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=head1 NAME

Authen::SASL - SASL Authentication framework

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use Authen::SASL;

 $sasl = Authen::SASL->new(
   mechanism => 'CRAM-MD5 PLAIN ANONYMOUS',
   callback => {
     pass => \&fetch_password,
     user => $user,
   }
 );

=head1 DESCRIPTION

SASL is a generic mechanism for authentication used by several
network protocols. B<Authen::SASL> provides an implementation
framework that all protocols should be able to share.

The framework allows different implementations of the connection
class to be plugged in. At the time of writing there were two such
plugins.

=over 4

=item Authen::SASL::Perl

This module implements several mechanisms and is implemented
entirely in Perl.

=item Authen::SASL::Cyrus

This module uses the cyrus V1 C library.

=back

=head2 CONTRUCTOR

The contructor may be called with or without arguments. Passing arguments is
just a short cut to calling the C<mechanism> and C<callback> methods.

=head2 METHODS

=over 4

=item mechanism

Returns the current list of mechanisms

=item mechanism NAMES

Set the list of mechanisms to choose from. NAMES should be a space separated string
of the names.

=item callback NAME

Returns the current callback associated with NAME

=item callback NAME => VALUE, NAME => VALUE, ...

Sets the given callbacks to the given values

=item client_new SERVICE, HOST, SECURITY

Creates and returns a new connection object.

=back

=head1 The Connection Class

=over 4

=item client_start

The initial step to be performed. Returns the initial value to pass to the server.

=item client_step CHALLENGE

This method is called when a response from the server requires it. CHALLENGE
is the value from the server. Returns the next value to pass to the server.

=item property NAME

=item property NAME => VALUE, NAME => VALUE

=item service

Returns the service argument that was passed to C<client_new>

=item host

Returns the host argument that was passed to C<client_new>

=item mechanism

Returns the name of the chosen mechanism.

=back

=head2 Callbacks

There are three different ways in which a callback may be passed

=over

=item CODEREF

If the value passed is a code reference then, when needed, it will be called
and the connection object will be passed as the first argument.

=item ARRAYREF

If the value passed is an array reference, the first element in the array
must be a code reference. When the callback is called the code reference
will be called with the connection object passed as the first argument
and all other values from the array passed after.

=item SCALAR

All other values passed will be used directly. ie it is the same as
passing an code reference that, when called, returns the value.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Authen::SASL::Perl>

=head1 AUTHOR

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list
<perl-ldap-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.

=cut