SASL-SAMPLE-CLIENT(8)

NAME

sasl-sample-client -- Sample client program for demonstrating and testing SASL authentication.

SYNOPSIS

sasl-sample-client [-b min=N,max=N]  [-e ssf=N,id=ID]  [-m  MECH]   [-f
FLAGS]   [-i  local=IP,remote=IP]  [-p PATH]  [-s NAME]  [-n FQDN]  [-u
ID]  [-a ID]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the sasl-sample-client command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

sasl-sample-client is a program to demonstrate and test SASL authentication. It implements the client part, and the server part is available as sasl-sample-server.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-b Number of bits to use for encryption.

min=N minimum number of bits to use (1 => integrity)

max=N maximum number of bits to use

-e Assume external encryption.

ssf=N external mech provides N bits of encryption

id=ID external mech provides authentication id ID

-m Force use of MECH for security.

-f Set security flags.

noplain require security vs. passive attacks

noactive require security vs. active attacks

nodict require security vs. passive dictionary attacks

forwardsec

require forward secrecy

maximum require all security flags

passcred attempt to pass client credentials

-i Set IP addresses (required by some mechs).

local=IP;PORT

set local address to IP, port PORT

remote=IP;PORT

set remote address to IP, port PORT

-p Colon-separated search path for mechanisms.

-r Realm to use.

-s Service name passed to mechanisms.

-n Server fully-qualified domain name.

-u User (authorization) id to request.

-a Id to authenticate as.

-d Disable client-send-first.

-l Enable server-send-last.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Fabian Fagerholm fabbe@debian.org for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SASL-SAMPLE-CLIENT(8)