NAME

Mozilla::Persona::Validate - validate the existence of the user

INHERITANCE

 Mozilla::Persona::Validate is extended by
   Mozilla::Persona::Validate::Htpasswd
   Mozilla::Persona::Validate::IMAPTalk
   Mozilla::Persona::Validate::Table

SYNOPSIS

  # add to the configation of $domain.json
  { ...
    "validate" : {
      "class" : "Mozilla::Persona::Validate::Table"
      ...options for new()...
    },
    ...
  }

DESCRIPTION

The validator object must ensure that the user/password combination is valid. Various approaches are possible, but only a few implemented. Please contribute.

Ideas/implementations for validators:

• Mozilla::Persona::Validate::Table

  Maintained is a table of username/password combinations (passwords are always kept encrypted).

• Mozilla::Persona::Validate::IMAPTalk

  The Mail::IMAPTalk implementation is used to contact an IMAP4 server with the username/password. When login for that server is successful, then the user is valid, access is granted.

• Mozilla::Persona::Validate::HtAccess>

  Use htaccess format files, which simplifies integration with websites.

• Mozilla::Persona::Validate::IMAPClient>

  (To be implemented) Use the more popular Mail::IMAPClient to validate.

METHODS

Constructors

Mozilla::Persona::Validate->new(OPTIONS)

Validation

$obj->isValid(USER, PASSWORD)

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mozilla-Persona distribution version 0.12, built on November 22, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net. The code is based on the MulkyID code by Matthias Benkard.

Persona is described at http://www.mozilla.org/persona/

COPYRIGHTS

Copyrights of the perl code and the related documentation by 2012 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html