SASL 2

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XEP: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0388.html

Allows us to implement:

• Bind 2: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0386.html
• FAST, token-based authentication: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0484.html
• SASL Upgrade Tasks: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0480.html

SASL 2 has been implemented in prosody and ejabberd now:

• https://blog.prosody.im/fast-auth/
• https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-24-02/

Implementation progress:

• 602

  Restructuring for properly implementing another authentication algorithm without messing up the code all too much.

• 607

Funded by NLnet via NGI Zero Entrust.