Authen::SASL::Perl::CRAM_MD53pm

(deprecated) cram md5 authentication class

Usage

  use Authen::SASL qw(Perl);
  $sasl = Authen::SASL->new(
    mechanism => 'CRAM-MD5',
    callback  => {
      user => $user,
      pass => $pass
    },
  );

Version

version 2.2100

Overview

This method implements the client part of the CRAM-MD5 SASL algorithm, as described in RFC 2195 resp. in IETF Draft draft-ietf-sasl-crammd5-XX.txt.

Please note that this mechanism has been moved to the "LIMITED" use section of the mechanism registry <https://www.iana.org/assignments/sasl-mechanisms/sasl-mechanisms.xhtml> and is effectively deprecated per RFC8314 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8314.html> (see section 5; security considerations).

Callback

The callbacks used are:

`user`	The username to be used for authentication
`pass`	The user's password to be used for authentication

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 8 times.

3.1
4.0
5.0
6.0–7
8–10
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