com.tibco.tibems.tibemsd.security

Interface ConnectionAttributes

All Superinterfaces:

java.security.Principal

public interface ConnectionAttributes
extends java.security.Principal

The ConnectionAttributes interface provides access to connection related information. An object of this class can be retrieved from the LoginModule Subject when JAAS login modules are used with EMS, and in that context represents the connection associated with a client.

From within the initialization method of a LoginModule, one can retrieve this with the following code:

 Set ciSet = subject.getPrincipals(ConnectionAttributes.class);
 ConnectionAttributes connectionAttributes = ciSet.iterator().next();
 

See Also:

LoginModule.initialize(javax.security.auth.Subject, javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler, java.util.Map, java.util.Map), Subject

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	ConnectionAttributes.Type This enumeration describes the type of connection of the ConnectionAttributes object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.net.InetAddress	getInetAddress() Gets the network address of the client socket.
ConnectionAttributes.Type	getType() Retrieves the type of the client connection.
byte[]	getX509Data() If SSL is enabled, retrieve the x509 certificate of the remote end of the SSL connection, if one is available.
boolean	isSSL() Determine if the connection is using SSL to authenticate.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Detail

getInetAddress

java.net.InetAddress getInetAddress()

Gets the network address of the client socket.

Returns:

the inetAddress of the client.

See Also:

InetAddress

isSSL

boolean isSSL()

Determine if the connection is using SSL to authenticate.

Note: This does not necessarily mean the connection data is encrypted; Refer to the EMS User Guide documentation regarding "SSL Authentication Only" for more information.

Returns:

true if the connection is using SSL, false otherwise.

getX509Data

byte[] getX509Data()

If SSL is enabled, retrieve the x509 certificate of the remote end of the SSL connection, if one is available. This will only be set if isSSL() returns true, the remote client or server has provided a certificate, and that certificate has met the validation requirements set in this server's configuration. The bytes returned are suitable as input for the java.security.cert.Certificate.generateCertificate() method.

Returns:

the x509 certificate of the remote end of the SSL connection.

getType

ConnectionAttributes.Type getType()

Retrieves the type of the client connection.

Returns:

the type of the connection.