The SAWASC Specification is available in the following formats (Click to view):
If you need software to read the OpenDocument Text format, may I recommend OpenOffice.org.
The current version of the SAWASC Specification is version 1.1 Third Edition. This is the fourth public release of the specification.
The purpose of the SAWASC specification is to provide developers with a clear, concise, and organised method of both authenticating users to their system and authenticating their system to its users without transmitting passwords in plain text.
A system which complies to the SAWASC Specification is much less vulnerable to packet sniffers discovering user passwords and phishing attacks.
SAWASC has the same basic design as the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. It was designed with the same principles. However, a few features make it much easier to implement on world wide web based systems.
1.1 (3rd Edition): HTML - PDF - ODT 1.1 (2nd Edition): HTML - PDF - ODT 1.1 (1st Edition): HTML - PDF - ODT 1.0 (1st Edition): HTML - PDF - ODT