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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org > Subject: RFC 7804 on Salted Challenge Response HTTP Authentication Mechanism > Date: March 9, 2016 at 11:01:55 AM PST > To: ietf-annou...@ietf.org, rfc-d...@rfc-editor.org > Cc: drafts-update-...@iana.org, http-a...@ietf.org, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org > Reply-To: i...@ietf.org > List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/ietf-announce/> > > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. > > > RFC 7804 > > Title: Salted Challenge Response HTTP Authentication > Mechanism > Author: A. Melnikov > Status: Experimental > Stream: IETF > Date: March 2016 > Mailbox: alexey.melni...@isode.com > Pages: 18 > Characters: 39440 > Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None > > I-D Tag: draft-ietf-httpauth-scram-auth-15.txt > > URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7804 > > DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7804 > > This specification describes a family of HTTP authentication > mechanisms called the Salted Challenge Response Authentication > Mechanism (SCRAM), which provides a more robust authentication > mechanism than a plaintext password protected by Transport Layer > Security (TLS) and avoids the deployment obstacles presented by > earlier TLS-protected challenge response authentication mechanisms. > > This document is a product of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Authentication > Working Group of the IETF. > > > EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the > Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any > kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. > Distribution of this memo is unlimited. > > This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. > To subscribe or unsubscribe, see > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce > https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist > > For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search > For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk > > Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the > author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org. Unless > specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for > unlimited distribution. > > > The RFC Editor Team > Association Management Solutions, LLC > >
