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Known implementations: twisted.cred.credentials.CramMD5Credentials, twisted.cred.credentials.DigestedCredentials, twisted.cred.credentials.UsernameHashedPassword, twisted.spread.pb._PortalAuthChallenger
This credential is used when a hashed password is received from the party requesting authentication. CredentialCheckers which check this kind of credential must store the passwords in plaintext (or as password-equivalent hashes) form so that they can be hashed in a manner appropriate for the particular credentials class.
| Instance Variable | username | The username associated with these credentials. (type: str) |
| Method | checkPassword | Validate these credentials against the correct password. |
| Parameters | password | The correct, plaintext password against which to check. (type: str) |
| Returns | True if the credentials represented by this object match the
given password, False if they do not, or a Deferred which
will be called back with one of these values. (type: bool or Deferred) | |