GNU SASL 0.2.9

[Simon Josefsson]

I am pleased to announce the availability of GNU SASL version 0.2.9!

GNU SASL is a modern C library that implement the standard network
security protocol Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
The framework and a couple of common SASL mechanisms are implemented.
GNU SASL can be used by network applications for IMAP, SMTP and
similar protocols to provide authentication services (and more).

Noteworthy changes since version 0.2.8:
- Fix build error with some compilers in GSS-API mechanism.
- Gnulib is now used for crypto functions, instead of Nettle in crypto/.
Libgcrypt can still optionally be used through --with-libgcrypt.

Improving GNU SASL is costly, but you can help!  We are looking for
organizations that find GNU SASL useful and wish to contribute back.
You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software, purchase
support contracts, or donate money or equipment.

Commercial support contracts for GNU SASL are available, and they help
finance continued maintenance.  Simon Josefsson Datakonsult, a
Stockholm based privately held company, is currently funding GNU SASL
maintenance.  We are always looking for interesting development
projects.

If you need help to use GNU SASL, or want to help others, you are
invited to join our help-gsasl mailing list, see:
<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsasl>.

The project page of the library is available at:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
  http://josefsson.org/gsasl/

Here are the compressed sources of the entire package:
  http://josefsson.org/gsasl/releases/gsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz   (2.6MB)
  http://josefsson.org/gsasl/releases/gsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz.sig  (PGP)

Here are the compressed sources of the LGPL library (included above):
  http://josefsson.org/gsasl/releases/libgsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz   (560KB)
  http://josefsson.org/gsasl/releases/libgsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz.sig  (PGP)

The software is cryptographically signed by the author using an
OpenPGP key identified by the following information:
  1280R/B565716F 2002-05-05 [expires: 2006-02-28]
  Key fingerprint = 0424 D4EE 81A0 E3D1 19C6  F835 EDA2 1E94 B565 716F

The key is available from:
  http://josefsson.org/key.txt
  dns:b565716f.josefsson.org?TYPE=CERT

Here are the SHA-1 checksums:

322a647fea1e84b3979582649fe6c148d03c684c  gsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz
7c18a5c7deeab158ae10bbdeb48d43f6add49d14  gsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz.sig

352ebae346634fe652508b841a88e11ffb22dfb6  libgsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz
6901d6db5ea4512960964b7d2d6199592f118ba2  libgsasl-0.2.9.tar.gz.sig

Here are the build reports for various platforms:
  http://josefsson.org/autobuild-logs/gsasl.html

Enjoy,
Simon