{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-sasl-plain-09",
  "doc_id": "RFC4616",
  "title": "The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism",
  "authors": [
    "K. Zeilenga, Ed."
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "11",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "Simple Authentication and Security Layer",
  "abstract": "This document defines a simple clear-text user/password Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) mechanism called the PLAIN mechanism.  The PLAIN mechanism is intended to be used, in combination with data confidentiality services provided by a lower layer, in protocols that lack a simple password authentication command. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "August 2006",
  "keywords": [
    "data confidentiality"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [
    "RFC2595"
  ],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC8996"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC4616",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc4616"
}