New submission from Milan Oberkirch: I implemented message processing for LOGIN and PLAIN authentication in smtpd. I also patched test_smtplib to make use of this functionality.
The goal for the API is to provide decryption and message processing in the smtpd library and call a externally provided or overwritten function(user, password) to verify credentials. The patch provided is missing documentation and a proper API to use/activate this feature (and API specific tests of cause). Things which need to be discussed: a) how shoud AUTH be activated? (when should MAIL etc. require AUTH? when should 'AUTH' be announced in the EHLO response?) b) how should the programmer change the _verify_user_credentials method? My idea to solve a and b at once would be to set the verification function by a keyword argument and require/activate AUTH if this kwarg is set. I didn't implement CRAM-MD5 because it requires the correct password to be available in plain text. ---------- components: email files: smtpd_AUTH.patch keywords: patch messages: 222516 nosy: barry, jesstess, pitrou, r.david.murray, zvyn priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Implement AUTH command in smtpd. type: enhancement versions: Python 3.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file35895/smtpd_AUTH.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21935> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
