Re: SASL Authentication

>> 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 ? +1 Bertrand Mansion Mamasam