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

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

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__metaclass__
Metaclass for defining Abstract Base Classes (ABCs).

Instance Methods

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__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

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__abstractmethods__ = frozenset(['response', 'start'])

_abc_cache = <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x88d16ac>

_abc_negative_cache = <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x88d16ec>

_abc_negative_cache_version = 10

_abc_registry = <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x88d164c>

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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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.

Decorators:

@abstractmethod

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.

Decorators:

@abstractmethod

Class ServerAuthenticator

__init__(self, password_manager) (Constructor)

start(self, initial_response)

response(self, response)

init(self, password_manager)
(Constructor)