twisted.spread.pb.IUsernameMD5Password

interface documentation

class IUsernameMD5Password(ICredentials): (source)

Known implementations: twisted.spread.pb._PortalAuthChallenger

I encapsulate a username and a hashed password.

This credential is used for username/password over PB. CredentialCheckers which check this kind of credential must store the passwords in plaintext form or as a MD5 digest.

Method	`checkMD5Password`	Validate these credentials against the correct MD5 digest of the password.
Method	`checkPassword`	Validate these credentials against the correct password.
Instance Variable	`username`	The username associated with these credentials.

def checkMD5Password(password): (source) ¶

Validate these credentials against the correct MD5 digest of the password.

Parameters
password:`str`	The correct MD5 digest of a password against which to check.
Returns
`bool` or `Deferred`	`True` if the credentials represented by this object match the given digest, `False` if they do not, or a `Deferred` which will be called back with one of these values.

def checkPassword(password): (source) ¶

Validate these credentials against the correct password.

Parameters
password:`str`	The correct, plaintext password against which to check.
Returns
`bool` or `Deferred`	`True` if the credentials represented by this object match the given password, `False` if they do not, or a `Deferred` which will be called back with one of these values.

username: str or Deferred = (source) ¶

The username associated with these credentials.