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        RFC 2245

        Title:      Anonymous SASL Mechanism
	Author(s):  C. Newman
        Status:     Proposed Standard
	Date:       November 1997
        Mailbox:    chris.newman@innosoft.com
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 9974
        Updates/Obsoletes: None

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2245.txt


It is common practice on the Internet to permit anonymous access to
various services.  Traditionally, this has been done with a plain
text password mechanism using "anonymous" as the user name and
optional trace information, such as an email address, as the
password.  As plaintext login commands are not permitted in new IETF
protocols, a new way to provide anonymous login is needed within the
context of the SASL [SASL] framework.

This document is a product of the Application Configuration Access
Protocol Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
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