Add sasl-ir extension

extensions/sasl-ir.md

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+---
+title: SASL initial response
+layout: spec
+copyrights:
+  -
+    name: "Simon Ser"
+    period: "2023"
+    email: "contact@emersion.fr"
+---
+
+## Notes for implementing work-in-progress version
+
+This is a work-in-progress specification.
+
+Software implementing this work-in-progress specification MUST NOT use the unprefixed `sasl-ir` CAP name. Instead, implementations SHOULD use the `draft/sasl-ir` CAP name to be interoperable with other software implementing a compatible work-in-progress version. The final version of the specification will use unprefixed CAP names.
+
+## Introduction
+
+Clients can use the [SASL extension](sasl-3.1.html) to authenticate against IRC servers. Some SASL mechanisms are client-first, i.e. the client sends an initial response to start the authentication exchange.
+
+This extension updates the first `AUTHENTICATE` command to accept an initial response, to avoid a roundtrip in the SASL exchange.
+
+## Implementation
+
+Servers supporting this extension MUST advertise the `draft/sasl-ir` capability. Servers MUST accept the new form of the `AUTHENTICATE` command even if the capability hasn't been explciitly enabled by the client.
+
+The initial `AUTHENTICATE` command is extended to accept an extra argument for the initial response:
+
+    AUTHENTICATE <mechanism> [initial-response]
+
+The initial response is optional. When provided, the initial response MUST be encoded as defined by SASL 3.1 (base64 or `+` with a maximum size of 400 bytes). If the initial response is larger than 400 bytes, the client MUST send separate `AUTHENTICATE` commands as usual with the rest of the chunks (without repeating the mechanism name).
+
+An `AUTHENTICATE` command with an initial response is equivalent to the following exchange:
+
+    C: AUTHENTICATE <mechanism>
+    S: AUTHENTICATE +
+    C: AUTHENTICATE <initial-response>
+
+## Example protocol exchange
+
+When the initial response fits into the 400 byte limit:
+
+    C: AUTHENTICATE PLAIN amlsbGVzAGppbGxlcwBzZXNhbWU=
+    S: :irc.example.org 900 emersion emersion!emersion@emersion.fr emersion :You are now logged in as emersion
+    S: :irc.example.org 903 emersion :SASL authentication successful
+
+When the initial response needs to be split into multiple chunks:
+
+    C: AUTHENTICATE PLAIN 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
+    C: AUTHENTICATE SXRhcXVlIHJlaWNpZW5kaXMgZXQgZnVnaWF0IGZhY2VyZSB2ZW5pYW0gcmVjdXNhbmRhZSBkb2xvcmVtIGRlc2VydW50LiBUZW5ldHVyIGN1bSBjdWxwYSBhdHF1ZSBhcmNoaXRlY3RvIGFiIG1heGltZS4=
+    S: :irc.example.org 900 emersion emersion!emersion@emersion.fr emersion :You are now logged in as emersion
+    S: :irc.example.org 903 emersion :SASL authentication successful