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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def authenticate(credentials, sock_info):
 """Authenticate sock_info."""

    mechanism = credentials.mechanism
    auth_func = _AUTH_MAP.get(mechanism)
    auth_func(credentials, sock_info)