Package gnu.crypto.sasl

Provides concrete implementations of some SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) mechanisms.

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Description

Interface Summary

IAuthInfoProvider	The visible methods of any authentication information provider.
IAuthInfoProviderFactory	The visible method of every authentication information provider factory.

Class Summary

AuthInfo	A static class for creating IAuthInfoProvider providers.
AuthInfoProviderFactory	The concrete SASL authentication information provider factory.
ClientFactory	The implementation of SaslClientFactory.
ClientMechanism	A base class to facilitate implementing SASL client-side mechanisms.
InputBuffer	The implementation of an incoming SASL buffer.
OutputBuffer	The implementation of an outgoing SASL buffer.
SaslInputStream	An input stream that uses either a SaslClient or a SaslServer to process the data through these entities' security layer filter(s).
SaslOutputStream	An output stream that uses either a SaslClient or a SaslServer to process the data through these entities' security layer filter(s).
SaslUtil	Utility methods for SASL-related classes.
ServerFactory	The implementation of the SaslServerFactory.
ServerMechanism	A base class to facilitate implementing SASL server-side mechanisms.

Exception Summary

ConfidentialityException	Used by mechanisms that offer a security services layer, this checked exception is thrown to indicate that a violation has occured during the processing of a confidentiality protection filter.
IllegalMechanismStateException	A checked exception thrown to indicate that an operation that should be invoked on a completed mechanism was invoked but the authentication phase of that mechanism was not completed yet, or that an operation that should be invoked on incomplete mechanisms was invoked but the authentication phase of that mechanism was already completed.
IntegrityException	Used by mechanisms that offer a security services layer, this checked exception is thrown to indicate that a violation has occured during the processing of an integrity protection filter, including replay detection.
NoSuchMechanismException	A checked exception thrown to indicate that a designated SASL mechanism implementation was not found.
NoSuchUserException	A checked exception thrown to indicate that a designated user is unknown to the authentication layer.
SaslEncodingException	A checked exception, thrown when an exception occurs while decoding a SASL buffer and/or a SASL data element from/to a buffer.
UserAlreadyExistsException	A checked exception thrown to indicate that a designated user is already known to the the authentication layer.

Package gnu.crypto.sasl Description

Provides concrete implementations of some SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) mechanisms.

Package overview

This package contains the required classes to use four SASL mechanisms: ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, and SRP. The provided classes allow the use of these, and future mechanism implementations, through both: Sun's --as described in JSR 28 - Java SASL Specification-- as well as GNU Crypto's own APIs.

An implementation of javax.security.sasl, and required classes, are provided by this library (see the ANT build.xml file).

The following diagram shows the important classes participating in this package: