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diff --git a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm index 8b5b2b59f6..11f856f3cd 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm @@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ )) (synopsis "Generic Security Service library") (description - "GNU GSS is an implementation of the Generic Security Service Application -Program Interface (GSS-API). GSS-API is used by network servers to provide -security services, e.g., to authenticate SMTP/IMAP clients against -SMTP/IMAP servers. GSS consists of a library and a manual.") + "The GNU Generic Security Service provides a free implementation of the +GSS-API specification. It provides a generic application programming +interface for programs to access security services. Security services present +a generic, GSS interface, with which the calling application interacts via +this library, freeing the application developer from needing to know about +the underlying security implementation.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/"))) @@ -91,25 +93,9 @@ SMTP/IMAP servers. GSS consists of a library and a manual.") `(("gnutls" ,gnutls))) (synopsis "Simple Authentication and Security Layer library") (description - "GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security -Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network -servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in -clients to authenticate against servers. - -GNU SASL consists of a library (libgsasl), a command line utility (gsasl) -to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes -support for the framework (with authentication functions and application -data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the -CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, -SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, LOGIN, and NTLM mechanisms. - -The library is portable because it does not do network communication by -itself, but rather leaves it up to the calling application. The library is -flexible with regards to the authorization infrastructure used, as it -utilises callbacks into the application to decide whether an user is -authorised or not. - -The gsasl package distribution includes the library part as well, -so there is no need to install two packages.") + "GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and +Security Layer framework. On network servers such as IMAP or SMTP servers, +SASL is used to handle client/server authentication. This package contains +both a library and a command-line tool to access the library.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/"))) |