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NAME

       gsasl_stringprep_saslprep - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <gsasl.h>

       char * gsasl_stringprep_saslprep(const char * in, int * stringprep_rc);

ARGUMENTS

       const char * in
                   input ASCII or UTF-8 string with data to prepare  according
                   to SASLprep.

       int * stringprep_rc
                   pointer  to  output variable with stringprep error code, or
                   NULL to indicate that you don’t care about it.

DESCRIPTION

       Process a Unicode string for comparison, according  to  the  "SASLprep"
       stringprep  profile.   This  function  is intended to be used by Simple
       Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)  mechanisms  (such  as  PLAIN,
       CRAM-MD5,  and  DIGEST-MD5)  as well as other protocols exchanging user
       names and/or passwords.

RETURN VALUE

       Return a newly allocated string that is the "SASLprep"  processed  form
       of  the  input  string,  or  NULL on error, in which case stringprep_rc
       contain the stringprep library error code.

DEPRECATED

       Use gsasl_saslprep() instead.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report   bugs   to   <bug-gsasl@gnu.org>.    GNU   SASL   home    page:
       http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/  General  help  using  GNU software:
       http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2002, 2003,  2004,  2005,  2006,  2007,  2008,  2009  Simon
       Josefsson.
       Copying  and  distribution  of this file, with or without modification,
       are permitted in any medium  without  royalty  provided  the  copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for gsasl is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and gsasl programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

              info gsasl

       should give you access to the complete manual.