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8 @settitle Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
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13 This file describes the Emacs SASL library, version @value{VERSION}.
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30 @dircategory Emacs network features
32 * SASL: (sasl). The Emacs SASL library.
38 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION} (DEVELOPMENT VERSION)
41 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
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55 SASL is a common interface to share several authentication mechanisms between
56 applications using different protocols.
63 * Overview:: What Emacs SASL library is.
64 * How to use:: Adding authentication support to your applications.
66 * Back end drivers:: Writing your own drivers.
67 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
76 @sc{sasl} is short for @dfn{Simple Authentication and Security Layer}.
77 This standard is documented in RFC2222. It provides a simple method for
78 adding authentication support to various application protocols.
80 The toplevel interface of this library is inspired by Java @sc{sasl}
81 Application Program Interface. It defines an abstraction over a series
82 of authentication mechanism drivers (@ref{Back end drivers}).
84 Back end drivers are designed to be close as possible to the
85 authentication mechanism. You can access the additional configuration
86 information anywhere from the implementation.
93 To use Emacs SASL library, please evaluate following expression at the
94 beginning of your application program.
100 If you want to check existence of sasl.el at runtime, instead you
101 can list autoload settings for functions you want.
106 There are three data types to be used for carrying a negotiated
107 security layer---a mechanism, a client parameter and an authentication
119 A mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) is a schema of the @sc{sasl}
120 authentication mechanism driver.
122 @defvar sasl-mechanisms
123 A list of mechanism names.
126 @defun sasl-find-mechanism mechanisms
128 Retrieve an appropriate mechanism.
129 This function compares @var{mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanisms} then
130 returns appropriate @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
133 (let ((sasl-mechanisms '("CRAM-MD5" "DIGEST-MD5")))
134 (setq mechanism (sasl-find-mechanism server-supported-mechanisms)))
139 @defun sasl-mechanism-name mechanism
140 Return name of mechanism, a string.
143 If you want to write an authentication mechanism driver (@ref{Back end
144 drivers}), use @code{sasl-make-mechanism} and modify
145 @code{sasl-mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanism-alist} correctly.
147 @defun sasl-make-mechanism name steps
148 Allocate a @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
149 This function takes two parameters---name of the mechanism, and a list
150 of authentication functions.
153 (defconst sasl-anonymous-steps
154 '(identity ;no initial response
155 sasl-anonymous-response))
157 (put 'sasl-anonymous 'sasl-mechanism
158 (sasl-make-mechanism "ANONYMOUS" sasl-anonymous-steps))
166 A client (@code{sasl-client} object) initialized with four
167 parameters---a mechanism, a user name, name of the service and name of
170 @defun sasl-make-client mechanism name service server
171 Prepare a @code{sasl-client} object.
174 @defun sasl-client-mechanism client
175 Return the mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) of client.
178 @defun sasl-client-name client
179 Return the authorization name of client, a string.
182 @defun sasl-client-service client
183 Return the service name of client, a string.
186 @defun sasl-client-server client
187 Return the server name of client, a string.
190 If you want to specify additional configuration properties, please use
191 @code{sasl-client-set-property}.
193 @defun sasl-client-set-property client property value
194 Add the given property/value to client.
197 @defun sasl-client-property client property
198 Return the value of the property of client.
201 @defun sasl-client-set-properties client plist
202 Destructively set the properties of client.
203 The second argument is the new property list.
206 @defun sasl-client-properties client
207 Return the whole property list of client configuration.
213 A step (@code{sasl-step} object) is an abstraction of authentication
214 ``step'' which holds the response value and the next entry point for the
215 authentication process (the latter is not accessible).
217 @defun sasl-step-data step
218 Return the data which @var{step} holds, a string.
221 @defun sasl-step-set-data step data
222 Store @var{data} string to @var{step}.
225 To get the initial response, you should call the function
226 @code{sasl-next-step} with the second argument @code{nil}.
229 (setq name (sasl-mechanism-name mechanism))
232 At this point we could send the command which starts a SASL
233 authentication protocol exchange. For example,
238 (if (sasl-step-data step) ;initial response
239 (format "AUTH %s %s\r\n" name (base64-encode-string (sasl-step-data step) t))
240 (format "AUTH %s\r\n" name)))
243 To go on with the authentication process, all you have to do is call
244 @code{sasl-next-step} consecutively.
246 @defun sasl-next-step client step
247 Perform the authentication step.
248 At the first time @var{step} should be set to @code{nil}.
251 @node Back end drivers
252 @chapter Back end drivers
256 @node GNU Free Documentation License
257 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
258 @include doclicense.texi
265 @unnumbered Function Index
269 @unnumbered Variable Index