@misc{rfc6595, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6595, howpublished = {RFC 6595}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6595}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6595}, author = {Klaas Wierenga and Eliot Lear and Simon Josefsson}, title = {{A Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) and GSS-API Mechanism for the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)}}, pagetotal = 22, year = 2012, month = apr, abstract = {The Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) has found its usage on the Internet for Web Single Sign-On. The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) and the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) are application frameworks to generalize authentication. This memo specifies a SASL mechanism and a GSS-API mechanism for SAML 2.0 that allows the integration of existing SAML Identity Providers with applications using SASL and GSS-API. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }