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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Scott James Remnant
  • Date: 2006-11-27 12:59:40 UTC
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* Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
  - remove stop links from rc0 and rc6
  - build against db4.3 instead of 4.2
  - build against heimdal-dev instead of libkrb5-dev
  - depend on, don't recommend, modules

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<TITLE>SASL Mechanism Properties/Features</TITLE>
 
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<h2>SASL Mechanism Properties/Features</h2>
 
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This table shows what security flags and features are supported by each
 
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of the mechanisms provided by the Cyrus SASL Library.<p>
 
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<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2>
 
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<TR>
 
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<TH ROWSPAN=2><br></TH>
 
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<TH ROWSPAN=2>MAX<br>SSF</TH>
 
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<TH COLSPAN=7>SECURITY PROPERTIES</TH>
 
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<TH COLSPAN=4>FEATURES</TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>NOPLAIN</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>NOACTIVE</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>NODICT</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>FORWARD</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>NOANON</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>CRED</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>MUTUAL</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>CLT FIRST</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>SRV FIRST</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>SRV LAST</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH><CENTER>PROXY</CENTER></TH>
 
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<TH>ANONYMOUS</TH>
 
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<TH>DIGEST-MD5</TH>
 
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<TH>EXTERNAL</TH>
 
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<h3>Understanding this table:</h3>
 
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<ul>
 
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<li><b>MAX SSF</b> - The maximum Security Strength Factor supported
 
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by the mechanism (roughly the number of bits of encryption provided, but may
 
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have other meanings, for example an SSF of 1 indicates integrity protection
 
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only, no encryption).</li>
 
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<li><b>NOPLAIN</b> - Mechanism is not susceptable to simple passive
 
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<li><b>NOACTIVE</b> - Protection from active (non-dictionary) attacks
 
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during authentication exchange.  (Implies <b>MUTUAL</b>).</li>
 
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<li><b>NODICT</b> - Not susceptable to passive dictionary attack.</li>
 
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<li><b>NOFORWARD</b> - Breaking one session won't help break the next.</li>
 
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<li><b>NOANON</b> - Don't permit anonymous logins.</li>
 
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<li><b>CRED</b> - Mechanism can pass client credentials.</li>
 
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<li><b>MUTUAL</b> - Supports mutual authentication (authenticates the server
 
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<li><b>CLTFIRST</b> - The client should send first in this mechanism.</li>
 
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<li><b>SRVFIRST</b> - The server must send first in this mechanism.</li>
 
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<li><b>PROXY</b> - This mechanism supports proxy authentication.</li>
 
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