@misc{rfc4422,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    4422,
    howpublished =  {RFC 4422},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC4422},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4422},
    author =    {Kurt Zeilenga and Alexey Melnikov},
    title =     {{Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)}},
    pagetotal = 33,
    year =      2006,
    month =     jun,
    abstract =  {The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is a framework for providing authentication and data security services in connection-oriented protocols via replaceable mechanisms. It provides a structured interface between protocols and mechanisms. The resulting framework allows new protocols to reuse existing mechanisms and allows old protocols to make use of new mechanisms. The framework also provides a protocol for securing subsequent protocol exchanges within a data security layer. This document describes how a SASL mechanism is structured, describes how protocols include support for SASL, and defines the protocol for carrying a data security layer over a connection. In addition, this document defines one SASL mechanism, the EXTERNAL mechanism. This document obsoletes RFC 2222. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}},
}