TODO and README for JaasSupport component.
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/***********************************************************************
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* README for JaasSupport
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***********************************************************************/
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INTRODUCTION
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CasaLoginModule is a JAAS login module which can be configured
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to validate credentials consisting of CASA Authentication Tokens.
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CONFIGURATION
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To use CasaLoginModule for your service, set the java.security.auth.login.config
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property to point to the JAAS configuration file for your application. You must
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also set the org.xml.sax.driver property to point to an appropriate SAX Parser.
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The Xerces SAX Parser is a good option (org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser).
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The JAAS configuration file should include the following line:
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com.novell.casa.jaas.CasaLoginModule Required;
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The CasaLoginModule supports the following parameters:
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PerformUsernameCheck - This parameter when set to true tells the CasaLoginModule
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that it must verify that the username is set to "CasaPrincipal". If the parameter
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is not specified the username is not checked.
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CLIENT PROGRAMMING NOTES
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Clients must specify the same service name when requesting Authentication
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Tokens from the CASA Client as the service name specified by the server
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when opening a JAAS Context.
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SERVER PROGRAMMING NOTES
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Server applications validating credentials containing CASA Authentication
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tokens can obtain information about the authenticated identity by getting
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access to the CasaPrincipal that gets associated with the Subject object
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returned from a successful JAAS login. The CasaPrincipal provides the
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following information: username, name of the identity data source (realm),
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and an URL to the identity data source. The CasaPrincipal also contains
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the attributes of the authenticated identity configured as required by the
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service in the Authentication Token Service.
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EXAMPLE SERVER APPLICATION
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See src/com/novell/casa/jaas/sample/SampleApp.java for an example application
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using JAAS to authenticate credentials consisting of CASA Authentication Tokens.
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Note that to get the application to run you must set the path to the JAAS configuration
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file as the JAVA property java.security.auth.login.config. You must also make sure that
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the JAVA property org.xml.sax.driver.org is set to a valid SAX parser. The following shows
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the JAVA options that you would set to run the test application: -Djava.security.auth.login.
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config=/home/user/SampleApp/SampleApp.conf -Dorg.xml.sax.driver=org.apache.xerces.parsers.
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SAXParser
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The SampleApp.conf file should have the following contents:
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SampleApp {
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com.novell.casa.jaas.CasaLoginModule Required debug=true;
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};
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You must also include the CasaJaasSupport.jar and CasaAuthToken.jar files in the
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CLASSPATH of the application.
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SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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CASA Authenticatication Tokens when compromised can be used to either impersonate
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a user or to obtain identity information about the user. Because of this it is
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important that the tokens be secured by applications making use of them. It is
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recommended that the tokens be transmitted using SSL.
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/***********************************************************************
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*
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* TODO for JaasSupport
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***********************************************************************/
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INTRODUCTION
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This file contains a list of the items still outstanding for JaasSupport.
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OUTSTANDING ITEMS
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- Change the username that the login module checks to be CasaPrincipal.
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- Change the setting for checking usernames to be PerformUsernameCheck.
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