RFC 4643: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension for Authentication

This document defines an extension to the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) that allows a client to indicate an authentication mechanism to the server, to…

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Outgoing relationships (16 related RFCs)

Updates, Informative reference — RFC 2980: Common NNTP Extensions
Normative reference — RFC 4648: The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings
Normative reference — RFC 4234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3454: Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")
Normative reference — RFC 4422: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
Normative reference — RFC 4013: SASLprep: Stringprep Profile for User Names and Passwords
Normative reference — RFC 1704: On Internet Authentication
Normative reference — RFC 2831: Using Digest Authentication as a SASL Mechanism
Normative reference — RFC 3977: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
Normative reference — RFC 4642: Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
Informative reference — RFC 3501: INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
Informative reference — RFC 3080: The Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol Core
Informative reference — RFC 4513: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms
Informative reference — RFC 4616: The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism
Informative reference — RFC 2554: SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 1734: POP3 AUTHentication command

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8143: Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4642: Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6885: Stringprep Revision and Problem Statement for the Preparation and Comparison of Internationalized Strings (PRECIS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5538: The 'news' and 'nntp' URI Schemes