class Parameter (Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Guide)

Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Guide

`class` Parameter

The required class specifies the name of the implemented class for the SASL mechanism. Two authentication mechanisms are supported by the following default implementations:

Table 9–1 Default Implementations for Authentication Mechanism


Class	Description
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism.PlainMechanismHandler`	This class is the default implementation for the PLAIN authentication mechanism. It maps user identifiers and passwords in the PLAIN mechanism to the user identifiers and passwords in the LDAP authentication module under the root organization.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism.CramMD5MechanismHandler`	This class is the default implementation for the CRAM-MD5 authentication mechanism.

Note –

The Authentication Web Service layer provides an interface that must be implemented for each SASL mechanism to process the requested message and return a response.