{"draft":"draft-siemborski-rfc1734bis-11","doc_id":"RFC5034","title":"The Post Office Protocol (POP3) Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Authentication Mechanism","authors":["R. Siemborski","A. Menon-Sen"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"12","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IETF - NON WORKING GROUP","abstract":"This document defines a profile of the Simple Authentication and\r\nSecurity Layer (SASL) for the Post Office Protocol (POP3).  This\r\nextension allows a POP3 client to indicate an authentication\r\nmechanism to the server, perform an authentication protocol\r\nexchange, and optionally negotiate a security layer for subsequent\r\nprotocol interactions during this session.\r\n\r\nThis document seeks to consolidate the information related to POP3\r\nAUTH into a single document.  To this end, this document obsoletes\r\nand replaces RFC 1734, and updates the information contained in\r\nSection 6.3 of RFC 2449.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"July 2007","keywords":["[POP3-AUTH|p]","Post","Office","Protocol","Email"],"obsoletes":["RFC1734"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC2449"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5034","errata_url":null}