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Class: Net::IMAP::LoginAuthenticator

Relationships & Source Files
Inherits: Object
Defined in: lib/net/imap/authenticators/login.rb

Overview

Authenticator for the “LOGIN” SASL mechanism. See #authenticate.

LOGIN authentication sends the password in cleartext. RFC3501 encourages servers to disable cleartext authentication until after TLS has been negotiated. RFC8314 recommends TLS version 1.2 or greater be used for all traffic, and deprecate cleartext access ASAP. LOGIN can be secured by TLS encryption.

Deprecated

The SASL mechanisms registry marks “LOGIN” as obsoleted in favor of “PLAIN”. It is included here for compatibility with existing servers. See draft-murchison-sasl-login for both specification and deprecation.

Constant Summary

Class Method Summary

Instance Method Summary

Constructor Details

.new(user, password, warn_deprecation: true, **_ignored) ⇒ LoginAuthenticator (private)

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# File 'lib/net/imap/authenticators/login.rb', line 36



def initialize(user, password, warn_deprecation: true, **_ignored)
  if warn_deprecation
    warn "WARNING: LOGIN SASL mechanism is deprecated. Use PLAIN instead."
  end
  @user = user
  @password = password
  @state = STATE_USER
end


  







Instance Method Details



  

    #process(data)  
  

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# File 'lib/net/imap/authenticators/login.rb', line 21



def process(data)
  case @state
  when STATE_USER
    @state = STATE_PASSWORD
    return @user
  when STATE_PASSWORD
    return @password
  end
end