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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-21 11:44:51 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-21 11:44:51 +0000 |
commit | 9e3c08db40b8916968b9f30096c7be3f00ce9647 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 1:115.7.0.upstream/1%115.7.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsIHttpAuthenticator.idl b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsIHttpAuthenticator.idl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..222bd3837c --- /dev/null +++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsIHttpAuthenticator.idl @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#include "nsISupports.idl" + +interface nsIHttpAuthenticableChannel; +interface nsIHttpAuthenticatorCallback; +interface nsICancelable; + +/** + * nsIHttpAuthenticator + * + * Interface designed to allow for pluggable HTTP authentication modules. + * Implementations are registered under the ContractID: + * + * "@mozilla.org/network/http-authenticator;1?scheme=<auth-scheme>" + * + * where <auth-scheme> is the lower-cased value of the authentication scheme + * found in the server challenge per the rules of RFC 2617. + */ +[uuid(fef7db8a-a4e2-49d1-9685-19ed7e309b7d)] +interface nsIHttpAuthenticator : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Upon receipt of a server challenge, this function is called to determine + * whether or not the current user identity has been rejected. If true, + * then the user will be prompted by the channel to enter (or revise) their + * identity. Following this, generateCredentials will be called. + * + * If the IDENTITY_IGNORED auth flag is set, then the aInvalidateIdentity + * return value will be ignored, and user prompting will be suppressed. + * + * @param aChannel + * the http channel that received the challenge. + * @param aChallenge + * the challenge from the WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate + * server response header. (possibly from the auth cache.) + * @param aProxyAuth + * flag indicating whether or not aChallenge is from a proxy. + * @param aSessionState + * see description below for generateCredentials. + * @param aContinuationState + * see description below for generateCredentials. + * @param aInvalidateIdentity + * return value indicating whether or not to prompt the user for a + * revised identity. + */ + [must_use] + void challengeReceived(in nsIHttpAuthenticableChannel aChannel, + in ACString aChallenge, + in boolean aProxyAuth, + inout nsISupports aSessionState, + inout nsISupports aContinuationState, + out boolean aInvalidatesIdentity); + + /** + * Called to generate the authentication credentials for a particular + * server/proxy challenge asynchronously. Credentials will be sent back + * to the server via an Authorization/Proxy-Authorization header. + * + * @param aChannel + * the http channel requesting credentials + * @param aCallback + * callback function to be called when credentials are available + * @param aChallenge + * the challenge from the WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate + * server response header. (possibly from the auth cache.) + * @param aProxyAuth + * flag indicating whether or not aChallenge is from a proxy. + * @param aDomain + * string containing the domain name (if appropriate) + * @param aUser + * string containing the user name + * @param aPassword + * string containing the password + * @param aSessionState + * state stored along side the user's identity in the auth cache + * for the lifetime of the browser session. if a new auth cache + * entry is created for this challenge, then this parameter will + * be null. on return, the result will be stored in the new auth + * cache entry. this parameter is non-null when an auth cache entry + * is being reused. currently modification of session state is not + * communicated to caller, thus caching credentials obtained by + * asynchronous way is not supported. + * @param aContinuationState + * state held by the channel between consecutive calls to + * generateCredentials, assuming multiple calls are required + * to authenticate. this state is held for at most the lifetime of + * the channel. + * @pram aCancel + * returns cancellable runnable object which caller can use to cancel + * calling aCallback when finished. + */ + [must_use] + void generateCredentialsAsync(in nsIHttpAuthenticableChannel aChannel, + in nsIHttpAuthenticatorCallback aCallback, + in ACString aChallenge, + in boolean aProxyAuth, + in AString aDomain, + in AString aUser, + in AString aPassword, + in nsISupports aSessionState, + in nsISupports aContinuationState, + out nsICancelable aCancel); + /** + * Called to generate the authentication credentials for a particular + * server/proxy challenge. This is the value that will be sent back + * to the server via an Authorization/Proxy-Authorization header. + * + * This function may be called using a cached challenge provided the + * authenticator sets the REUSABLE_CHALLENGE flag. + * + * @param aChannel + * the http channel requesting credentials + * @param aChallenge + * the challenge from the WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate + * server response header. (possibly from the auth cache.) + * @param aProxyAuth + * flag indicating whether or not aChallenge is from a proxy. + * @param aDomain + * string containing the domain name (if appropriate) + * @param aUser + * string containing the user name + * @param aPassword + * string containing the password + * @param aSessionState + * state stored along side the user's identity in the auth cache + * for the lifetime of the browser session. if a new auth cache + * entry is created for this challenge, then this parameter will + * be null. on return, the result will be stored in the new auth + * cache entry. this parameter is non-null when an auth cache entry + * is being reused. + * @param aContinuationState + * state held by the channel between consecutive calls to + * generateCredentials, assuming multiple calls are required + * to authenticate. this state is held for at most the lifetime of + * the channel. + * @param aFlags + * authenticator may return one of the generate flags bellow. + */ + [must_use] + ACString generateCredentials(in nsIHttpAuthenticableChannel aChannel, + in ACString aChallenge, + in boolean aProxyAuth, + in AString aDomain, + in AString aUser, + in AString aPassword, + inout nsISupports aSessionState, + inout nsISupports aContinuationState, + out unsigned long aFlags); + + /** + * Generate flags + */ + + /** + * Indicates that the authenticator has used an out-of-band or internal + * source of identity and tells the consumer that it must not cache + * the returned identity because it might not be valid and would overwrite + * the cached identity. See bug 542318 comment 32. + */ + const unsigned long USING_INTERNAL_IDENTITY = (1<<0); + + /** + * Flags defining various properties of the authenticator. + */ + [must_use] readonly attribute unsigned long authFlags; + + /** + * A request based authentication scheme only authenticates an individual + * request (or a set of requests under the same authentication domain as + * defined by RFC 2617). BASIC and DIGEST are request based authentication + * schemes. + */ + const unsigned long REQUEST_BASED = (1<<0); + + /** + * A connection based authentication scheme authenticates an individual + * connection. Multiple requests may be issued over the connection without + * repeating the authentication steps. Connection based authentication + * schemes can associate state with the connection being authenticated via + * the aContinuationState parameter (see generateCredentials). + */ + const unsigned long CONNECTION_BASED = (1<<1); + + /** + * The credentials returned from generateCredentials may be reused with any + * other URLs within "the protection space" as defined by RFC 2617 section + * 1.2. If this flag is not set, then generateCredentials must be called + * for each request within the protection space. REUSABLE_CREDENTIALS + * implies REUSABLE_CHALLENGE. + */ + const unsigned long REUSABLE_CREDENTIALS = (1<<2); + + /** + * A challenge may be reused to later generate credentials in anticipation + * of a duplicate server challenge for URLs within "the protection space" + * as defined by RFC 2617 section 1.2. + */ + const unsigned long REUSABLE_CHALLENGE = (1<<3); + + /** + * This flag indicates that the identity of the user is not required by + * this authentication scheme. + */ + const unsigned long IDENTITY_IGNORED = (1<<10); + + /** + * This flag indicates that the identity of the user includes a domain + * attribute that the user must supply. + */ + const unsigned long IDENTITY_INCLUDES_DOMAIN = (1<<11); + + /** + * This flag indicates that the identity will be sent encrypted. It does + * not make sense to combine this flag with IDENTITY_IGNORED. + */ + const unsigned long IDENTITY_ENCRYPTED = (1<<12); +}; |