Class: BasicAuthenticator (in Authentication)

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Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Authentication::Authenticator
      |
      +--Authentication::BasicAuthenticator

Package:

stx:goodies/authentication

Category:

Net-Authentication

Version:

rev: 1.9 date: 2022/11/03 15:09:33

user: cg

file: Authentication__BasicAuthenticator.st directory: goodies/authentication

module: stx stc-classLibrary: authentication

Description:

This class implements Basic Authentication as defined in RFC 2617.

Note that Basic Authentication is insecure and should be used only for backward compatibility.


[instance variables:]
    username        String      the username as supplied by the client in its credentials
    password        String      the password as supplied by the client in its credentials

[class variables:]

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Class protocol:

 generateChallengeForRealm: aRealm

generate a challenge for a client

Usage example(s):

self generateChallengeForRealm:'realm'

 mechanismName

answer the name of the mechanism as known in the protocols

 newAuthenticationData

answer the authentication data used by this authenticator

Instance protocol:

 secret

 secret: something

 username

 username: something

 initializeWith: authString

initialize the algorithm with the response parameters:

 authenticateWith: authenticationData

authenticate - against authenticationData.
Raise BadCredentialsError if authentication fails

 authenticateWithUserResolver: aOneArgBlock

authenticate - resolve the username via aOneArgBlock.
Raise BadCredentialsError if authentication fails

 generateStaleChallenge

BasicAuthenticator does not support stale challenges

 isBasic

Private classes:

    BasicAuthenticationData