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8 @settitle Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
12 This file describes the Emacs SASL library, version @value{VERSION}.
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29 @dircategory Emacs network features
31 * SASL: (sasl). The Emacs SASL library.
37 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION} (DEVELOPMENT VERSION)
40 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
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54 SASL is a common interface to share several authentication mechanisms between
55 applications using different protocols.
62 * Overview:: What Emacs SASL library is.
63 * How to use:: Adding authentication support to your applications.
65 * Back end drivers:: Writing your own drivers.
66 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
75 @sc{sasl} is short for @dfn{Simple Authentication and Security Layer}.
76 This standard is documented in RFC2222. It provides a simple method for
77 adding authentication support to various application protocols.
79 The toplevel interface of this library is inspired by Java @sc{sasl}
80 Application Program Interface. It defines an abstraction over a series
81 of authentication mechanism drivers (@ref{Back end drivers}).
83 Back end drivers are designed to be close as possible to the
84 authentication mechanism. You can access the additional configuration
85 information anywhere from the implementation.
92 To use Emacs SASL library, please evaluate following expression at the
93 beginning of your application program.
99 If you want to check existence of sasl.el at runtime, instead you
100 can list autoload settings for functions you want.
105 There are three data types to be used for carrying a negotiated
106 security layer---a mechanism, a client parameter and an authentication
118 A mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) is a schema of the @sc{sasl}
119 authentication mechanism driver.
121 @defvar sasl-mechanisms
122 A list of mechanism names.
125 @defun sasl-find-mechanism mechanisms
127 Retrieve an appropriate mechanism.
128 This function compares @var{mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanisms} then
129 returns appropriate @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
132 (let ((sasl-mechanisms '("CRAM-MD5" "DIGEST-MD5")))
133 (setq mechanism (sasl-find-mechanism server-supported-mechanisms)))
138 @defun sasl-mechanism-name mechanism
139 Return name of mechanism, a string.
142 If you want to write an authentication mechanism driver (@ref{Back end
143 drivers}), use @code{sasl-make-mechanism} and modify
144 @code{sasl-mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanism-alist} correctly.
146 @defun sasl-make-mechanism name steps
147 Allocate a @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
148 This function takes two parameters---name of the mechanism, and a list
149 of authentication functions.
152 (defconst sasl-anonymous-steps
153 '(identity ;no initial response
154 sasl-anonymous-response))
156 (put 'sasl-anonymous 'sasl-mechanism
157 (sasl-make-mechanism "ANONYMOUS" sasl-anonymous-steps))
165 A client (@code{sasl-client} object) initialized with four
166 parameters---a mechanism, a user name, name of the service and name of
169 @defun sasl-make-client mechanism name service server
170 Prepare a @code{sasl-client} object.
173 @defun sasl-client-mechanism client
174 Return the mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) of client.
177 @defun sasl-client-name client
178 Return the authorization name of client, a string.
181 @defun sasl-client-service client
182 Return the service name of client, a string.
185 @defun sasl-client-server client
186 Return the server name of client, a string.
189 If you want to specify additional configuration properties, please use
190 @code{sasl-client-set-property}.
192 @defun sasl-client-set-property client property value
193 Add the given property/value to client.
196 @defun sasl-client-property client property
197 Return the value of the property of client.
200 @defun sasl-client-set-properties client plist
201 Destructively set the properties of client.
202 The second argument is the new property list.
205 @defun sasl-client-properties client
206 Return the whole property list of client configuration.
212 A step (@code{sasl-step} object) is an abstraction of authentication
213 ``step'' which holds the response value and the next entry point for the
214 authentication process (the latter is not accessible).
216 @defun sasl-step-data step
217 Return the data which @var{step} holds, a string.
220 @defun sasl-step-set-data step data
221 Store @var{data} string to @var{step}.
224 To get the initial response, you should call the function
225 @code{sasl-next-step} with the second argument @code{nil}.
228 (setq name (sasl-mechanism-name mechanism))
231 At this point we could send the command which starts a SASL
232 authentication protocol exchange. For example,
237 (if (sasl-step-data step) ;initial response
238 (format "AUTH %s %s\r\n" name (base64-encode-string (sasl-step-data step) t))
239 (format "AUTH %s\r\n" name)))
242 To go on with the authentication process, all you have to do is call
243 @code{sasl-next-step} consecutively.
245 @defun sasl-next-step client step
246 Perform the authentication step.
247 At the first time @var{step} should be set to @code{nil}.
250 @node Back end drivers
251 @chapter Back end drivers
255 @node GNU Free Documentation License
256 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
257 @include doclicense.texi
264 @unnumbered Function Index
268 @unnumbered Variable Index