Class sun.server.http.security.DigestAuthentication 
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Class sun.server.http.security.DigestAuthentication 

java.lang.Object
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   +----sun.server.http.security.DigestAuthentication
public class DigestAuthentication
extends Object
implements HttpAuthentication
DigestAuthentication This class implements MD5 based Digest authentication in accordance with draft-ietf-http-digest-aa-04

Constructor Index

o DigestAuthentication(String, HttpSecurityAclInfo)

Method Index

o authenticate(HttpRequest)
A function that authenticates the digest request by reading the authenticate header field in the HTTP request.
o generateNonce(HttpRequest)
generates nonce string using the remote host address and current time, checks for existence of the same nonce, put nonce, remote address, and timestamp into nonce table
o getRealm()
returns the realm of the authentication.
o getScheme()
returns the name of the authentication scheme.
o sendError(HttpRequest, HttpResponse)
sends a authorization error to the client.

Constructors

o DigestAuthentication 
  public DigestAuthentication(String realm,
                              HttpSecurityAclInfo aclInfo)

Methods

o getScheme 
  public String getScheme()
returns the name of the authentication scheme.
Returns:
"Digest"
o getRealm 
  public String getRealm()
returns the realm of the authentication.
Returns:
the realm name
o authenticate 
  public String authenticate(HttpRequest req) throws AuthenticationException
A function that authenticates the digest request by reading the authenticate header field in the HTTP request.
Parameters:
req - the Http request header.
Returns:
the name of the authenticated user.
Throws: AuthenticationException
is thrown if the request is unauthenticated.
o generateNonce 
  public String generateNonce(HttpRequest req)
generates nonce string using the remote host address and current time, checks for existence of the same nonce, put nonce, remote address, and timestamp into nonce table
Parameters:
req - HttpRequest
o sendError 
  public void sendError(HttpRequest req,
                        HttpResponse res) throws IOException
sends a authorization error to the client.
Parameters:
req - request
res - response 
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