Package pyxmpp :: Package sasl :: Module core :: Class ServerAuthenticator |
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# Class ServerAuthenticator

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Known Subclasses:
  - plain.PlainServerAuthenticator
  - , digest_md5.DigestMD5ServerAuthenticator

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.

Instance Methods | [hide private]
__init__(self, password_manager) Initialize a ServerAuthenticator object. | source code
Challenge or Success or Failure |
response(self, response) Process a response from a client. | source code
Challenge or Failure or Success |
start(self, initial_response) Start the authentication process. | source code

Method Details | [hide private]

### __init__(self, password_manager) (Constructor) | source code
Initialize a ServerAuthenticator object. Parameters: `password_manager` (: PasswordManager) - : a password manager providing authentication credential verfication.

### response(self, response) | source code
Process a response from a client. Parameters: `response` (: `str`) - : the response from the client to our challenge. Returns: Challenge or Success or Failure a challenge, a success or a failure indicator.

### start(self, initial_response) | source code
Start the authentication process. Parameters: `initial_response` (: `str`) - : 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.