Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 6 > cyrus-sasl

SASL, the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, is a generic mechanism for protocols to accomplish authentication. Since protocols (such as SMTP or IMAP) use SASL, it is a natural place for code sharing between applications. Some notable applications that use SASL include Sendmail (versions 8.10.0 and higher) and Cyrus imapd (versions 1.6.0 and higher).