def _listen(self, protocols, From, description):
        """
        Implementation of L{Listen}.
        """
        # The peer is coming from a client-side representation of the user
        # described by 'From', and talking *to* a server-side representation of
        # the user described by 'From'.
        self.verifyCertificateAllowed(From, From)
        theirCert = Certificate.peerFromTransport(self.transport)
        for protocolName in protocols:
            if protocolName.startswith('.'):
                raise VerifyError(
                    "Internal protocols are for server-server use _only_: %r" %
                    protocolName)

            key = (From, protocolName)
            value = (self, theirCert, description)
            log.msg("%r listening for %r" % key)
            self.listeningClient.append((key, value))
            self.service.listeningClients.setdefault(key, []).append(value)
        return {}