Re: SASL re-entrancy crisis (was: OpenLDAP 2.0.x + pam_ldap +cyrus-imapd-2.0.x)

[Julio Sánchez Fernández]

Marco Colombo wrote:

> The fact I can write a little client/server application that supports
> many different mechs, from weaker ones to stronger ones, *without*
> almost any knowledge of them is great.

Sorry, I think my point was lost in the rest of the drivel.

The point is that the protocol specifications mandate SASL.  We don't
use it because it is nice or convenient or anything.  It is because
RFC2251 says so.

Of course cyrus-sasl is great, but that was not the point.

Julio