SASL...oken(n)

💖 SASL::XGoogleToken — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're reading the SASL::XGoogleToken(n) page together and honestly? it's giving niche-but-iconic. this one lives in the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) family of docs, so if you already know that crowd you're gonna feel right at home. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SASL::XGoogleToken — an implementation of the SASL NTLM mechanism for Tcl. yes bestie, that's literally what it says, we don't make the rules, we just report them faithfully. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

package require Tcl 8.5 9

package require SASL::XGoogleToken ?1.0.2?

look at her. two little package require lines and she's ready to go. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so, what does this package actually do? it hands you the XGoogleToken authentication mechanism for the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). that's the whole vibe. 🔥

and if you want the deep lore, the manual is like: go read the docs for package sasl for details. that's where the real tea is, iykyk. 💜

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🔐 TLS SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS 🔐

okay this part is important, so like, focus bestie. 👑

this package uses the TLS package to handle security for https urls and other socket connections. no cap.

but here's the thing — and this is highkey crucial — policy decisions like which set of protocols to support and what ciphers to use are not the responsibility of TLS, and they are not the responsibility of this package either. nope. those decisions belong to whichever application is using the package, and they're probably gonna be influenced by the set of servers that application is gonna talk to. that's just how it is. 🫠

for example: in light of the recent POODLE attack discovered by Google, many servers will disable support for the SSLv3 protocol. (the original links it here: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/this-poodle-bites-exploiting-ssl-30.html — go look, we're not gatekeeping.) 🐩

so to handle that change, the applications using TLS must be patched — not this package, and not TLS itself. and sometimes that patch is as simple as just generally activating tls1 support, like in the example below:

package require tls
tls::init -tls1 1 ;# forcibly activate support for the TLS1 protocol

... your own application code ...

💀 real talk: if you're waiting on this package or on TLS to fix your protocol support for you, that's not the move. the patch is your application's job, bestie. sorry not sorry.

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🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

• Pat Thoyts

shoutout to the author, we love a legend. 🎀

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🙈 BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK 🙈

ngl, this document and the package it describes will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. it's fine, it's normal, it's giving "software". 😭

please report such things in the category sasl of the Tcllib Trackers: http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist

and please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have — for either the package and/or the documentation. we want all of it, every crumb. 🍓

when you're proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e. the output of diff -u. periodt.

also note: attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. 💯 you can make an attachment by going to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the left-most button in the secondary navigation bar. that's the whole trick, you're welcome. ✨

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⭐ KEYWORDS ⭐

SASL, XGoogleToken, authentication

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💜 CATEGORY 💜

Networking

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c) 2006, Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🧚 this little angel comes to you from tcllib, version 1.0.2, and she's out here doing her absolute best. stay authenticated, stay slay, and go read the sasl docs fr fr. 💖🌸🦋