Re: SASL Authentication

+1 here too, the Hash/HMAC digest is already in the Message package, but that one depends on libmhash. I've seen a couple of MD5 and SHA1 algorithms in pure PHP around to avoid that dependency. --- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> wrote: > +1 here (anyone want to add one more to make 5 :) > Richard Heyes wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Been thinking of writing a SASL class or classes for use with Net_Sieve > >and Net_SMTP amongst others and am wondering if anyone with experience > >of SASL has any thoughts on this. My current line of thinking envisages > >two possible methods: > > > >1. A mostly or all static class which supplies methods for producing the > >authentication > > strings eg: > > response Auth_SASL::cramMD5(user, password, challenge); > > > >2. A class system that inherits from Net_Socket and "takes over" the > >communication. This > > would enable the security layer part to be done, though obviously > >this is much more > > complex. This could also intercept authentication request based on > >protocol definitions > > that it knows about (eg SMTP, IMAP, Sieve etc). > > > >Thoughts ? > > > > > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) Research: http://metallo.scripps.edu/ Personal: http://www.castagnetto.org/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com