Calculation of SASL GS2 mechanism names

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Subject: Calculation of SASL GS2 mechanism names
From: Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:58:27 +0000
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The answer to my question might be obvious, but why can't we just useSHA1 on a dot separated representation of a GSS-API OID?

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