!!! Overview 
[{$pagename}] ([QoP]) is a property of certain [SASL Mechanisms] (especially the [DIGEST-MD5] and [GSSAPI] mechanisms) that can be used to protect the communication between the client and the server.

There are three different [QoP] levels:

* auth -- This indicates that the associated [SASL Mechanisms] should only be used for [Authentication] of the client connection.  It should not provide any other protection for the client-server communication
* auth-int -- This indicates that the associated [SASL Mechanisms]m should be used for [authentication], and then should also provide [integrity] protection for the [communication] between the client and server.  [Integrity] protection will not prevent third-party [observers] from understanding the communication, but it will ensure that a [man-In-The-Middle] is unable to alter that communication in an undetectable manner
* auth-conf -- This indicates that the associated SASL mechanism should be used for [authentication], and then should also provide [integrity] and [confidentiality] protection for the [communication] between the client and the server.  This will ensure that third-party [observers] will [NOT] be unable to understand the [communication]

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