From 6d8eb3ccc43ea1347fd635cc99dbbc4f95601d69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Holmberg Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:54:01 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Mention SaslAuthProvider in doc security section. --- docs/security.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/security.rst b/docs/security.rst index c87c5de8..9f7af68b 100644 --- a/docs/security.rst +++ b/docs/security.rst @@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ to be explicit. Custom Authenticators ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you're using something other than Cassandra's ``PasswordAuthenticator``, -you may need to create your own subclasses of :class:`~.AuthProvider` and -:class:`~.Authenticator`. You can use :class:`~.PlainTextAuthProvider` -and :class:`~.PlainTextAuthenticator` as example implementations. +:class:`~.SaslAuthProvider` is provided for generic SASL authentication mechanisms, +utilizing the ``pure-sasl`` package. +If these do not suit your needs, you may need to create your own subclasses of +:class:`~.AuthProvider` and :class:`~.Authenticator`. You can use the Sasl classes +as example implementations. Protocol v1 Authentication ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^