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5 @settitle Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
8 This file describes the Emacs SASL library, version @value{VERSION}.
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35 * SASL: (sasl). The Emacs SASL library.
40 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
45 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
53 SASL is a common interface to share several authentication mechanisms between
54 applications using different protocols.
61 * Overview:: What Emacs SASL library is.
62 * How to use:: Adding authentication support to your applications.
64 * Back end drivers:: Writing your own drivers.
73 @sc{sasl} is short for @dfn{Simple Authentication and Security Layer}.
74 This standard is documented in RFC2222. It provides a simple method for
75 adding authentication support to various application protocols.
77 The toplevel interface of this library is inspired by Java @sc{sasl}
78 Application Program Interface. It defines an abstraction over a series
79 of authentication mechanism drivers (@ref{Back end drivers}).
81 Back end drivers are designed to be close as possible to the
82 authentication mechanism. You can access the additional configuration
83 information anywhere from the implementation.
90 To use Emacs SASL library, please evaluate following expression at the
91 beginning of your application program.
97 If you want to check existence of sasl.el at runtime, instead you
98 can list autoload settings for functions you want.
103 There are three data types to be used for carrying a negotiated
104 security layer---a mechanism, a client parameter and an authentication
116 A mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) is a schema of the @sc{sasl}
117 authentication mechanism driver.
119 @defvar sasl-mechanisms
120 A list of mechanism names.
123 @defun sasl-find-mechanism mechanisms
125 Retrieve an appropriate mechanism.
126 This function compares @var{mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanisms} then
127 returns appropriate @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
130 (let ((sasl-mechanisms '("CRAM-MD5" "DIGEST-MD5")))
131 (setq mechanism (sasl-find-mechanism server-supported-mechanisms)))
136 @defun sasl-mechanism-name mechanism
137 Return name of mechanism, a string.
140 If you want to write an authentication mechanism driver (@ref{Back end
141 drivers}), use @code{sasl-make-mechanism} and modify
142 @code{sasl-mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanism-alist} correctly.
144 @defun sasl-make-mechanism name steps
145 Allocate a @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
146 This function takes two parameters---name of the mechanism, and a list
147 of authentication functions.
150 (defconst sasl-anonymous-steps
151 '(identity ;no initial response
152 sasl-anonymous-response))
154 (put 'sasl-anonymous 'sasl-mechanism
155 (sasl-make-mechanism "ANONYMOUS" sasl-anonymous-steps))
163 A client (@code{sasl-client} object) initialized with four
164 parameters---a mechanism, a user name, name of the service and name of
167 @defun sasl-make-client mechanism name service server
168 Prepare a @code{sasl-client} object.
171 @defun sasl-client-mechanism client
172 Return the mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) of client.
175 @defun sasl-client-name client
176 Return the authorization name of client, a string.
179 @defun sasl-client-service client
180 Return the service name of client, a string.
183 @defun sasl-client-server client
184 Return the server name of client, a string.
187 If you want to specify additional configuration properties, please use
188 @code{sasl-client-set-property}.
190 @defun sasl-client-set-property client property value
191 Add the given property/value to client.
194 @defun sasl-client-property client property
195 Return the value of the property of client.
198 @defun sasl-client-set-properties client plist
199 Destructively set the properties of client.
200 The second argument is the new property list.
203 @defun sasl-client-properties client
204 Return the whole property list of client configuration.
210 A step (@code{sasl-step} object) is an abstraction of authentication
211 ``step'' which holds the response value and the next entry point for the
212 authentication process (the latter is not accessible).
214 @defun sasl-step-data step
215 Return the data which @var{step} holds, a string.
218 @defun sasl-step-set-data step data
219 Store @var{data} string to @var{step}.
222 To get the initial response, you should call the function
223 @code{sasl-next-step} with the second argument @code{nil}.
226 (setq name (sasl-mechanism-name mechanism))
229 At this point we could send the command which starts a SASL
230 authentication protocol exchange. For example,
235 (if (sasl-step-data step) ;initial response
236 (format "AUTH %s %s\r\n" name (base64-encode-string (sasl-step-data step) t))
237 (format "AUTH %s\r\n" name)))
240 To go on with the authentication process, all you have to do is call
241 @code{sasl-next-step} consecutively.
243 @defun sasl-next-step client step
244 Perform the authentication step.
245 At the first time @var{step} should be set to @code{nil}.
248 @node Back end drivers
249 @chapter Back end drivers
258 @chapter Function Index
262 @chapter Variable Index
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