com.netscape.certsrv.authentication

Interface IAuthManager

All Known Subinterfaces:

IProfileAuthenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentCertAuthentication, CMCAuth, DirBasedAuthentication, FlatFileAuth, HashAuthentication, PortalEnroll, SSLclientCertAuthentication, TokenAuthentication, UidPwdDirAuthentication, UidPwdPinDirAuthentication, UserPwdDirAuthentication

public interface IAuthManager

Authentication Manager interface.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	CRED_CERT_SERIAL_TO_REVOKE Standard credential for client cert's serial number from revocation.
static java.lang.String	CRED_HOST_NAME
static java.lang.String	CRED_SESSION_ID
static java.lang.String	CRED_SSL_CLIENT_CERT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IAuthToken	authenticate(IAuthCredentials authCred) Authenticate the given credentials.
java.lang.String[]	getConfigParams() Get configuration parameters for this implementation.
IConfigStore	getConfigStore() Get the configuration store for this authentication manager.
java.lang.String	getImplName() Get name of authentication manager plugin.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this authentication manager instance.
java.lang.String[]	getRequiredCreds() Gets a list of the required credentials for this authentication manager.
void	init(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String implName, IConfigStore config) Initialize this authentication manager.
void	shutdown() Prepare this authentication manager for a shutdown.

Field Detail

CRED_SSL_CLIENT_CERT

static final java.lang.String CRED_SSL_CLIENT_CERT

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Constant Field Values

CRED_CERT_SERIAL_TO_REVOKE

static final java.lang.String CRED_CERT_SERIAL_TO_REVOKE

Standard credential for client cert's serial number from revocation.

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Constant Field Values

CRED_SESSION_ID

static final java.lang.String CRED_SESSION_ID

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Constant Field Values

CRED_HOST_NAME

static final java.lang.String CRED_HOST_NAME

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this authentication manager instance.

Returns:

the name of this authentication manager.

getImplName

java.lang.String getImplName()

Get name of authentication manager plugin.

Returns:

the name of the authentication manager plugin.

authenticate

IAuthToken authenticate(IAuthCredentials authCred)
                 throws EMissingCredential,
                        EInvalidCredentials,
                        EBaseException

Authenticate the given credentials.

Parameters:

authCred - The authentication credentials

Returns:

authentication token

Throws:

EMissingCredential - If a required credential for this authentication manager is missing.

EInvalidCredentials - If credentials cannot be authenticated.

EBaseException - If an internal error occurred.

init

void init(java.lang.String name,
          java.lang.String implName,
          IConfigStore config)
   throws EBaseException

Initialize this authentication manager.

Parameters:

name - The name of this authentication manager instance.

implName - The name of the authentication manager plugin.

config - The configuration store for this authentication manager.

Throws:

EBaseException - If an initialization error occurred.

shutdown

void shutdown()

Prepare this authentication manager for a shutdown. Called when the server is exiting for any cleanup needed.

getRequiredCreds

java.lang.String[] getRequiredCreds()

Gets a list of the required credentials for this authentication manager.

Returns:

The required credential attributes.

getConfigParams

java.lang.String[] getConfigParams()
                            throws EBaseException

Get configuration parameters for this implementation. The configuration parameters returned is passed to the configuration console so configuration for instances of this implementation can be made through the console.

Returns:

a list of configuration parameters.

Throws:

EBaseException - If an internal error occurred

getConfigStore

IConfigStore getConfigStore()

Get the configuration store for this authentication manager.

Returns:

The configuration store of this authentication manager.