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Package pyxmpp2 :: Package sasl :: Module core :: Class ServerAuthenticator
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Class ServerAuthenticator

Base class for server authenticators.

A server authenticator class is a server-side implementation of a SASL mechanism. One ServerAuthenticator object may be used for one client authentication process.

Nested Classes [hide private]
  __metaclass__
Metaclass for defining Abstract Base Classes (ABCs).
Instance Methods [hide private]
 
__init__(self, password_manager)
Initialize a ServerAuthenticator object.
Challenge or Failure or Success
start(self, initial_response)
Start the authentication process.
Challenge or Success or Failure
response(self, response)
Process a response from a client.

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Class Variables [hide private]
  __abstractmethods__ = frozenset([])
  _abc_cache = <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x879026c>
  _abc_negative_cache = <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x87902ac>
  _abc_negative_cache_version = 10
  _abc_registry = <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x879020c>
Properties [hide private]

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details [hide private]

__init__(self, password_manager)
(Constructor)

 
Initialize a ServerAuthenticator object.
Parameters:
  • password_manager (PasswordManager) - a password manager providing authentication credential verfication.
Overrides: object.__init__

start(self, initial_response)

 
Start the authentication process.
Parameters:
  • initial_response (bytes) - the initial response send by the client with the authentication request.
Returns: Challenge or Failure or Success
a challenge, a success or a failure indicator.

response(self, response)

 
Process a response from a client.
Parameters:
  • response (bytes) - the response from the client to our challenge.
Returns: Challenge or Success or Failure
a challenge, a success or a failure indicator.

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