ANN: BROWSER-ID a new SASL Authentication mechanism under development

[Austin King]

On 09/02/2011 05:17 AM, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> Hi Austin,
>
> Austin King wrote:
>
>> At Mozilla, we're experimenting with a new SASL plugin for BrowserID[1].
>>
>> BrowserID is a decentralized identity system that makes it possible
>> for users to prove ownership of email addresses in a secure manner,
>> without requiring per-site passwords[2].
>
> Is there a SASL-related spec for this, or at least an example of the 
> SASL exchange?
I've documented our current demo, which is a concrete example using 
Django (web application framework) and OpenLDAP.
https://github.com/ozten/mozillians/blob/browserid/docs/browserid.rst

Feedback appreciated.

thanks,
austin

> Best Regards,
> Alexey
>