Overview#

Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM) is described in RFC 7677 as a family of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL; RFC 4422) authentication mechanisms which addresses the security concerns and meets the deployability requirements.

Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism are defined in SASL SCRAM Family Mechanisms

Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism is a challenge-response Authentication Method.

When used in combination with TLS or an equivalent security layer, a mechanism from this family could improve the status quo for application protocol authentication and provide a suitable choice for a mandatory-to-implement mechanism for future application protocol standards.!! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• LDAP Server Standards and Specifications
• RFC 7677
• SCRAM