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1.1       xtraeme     1: GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
                      2: framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network servers
                      3: (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in clients to
                      4: authenticate against servers.
                      5:
                      6: GNU SASL contains a library (`libgsasl'), a command line utility (`gsasl')
                      7: to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes
                      8: support for the SASL framework (with authentication functions and application
                      9: data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the
                     10: CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, LOGIN,
                     11: NTLM and KERBEROS_V5 mechanisms.