Apache Tomcat 6.0.53

org.apache.catalina.authenticator
Class SSLAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
      extended by org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase
          extended by org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SSLAuthenticator
All Implemented Interfaces:
javax.management.MBeanRegistration, Authenticator, Contained, Lifecycle, Valve

public class SSLAuthenticator
extends AuthenticatorBase

An Authenticator and Valve implementation of authentication that utilizes SSL certificates to identify client users.

Author:
Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary
protected static java.lang.String info
          Descriptive information about this implementation.
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase
algorithm, cache, changeSessionIdOnAuthentication, context, DEFAULT_ALGORITHM, digest, disableProxyCaching, entropy, lifecycle, random, randomClass, REALM_NAME, securePagesWithPragma, SESSION_ID_BYTES, sm, sso, started
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
container, containerLog, controller, domain, mserver, next, oname
 
Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle
AFTER_START_EVENT, AFTER_STOP_EVENT, BEFORE_START_EVENT, BEFORE_STOP_EVENT, DESTROY_EVENT, INIT_EVENT, PERIODIC_EVENT, START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT
 
Constructor Summary
SSLAuthenticator()
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean authenticate(Request request, Response response, LoginConfig config)
          Authenticate the user by checking for the existence of a certificate chain, and optionally asking a trust manager to validate that we trust this user.
 java.lang.String getInfo()
          Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
 void start()
          Initialize the database we will be using for client verification and certificate validation (if any).
 void stop()
          Finalize the database we used for client verification and certificate validation (if any).
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase
addLifecycleListener, associate, findLifecycleListeners, generateSessionId, getAlgorithm, getCache, getChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication, getContainer, getDigest, getDisableProxyCaching, getEntropy, getRandom, getRandomClass, getSecurePagesWithPragma, invoke, reauthenticateFromSSO, register, removeLifecycleListener, setAlgorithm, setCache, setChangeSessionIdOnAuthentication, setContainer, setDisableProxyCaching, setEntropy, setRandomClass, setSecurePagesWithPragma
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
backgroundProcess, createObjectName, event, getContainerName, getController, getDomain, getNext, getObjectName, getParentName, postDeregister, postRegister, preDeregister, preRegister, setController, setNext, setObjectName, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

info

protected static final java.lang.String info
Descriptive information about this implementation.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

SSLAuthenticator

public SSLAuthenticator()
Method Detail

getInfo

public java.lang.String getInfo()
Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Specified by:
getInfo in interface Valve
Overrides:
getInfo in class AuthenticatorBase

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(Request request,
                            Response response,
                            LoginConfig config)
                     throws java.io.IOException
Authenticate the user by checking for the existence of a certificate chain, and optionally asking a trust manager to validate that we trust this user.

Specified by:
authenticate in class AuthenticatorBase
Parameters:
request - Request we are processing
response - Response we are creating
config - Login configuration describing how authentication should be performed
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

start

public void start()
           throws LifecycleException
Initialize the database we will be using for client verification and certificate validation (if any).

Specified by:
start in interface Lifecycle
Overrides:
start in class AuthenticatorBase
Throws:
LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used

stop

public void stop()
          throws LifecycleException
Finalize the database we used for client verification and certificate validation (if any).

Specified by:
stop in interface Lifecycle
Overrides:
stop in class AuthenticatorBase
Throws:
LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used

Apache Tomcat 6.0.53

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