>progress on the WG objectives listed above.


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