twisted.mail.pop3.APOPCredentials : API documentation

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class twisted.mail.pop3.APOPCredentials: (source)

Implements interfaces: twisted.cred.credentials.IUsernamePassword

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Credentials for use in APOP authentication.

Instance Variable	magic	See `__init__`
Instance Variable	username	See `__init__`
Instance Variable	digest	See `__init__`
Method	__init__
Method	checkPassword	Validate a plaintext password against the credentials.

magic = (source)

username = (source)

from twisted.cred.credentials.IUsernamePassword

digest = (source)

def __init__(self, magic, username, digest): (source)

Parameters	magic	The challenge string used to encrypt the password. (type: `bytes`)
	username	The username associated with these credentials. (type: `bytes`)
	digest	An encrypted version of the user's password. Should be generated as an MD5 hash of the challenge string concatenated with the plaintext password. (type: `bytes`)

def checkPassword(self, password): (source)

from twisted.cred.credentials.IUsernamePassword

Validate a plaintext password against the credentials.

Parameters	password	A plaintext password. (type: `bytes`)
Returns	`True` if the credentials represented by this object match the given password, `False` if they do not. (type: `bool`)

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