On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 10:47:17AM -0300, Markus Moeller wrote: > Andreas, > > how does this translate to GSSAPI sasl mechanism ? Does it depend on the implementation or is there any clarification ? The RFC requires it also. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2078.txt?number=2078 It's also a caller (client) option wheter to use it or not, but the server has to provide it.