[NNTP] Working Group Closure

[Ken Murchison]

Charles Lindsey wrote:

> 
> Following that, I remembered that there was another piece of unfinished
> business, namely to develop a new SASL mechanism that allowed the actual
> password to be communicated, securely, from the client to the server, but
> in all other respects appearing to behave as a straightforward SASL
> authentication. The server would then use the password to consult other
> systems (securely, one hopes) before deciding whether to grant access.
> 
> Whether this WG (as possibly rechartered) is the best body to undertake
> that development is not so clear, but it needs to be done by somebody
> somewhere.

This work would probably fall under the SASL WG.  I have a rewrite of 
Newman's PASSDSS mechanism on my TODO list.

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