On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:28:56AM -0600, Matt Pavlovich wrote:
> How does CRAM-SHA1 differ from a standard SHA1 hash?  

SHA1 is just a hash; CRAM-SHA1 is a mechanism for authenticating someone
using a challenge-response exchange, which happens to use SHA1 as part of
its protocol.

CRAM-MD5 is documented in RFC2195, which was "deliberately written to permit
easy upgrading to use SHA" (so I'm not sure if there's a separate document
on CRAM-SHA1 per se).

Regards,

Brian.


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