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<title abbrev='Anonymous SASL'>Anonymous SASL Mechanism</title>
<author initials='C.' surname='Newman' fullname='Chris Newman'>
<organization>Innosoft International, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>1050 Lakes Drive</street>
<street>West Covina</street>
<street>CA 91790</street>
<country>USA</country></postal>
<email>chris.newman@innosoft.com</email></address></author>
<date month='November' year='1997' />
<area>Security</area>
<area>Applications</area>
<keyword>anonymous</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   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 &quot;anonymous&quot; 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  framework.
</t></abstract></front>

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