Module: Cinch::SASL Private

Defined in:: lib/cinch/sasl.rb,
lib/cinch/sasl/plain.rb,
lib/cinch/sasl/mechanism.rb,
lib/cinch/sasl/dh_blowfish.rb,
lib/cinch/sasl/diffie_hellman.rb

Overview

This module is part of a private API. You should avoid using this module if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

Note:

All classes and modules in this module are for internal use by Cinch only.

SASL is a modern way of authentication in IRC, solving problems such as transmitting passwords as plain text (see the DH-BLOWFISH mechanism) and fully identifying before joining any channels.

Cinch automatically detects which mechanisms are supported by the IRC network and uses the best available one.

Supported Mechanisms

DH-BLOWFISH
PLAIN

Configuration

In order to use SASL one has to set the username and password options as follows:

configure do |c|
   c.sasl.username = "foo"
   c.sasl.password = "bar"
end

Since:

2.0.0

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: DH_Blowfish, DiffieHellman, Mechanism, Plain