Class: Net::IMAP::PlainAuthenticator

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Net::IMAP::PlainAuthenticator

Defined in:

lib/net/imap/authenticators/plain.rb

Overview

Authenticator for the “PLAIN” SASL mechanism, specified in RFC4616. See Net::IMAP#authenticate.

PLAIN authentication sends the password in cleartext. RFC3501 encourages servers to disable cleartext authentication until after TLS has been negotiated. RFC8314 recommends TLS version 1.2 or greater be used for all traffic, and deprecate cleartext access ASAP. PLAIN can be secured by TLS encryption.

Constant Summary

NULL =

:nodoc:

-"\0".b

Instance Method Summary

• #process(data) ⇒ Object

Instance Method Details

#process(data) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/net/imap/authenticators/plain.rb', line 14

def process(data)
  return "#@authzid\0#@username\0#@password"
end