Mechanism plugin development

Ken Murchison murch at andrew.cmu.edu
Fri Nov 18 17:18:06 EST 2005


Artem Harutyunyan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am going to implement a new mechanism plugin for Cyrus SASL.
> I have read  SASL Application Programmer's and Plugin Programmer's 
> guides and I'd be very thankful if you provided me with the additional 
> information (links, docs, sources, advices will be highly appreciated) 
> about SASL plugin development. 

Unfortunately, the best docs are the source itself.  I'd recommend 
looking at the PLAIN plugin and use it as a template.  If your plugin 
will have a security layer, then look at the DIGEST-MD5 plugin.

BTW, what mechanism are you writing a plugin for?

-- 
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Carnegie Mellon University


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