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8 @settitle Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
11 This file describes the Emacs SASL library, version @value{VERSION}.
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28 @dircategory Emacs network features
30 * SASL: (sasl). The Emacs SASL library.
36 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION} (DEVELOPMENT VERSION)
39 @title Emacs SASL Library @value{VERSION}
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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.
65 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
74 @sc{sasl} is short for @dfn{Simple Authentication and Security Layer}.
75 This standard is documented in RFC2222. It provides a simple method for
76 adding authentication support to various application protocols.
78 The toplevel interface of this library is inspired by Java @sc{sasl}
79 Application Program Interface. It defines an abstraction over a series
80 of authentication mechanism drivers (@ref{Back end drivers}).
82 Back end drivers are designed to be close as possible to the
83 authentication mechanism. You can access the additional configuration
84 information anywhere from the implementation.
91 To use Emacs SASL library, please evaluate following expression at the
92 beginning of your application program.
98 If you want to check existence of sasl.el at runtime, instead you
99 can list autoload settings for functions you want.
104 There are three data types to be used for carrying a negotiated
105 security layer---a mechanism, a client parameter and an authentication
117 A mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) is a schema of the @sc{sasl}
118 authentication mechanism driver.
120 @defvar sasl-mechanisms
121 A list of mechanism names.
124 @defun sasl-find-mechanism mechanisms
126 Retrieve an appropriate mechanism.
127 This function compares @var{mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanisms} then
128 returns appropriate @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
131 (let ((sasl-mechanisms '("CRAM-MD5" "DIGEST-MD5")))
132 (setq mechanism (sasl-find-mechanism server-supported-mechanisms)))
137 @defun sasl-mechanism-name mechanism
138 Return name of mechanism, a string.
141 If you want to write an authentication mechanism driver (@ref{Back end
142 drivers}), use @code{sasl-make-mechanism} and modify
143 @code{sasl-mechanisms} and @code{sasl-mechanism-alist} correctly.
145 @defun sasl-make-mechanism name steps
146 Allocate a @code{sasl-mechanism} object.
147 This function takes two parameters---name of the mechanism, and a list
148 of authentication functions.
151 (defconst sasl-anonymous-steps
152 '(identity ;no initial response
153 sasl-anonymous-response))
155 (put 'sasl-anonymous 'sasl-mechanism
156 (sasl-make-mechanism "ANONYMOUS" sasl-anonymous-steps))
164 A client (@code{sasl-client} object) initialized with four
165 parameters---a mechanism, a user name, name of the service and name of
168 @defun sasl-make-client mechanism name service server
169 Prepare a @code{sasl-client} object.
172 @defun sasl-client-mechanism client
173 Return the mechanism (@code{sasl-mechanism} object) of client.
176 @defun sasl-client-name client
177 Return the authorization name of client, a string.
180 @defun sasl-client-service client
181 Return the service name of client, a string.
184 @defun sasl-client-server client
185 Return the server name of client, a string.
188 If you want to specify additional configuration properties, please use
189 @code{sasl-client-set-property}.
191 @defun sasl-client-set-property client property value
192 Add the given property/value to client.
195 @defun sasl-client-property client property
196 Return the value of the property of client.
199 @defun sasl-client-set-properties client plist
200 Destructively set the properties of client.
201 The second argument is the new property list.
204 @defun sasl-client-properties client
205 Return the whole property list of client configuration.
211 A step (@code{sasl-step} object) is an abstraction of authentication
212 ``step'' which holds the response value and the next entry point for the
213 authentication process (the latter is not accessible).
215 @defun sasl-step-data step
216 Return the data which @var{step} holds, a string.
219 @defun sasl-step-set-data step data
220 Store @var{data} string to @var{step}.
223 To get the initial response, you should call the function
224 @code{sasl-next-step} with the second argument @code{nil}.
227 (setq name (sasl-mechanism-name mechanism))
230 At this point we could send the command which starts a SASL
231 authentication protocol exchange. For example,
236 (if (sasl-step-data step) ;initial response
237 (format "AUTH %s %s\r\n" name (base64-encode-string (sasl-step-data step) t))
238 (format "AUTH %s\r\n" name)))
241 To go on with the authentication process, all you have to do is call
242 @code{sasl-next-step} consecutively.
244 @defun sasl-next-step client step
245 Perform the authentication step.
246 At the first time @var{step} should be set to @code{nil}.
249 @node Back end drivers
250 @chapter Back end drivers
254 @node GNU Free Documentation License
255 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
256 @include doclicense.texi
263 @unnumbered Function Index
267 @unnumbered Variable Index