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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2019-12-27 18:37:19 +0000
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2019-12-27 18:37:19 +0000
commit14a806d6c13afdfb2f44dce64e50bffa6cb6869c (patch)
treec50d129d0e3e2c6eb6d26d2f2e49241fe08b1ec3 /doc/doc-docbook
parent4533e306fc21e0dc3cce32db0e2bfa146a5dd78c (diff)
Authenticator gsasl: client support. Bug 2349
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-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt28
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 42a393558..eea304d64 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -27435,19 +27435,37 @@ auth_mechanisms = plain login ntlm
.cindex "authentication" "DIGEST-MD5"
.cindex "authentication" "CRAM-MD5"
.cindex "authentication" "SCRAM-SHA-1"
-The &(gsasl)& authenticator provides server integration for the GNU SASL
+The &(gsasl)& authenticator provides integration for the GNU SASL
library and the mechanisms it provides. This is new as of the 4.80 release
and there are a few areas where the library does not let Exim smoothly
scale to handle future authentication mechanisms, so no guarantee can be
made that any particular new authentication mechanism will be supported
without code changes in Exim.
-Exim's &(gsasl)& authenticator does not have client-side support at this
-time; only the server-side support is implemented. Patches welcome.
+.new
+.option client_authz gsasl string&!! unset
+This option can be used to supply an &'authorization id'&
+which is different to the &'authentication_id'& provided
+by $%client_username%& option.
+If unset or (after expansion) empty it is not used,
+which is the common case.
+
+.option client_channelbinding gsasl boolean false
+See $%server_channelbinding%& below.
+
+.option client_password gsasl string&!! unset
+This option is exapanded before use, and should result in
+the password to be used, in clear.
+
+.option client_username gsasl string&!! unset
+This option is exapanded before use, and should result in
+the account name to be used.
+.wen
.option server_channelbinding gsasl boolean false
-Do not set this true without consulting a cryptographic engineer.
+Do not set this true and rely on the properties
+without consulting a cryptographic engineer.
Some authentication mechanisms are able to use external context at both ends
of the session to bind the authentication to that context, and fail the
@@ -27469,7 +27487,7 @@ This defaults off to ensure smooth upgrade across Exim releases, in case
this option causes some clients to start failing. Some future release
of Exim might have switched the default to be true.
-However, Channel Binding in TLS has proven to be broken in current versions.
+However, Channel Binding in TLS has proven to be vulnerable in current versions.
Do not plan to rely upon this feature for security, ever, without consulting
with a subject matter expert (a cryptographic engineer).