From ca22cc0abe93c28f3d296d99c239413bb0d079c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Harris Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:36:09 +0000 Subject: Auths: in plaintext authenticator, fix parsing of consecutive circuflex. Bug 2687 --- doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/doc-docbook') diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 4c79e87cf..15b03eabb 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -27824,7 +27824,14 @@ fixed_plain: client_send = ^username^mysecret .endd The lack of colons means that the entire text is sent with the AUTH -command, with the circumflex characters converted to NULs. A similar example +command, with the circumflex characters converted to NULs. +.new +Note that due to the ambiguity of parsing three consectutive circumflex characters +there is no way to provide a password having a leading circumflex. +.wen + + +A similar example that uses the LOGIN mechanism is: .code fixed_login: -- cgit v1.2.3