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		viraptor on March 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Verifications.io Leaks Personal Records of 2B User... > I would love it if there were a simple, open standard for authentication so every database didn't have to redo it There is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Authentication_and_Secu...

jchw on March 29, 2019 [–]

I've only ever seen it used with IRC but this most certainly is the closest thing. Guess I hope for more adoption in the future.

X-Istence on March 31, 2019 | [–]

SASL is also used with Dovecot/Postfix for example.

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