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 *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307788 IMAP/GSSAPI implemented?]
 *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17578 Request for HTTP/GSSAPI auth] (implemented in 1.7)
-*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292801 Request for LDAP/GSSAPI auth]
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308118 Request for LDAP/GSSAPI auth]
 *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133939 Request for SOCKS5/GSSAPI]
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 == POP3 ==
-I don't use this old protocol.
+*RFC 1939 - POP3 protocol description
+*RFC 1734 - POP3 Authentication description
 == SASL ==
-Thunderbird 1.5 beta has support for SASL/GSSAPI support.  The client must first have a valid Kerberos ticket and the server must also support SASL/GSSAPI authentication in order to succeed.   [http://www.washington.edu/imap UW IMAP Server] has support for SASL/GSSAPI.
+* RFC 2222 - SASL Specification, section 7.2 describes SASL-GSSAPI
+* RFC 4752 - updated SASL GSSAPI spec - describes use of SASL with GSSAPI/KRB5 and GSSAPI/SPNEGO mechanisms.
-== NTLM and SPNEGO? ==
+Thunderbird 1.5 beta has support for SASL/GSSAPI support.  The client must first have a valid Kerberos ticket and the server must also support SASL/GSSAPI authentication in order to succeed.   [http://www.washington.edu/imap UW IMAP Server] has support for SASL/GSSAPI, as does the [http://www.dovecot.org/ Dovecot] system.
+== NTLM and SPNEGO ==
 GSSAPI authentication, either with SPNEGO tokens or with GSSAPI
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 See some details here:
-- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=134505 IETF Internet draft (expired) describing HTTP Auth Negotiation] - the IETF KITTEN WG is currently finalizing a new official specification for the SPNEGO exchange, soon to become
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=134505 IETF Internet draft (expired) describing HTTP Auth Negotiation]
-RFC 4178.
-- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17578 GSSAPI negotiation support added to Mozilla]
+*RFC 2478 - Original SPNEGO specification (broken and outdated as of Fall 2005)
-- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303160 SASL/GSSAPI support added to Thunderbird ]
+*RFC 4178 - (coming soon) official SPNEGO specification.
-- [http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/wyllys?entry=kerberos_web_authentiation_with_apache  Configure GSSAPI auth for Mozilla and Apache (on Solaris)] - also describes IIS and IE configuration.
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17578 GSSAPI negotiation support added to Mozilla]
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303160 SASL/GSSAPI support added to Thunderbird ]
+*[http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/wyllys?entry=kerberos_web_authentiation_with_apache  Configure GSSAPI auth for Mozilla and Apache (on Solaris)] - also describes IIS and IE configuration.
 == General ==
 *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240643 Try the last successful authentication method first.]
-*https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237586
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237586 NegotiateAuth support in SSPI for Windows]
 == GSSAPI implementations ==
+*RFC 2743 - GSSAPI V2
+*RFC 2744 - GSSAPI V2 C-Bindings
 *MIT
 *Sun
 *Heimdal
 *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286030 GNU]
+[[category:Thunderbird|*]]