thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

SCRAM-SHA-1(-PLUS) + SCRAM-SHA-256(-PLUS) supports

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Description

Dear @k9mail team, @thunderbird team,

Can you add supports of :

  • SCRAM-SHA-1
  • SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS
  • SCRAM-SHA-256
  • SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS
  • SCRAM-SHA-512
  • SCRAM-SHA-512-PLUS
  • SCRAM-SHA3-512
  • SCRAM-SHA3-512-PLUS

You can add too:

  • SCRAM-SHA-224
  • SCRAM-SHA-224-PLUS
  • SCRAM-SHA-384
  • SCRAM-SHA-384-PLUS

"When using the SASL SCRAM mechanism, the SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS variant SHOULD be preferred over the SCRAM-SHA-256 variant, and SHA-256 variants [RFC7677] SHOULD be preferred over SHA-1 variants [RFC5802]".

https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/hash-recommendations.html

-PLUS variants:

IMAP:

LDAP:

  • RFC5803: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Schema for Storing Salted: Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM) Secrets: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5803

HTTP:

2FA:

IANA:

Linked to:

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by locating the authentication implementation for the Android email app and compare its supported mechanisms with the SCRAM variants and RFCs listed in the issue. Done means the requested SCRAM-SHA and channel-binding variants are supported and verified across the relevant protocols.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
authentication, mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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