1734: POP3 AUTHentication command.

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This document describes the optional AUTH command, for indicating an authentication mechanism to the server, performing an authentication protocol exchange, and optionally negotiating a protection mechanism for subsequent protocol interactions. The authentication and protection mechanisms used by the POP3 AUTH command are those used by IMAP4.

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=8499 bytes
Authors
Date December 1994
Keyphrases authentication POP3 AUTH command protocol

References

RFC822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT
RFC1731: IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms.

Referenced by

RFC1939: Post Office Protocol - Version 3.
RFC2095: IMAP/POP AUTHorize Extension for Simple Challenge/Response.
RFC2195: IMAP/POP AUTHorize Extension for Simple Challenge/Response.
RFC2384: POP URL Scheme.
RFC2444: The One-Time-Password SASL Mechanism.
RFC2449: POP3 Extension Mechanism.
RFC2595: Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and
RFC2808: The SecurID(r) SASL Mechanism.
RFC2828: Internet Security Glossary.
RFC3792: Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Security Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents.
RFC4450: Getting Rid of the Cruft: Report from an Experiment in Identifying and Reclassifying Obsolete Standards Documents.
RFC4643: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension for Authentication.