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  1. Node.js Driver
  2. NODE-571

Can client distinguish between "wrong password" and "wrong auth mechanism" failure?

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      Can an application using the node driver distinguish (observe the difference between)

      • auth failed due to wrong authMechanism
      • auth failed due to wrong password

      This distinction matters if the application wants to implement an auth mechanism fallback such as "try SCRAM-SHA-1, then try MONGODB-CR". If the first (more secure) method fails because the password is wrong by one character, we don't want to attempt the less-secure method.

      Question raised on https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/pull/1299#issuecomment-143265838

            Assignee:
            christkv Christian Amor Kvalheim
            Reporter:
            matt.kangas Matt Kangas
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