diff --git a/src/Authentication/AbstractAuthentication.php b/src/Authentication/AbstractAuthentication.php
index b343100..eb4430d 100644
--- a/src/Authentication/AbstractAuthentication.php
+++ b/src/Authentication/AbstractAuthentication.php
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ protected function generateDowngradeProtectionVerification()
         usort($allowedMechanisms, array($this, 'sortOctetCollation'));
         usort($allowedChannelBindings, array($this, 'sortOctetCollation'));
 
-        $protect = implode(',', $allowedMechanisms);
+        $protect = implode("\x1e", $allowedMechanisms);
         if (count($allowedChannelBindings) > 0) {
-            $protect .= '|' . implode(',', $allowedChannelBindings);
+            $protect .= "\x1f" . implode("\x1e", $allowedChannelBindings);
         }
         return $protect;
     }
diff --git a/src/Authentication/SCRAM.php b/src/Authentication/SCRAM.php
index bf6c030..1c9d905 100644
--- a/src/Authentication/SCRAM.php
+++ b/src/Authentication/SCRAM.php
@@ -165,13 +165,18 @@ private function generateResponse($challenge, $password)
         $serverMessageRegexp = "#^r=(?<nonce>[\x21-\x2B\x2D-\x7E/]+)"
             . ",s=(?<salt>(?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{3}=|[A-Za-z0-9/+]{2}==)?)"
             . ",i=(?<iteration>[0-9]*)"
-            . "(?:,d=(?<downgradeProtection>(?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{3}=|[A-Za-z0-9/+]{2}==)))?"
-            . "(,[A-Za-z]=[^,])*$#";
+            . "(,(?<additionalAttributes>.*))?$#";
 
         if (!isset($this->cnonce, $this->gs2Header) || !preg_match($serverMessageRegexp, $challenge, $matches)) {
             return false;
         }
 
+        $additionalAttributes = $this->parseAdditionalAttributes($matches);
+
+        //forbidden by RFC 5802
+        if(isset($additionalAttributes['m']))
+            return false;
+
         $nonce = $matches['nonce'];
         $salt  = base64_decode($matches['salt']);
         if (!$salt) {
@@ -186,8 +191,9 @@ private function generateResponse($challenge, $password)
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (!empty($matches['downgradeProtection'])) {
-            if (!$this->downgradeProtection($matches['downgradeProtection'])) {
+        //SSDP hash
+        if (!empty($additionalAttributes['h'])) {
+            if (!$this->downgradeProtection($additionalAttributes['h'])) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -240,6 +246,23 @@ private function hi($str, $salt, $i)
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This will parse all non-fixed-position additional SCRAM attributes (the optional ones and the m-attribute)
+     * @param array $matches The array returned by our regex match, MUST contain an 'additionalAttributes' key
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function parseAdditionalAttributes($matches)
+    {
+        $additionalAttributes=array();
+        $tail=explode(',', $matches['additionalAttributes']);
+        foreach($tail as $entry)
+        {
+            $entry=explode("=", $entry, 2);
+            $additionalAttributes[$entry[0]] = $entry[1];
+        }
+        return $additionalAttributes;
+    }
+
     /**
      * SCRAM has also a server verification step. On a successful outcome, it will send additional data which must
      * absolutely be checked against this function. If this fails, the entity which we are communicating with is
@@ -251,7 +274,7 @@ private function hi($str, $salt, $i)
      */
     public function verify($data)
     {
-        $verifierRegexp = '#^v=((?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{3}=|[A-Za-z0-9/+]{2}==)?)$#';
+        $verifierRegexp = '#^v=((?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9/+]{3}=|[A-Za-z0-9/+]{2}==)?)(,(?<additionalAttributes>.*))?$#';
 
         $matches = array();
         if (!isset($this->saltedPassword, $this->authMessage) || !preg_match($verifierRegexp, $data, $matches)) {
@@ -259,6 +282,12 @@ public function verify($data)
             return false;
         }
 
+        $additionalAttributes = $this->parseAdditionalAttributes($matches);
+
+        //forbidden by RFC 5802
+        if(isset($additionalAttributes['m']))
+            return false;
+
         $verifier                = $matches[1];
         $proposedServerSignature = base64_decode($verifier);
         $serverKey               = call_user_func($this->hmac, $this->saltedPassword, "Server Key", true);