mod_auth-any/5475: SASL support wanted in Apache

[Daniel Matuschek <da...@swisscom.com>]

>Number:         5475
>Category:       mod_auth-any
>Synopsis:       SASL support wanted in Apache
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 15 07:30:00 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     daniel.matuschek@swisscom.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3
>Environment:
Solaris 2.7
>Description:
Today, Sendmail and Cyrus IMAP can use SASL for user authentication. 
It would be nice to use SASL in Apache web server too.
Are there any ideas to integrate SASL support (METHOD = plain) in Apache ?

Many thanks.

Daniel
>How-To-Repeat:
no problem - feature request
>Fix:

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