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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für cyrus-sasl in AI-Agent-Workflows.

Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install cyrus-sasl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add cyrus-sasl

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cyrus-sasl · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install cyrus-sasl

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cyrus-sasl · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S cyrus-sasl

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openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install cyrus-sasl

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cyrus-sasl · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cyrus_sasl

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cy/cyrus_sasl/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Simple Authentication and Security Layer

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

pluginviewer
saslauthd
sasldblistusers2
saslpasswd2
testsaslauthd

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Cyrus SASL is the Cyrus project's C implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer API. It lets client and server applications plug in authentication mechanisms such as PLAIN, SCRAM, GSSAPI, OTP, EXTERNAL, and others without each application implementing every mechanism itself.

Projektgeschichte

The official documentation ties Cyrus SASL to the Carnegie Mellon Cyrus project, originally an enterprise mail-system effort interested in scalable, administrable systems. Cyrus SASL split out the authentication layer as a reusable library for both client and server writers.

The modern documentation describes Cyrus SASL as an implementation of the SASL specification, with Cyrus IMAP as one major consumer but not the only one. The package includes the library, authentication daemons and utilities, mechanism plugins, and sysadmin/developer documentation.

The documentation still carries upgrade material for SASLv1 to SASLv2 applications, which reflects the library's long service life across older mail and network-service deployments.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Cyrus SASL became infrastructure rather than an end-user app: mail servers, LDAP stacks, Kerberos/GSSAPI deployments, and other network services could depend on a common SASL implementation. The official feature list shows plugins for local databases, PAM, SQL, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, proxied IMAP auth, and multiple SASL mechanisms.

Package managers keep Cyrus SASL available because many other packages need headers, libraries, plugins, or command-line utilities such as saslauthd and saslpasswd2. It is the sort of package that appears quietly in dependency trees and becomes visible when authentication fails.

Wie es verwendet wird

Administrators use Cyrus SASL by installing the library and desired plugins, selecting mechanisms, configuring application-specific SASL options, and optionally running saslauthd. Application developers link against libsasl and use callbacks or configuration files to let SASL perform authentication and authorization services.

The installation guide documents application configuration through the application's own config callback or through per-application SASL configuration files such as /usr/lib/sasl/Appname.conf.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Cyrus SASL is package-nerd-significant because it is glue code for authentication. It is not flashy, but it explains why mail, LDAP, and Kerberos-capable server packages often drag in sasl libraries, mechanism plugins, and helper daemons.

Zeitleiste

1990s: Cyrus project at Carnegie Mellon builds scalable mail-system infrastructure.
2006: RFC 4422 defines the modern SASL framework referenced by Cyrus SASL documentation.
2016: cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl repository appears on GitHub.
2022: Cyrus SASL 2.1.28 documented as the latest stable version on the official site.

Related projects

Cyrus IMAP uses Cyrus SASL for mail-server authentication support.
Kerberos, LDAP, PAM, SQL databases, and SASL mechanism RFCs are common integration points.
OpenLDAP and other network services are frequent downstream users of SASL libraries.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 12 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 2 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /usr/lib/sasl2/<application>.conf/etc/sasl2/<application>.conf

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`pluginviewer`	cli	globales Executable
`saslauthd`	cli	globales Executable
`sasldblistusers2`	cli	globales Executable
`saslpasswd2`	cli	globales Executable
`testsaslauthd`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-10

Manager-Version2.1.28

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl

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Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:cyrus-sasl
Version	2.1.28
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cyrus-sasl
Homepage	https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl/
Repository	https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl
Lizenz	BSD-3-Clause-Attribution
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/releases/download/cyrus-sasl-2.1.28/cyrus-sasl-2.1.28.tar.gz
Abhängigkeiten	krb5, openssl@3
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	libxcrypt
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	cyrus-sasl
Version Scheme	0
Revision	2
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	yes
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

cyrus_sasl

nix profile install nixpkgs#cyrus_sasl

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cyrus Sasl

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cy/cyrus_sasl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

cyrus-sasl 2.1.28-r9

Cyrus Simple Authentication Service Layer (SASL)