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TIdSASL.StartAuthenticate Method
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Determines the inital client response for the server challenge in a SASL authentication exchange.

Pascal
function StartAuthenticate(
    const AChallenge: string
): string; virtual; abstract;
Parameters
Parameters 
Description 
AChallenge 
Server challenge for the SASL authentication exchange. 
Returns

string - Inital client response to the server challenge.

Description

StartAuthenticate is an abstract virtual String function that specifies the method used to return the initial client response in the SASL authentication exchange. 

StartAuthenticate is used to construct the authentication identity for the client response. 

AChallenge is the Server challenge for the SASL authentication exchange. 

StartAuthenticate is overridden in descendant classes to implement the specifics for the SASL authentication mechanism.

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