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Re: LOGIN vs PLAIN

From: Anton Yuzhaninov (citrinrambler-co.ru)
Date: Sun Dec 03 2006 - 06:58:18 CST


Hello, Timothy.

You wrote on Sunday, December 3, 2006, 3:41:07 PM:
> Can someone please explain the difference between LOGIN and PLAIN
> authentication to me?
> I can't really find a definitive answer.

AUTH PLAIN defined in RFC 2595

AUTH LOGIN obsoleted, but it definition can be found in cyrus-sasl docs or
here:
http://www.oceana.com/ftp/drafts/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00.txt

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 Anton Yuzhaninov
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