edu.yale.its.tp.cas.auth.provider
Class LdapHandler

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.yale.its.tp.cas.auth.provider.WatchfulPasswordHandler
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        +--edu.yale.its.tp.cas.auth.provider.LdapHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthHandler, PasswordHandler

public class LdapHandler

extends WatchfulPasswordHandler

Authenticate by binding against an LDAP directory. Some code borrowed from uPortal SimpleLdapSecurityContext and LdapServices

Constructor Summary

LdapHandler()

Method Summary

boolean

authenticate(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) Returns true if the given request comes from an IP address whose allotment of failed login attemps is within reasonable bounds; false otherwise.

Methods inherited from class edu.yale.its.tp.cas.auth.provider.WatchfulPasswordHandler

registerFailure

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LdapHandler

public LdapHandler()

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                            java.lang.String username,
                            java.lang.String password)

Description copied from class: WatchfulPasswordHandler

Returns true if the given request comes from an IP address whose allotment of failed login attemps is within reasonable bounds; false otherwise. Note: We don't actually validate the user and password; this functionality must be implemented by subclasses.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface PasswordHandler

Overrides:

authenticate in class WatchfulPasswordHandler