Maybe, but I can't find it.

Emmanuel

Rahul Thakur a écrit :
I thought there was something similar to this that exists in Redback?

Rahul

----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmanuel Venisse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <continuum-dev@maven.apache.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: XML RPC security


I think it's best solution. With a token, we don't have login/password over the network for each request.

XmlRpcService
  String login( username, password ) //return a token
  {
      tokenManager.login( username, password );
  }

Object method1( token, params ) //null token for guest user or a getGuestToken() method that will return it
  {
      User user = tokenManager.getUser( token );
      ...
  }
  Object method2( token, params )
  {
      ...
  }

TokenManager
  String login( username, password ); //return a token
  User getUser( token )

The TokenManager can be a plexus component with a default implementation for redback.
wdyt?

Emmanuel

Emmanuel Venisse a écrit :
Hey guys,

Some quick notes on the security for XML RPC interface. This is what I
am thinking...

Have an AuthenticatedXmlRpcService component that services the xml rpc
requests. The first request from a client to the service is a request
for authentication. A successful authentication returns an
authentication Token, which is passed along with subsequent requests by
the client. A Token can go stale (configurable time period?) if there
were not requests detected for it. Also, we could have a service that
answers any polling requests and keeps a Token 'alive'.

Thoughts?

Rahul










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