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/* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 et cindent: */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
#include "nsISupports.idl"
[uuid(6e35dbc0-49ef-4e2c-b1ea-b72ec64450a2)]
interface nsIAuthModule : nsISupports
{
/**
* Default behavior.
*/
const unsigned long REQ_DEFAULT = 0;
/**
* Client and server will be authenticated.
*/
const unsigned long REQ_MUTUAL_AUTH = (1 << 0);
/**
* The server is allowed to impersonate the client. The REQ_MUTUAL_AUTH
* flag may also need to be specified in order for this flag to take
* effect.
*/
const unsigned long REQ_DELEGATE = (1 << 1);
/**
* The authentication is required for a proxy connection.
*/
const unsigned long REQ_PROXY_AUTH = (1 << 2);
/**
* Flags used for telemetry.
*/
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_SAMBA_AUTH_PROXY = 0;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_SAMBA_AUTH_DIRECT = 1;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_WIN_API_PROXY = 2;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_WIN_API_DIRECT = 3;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_GENERIC_PROXY = 4;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_GENERIC_DIRECT = 5;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_KERBEROS_PROXY = 6;
const unsigned long NTLM_MODULE_KERBEROS_DIRECT = 7;
/** Other flags may be defined in the future */
/**
* Called to initialize an auth module. The other methods cannot be called
* unless this method succeeds.
*
* @param aServiceName
* the service name, which may be null if not applicable (e.g., for
* NTLM, this parameter should be null).
* @param aServiceFlags
* a bitwise-or of the REQ_ flags defined above (pass REQ_DEFAULT
* for default behavior).
* @param aDomain
* the authentication domain, which may be null if not applicable.
* @param aUsername
* the user's login name
* @param aPassword
* the user's password
*/
void init(in ACString aServiceName,
in unsigned long aServiceFlags,
in AString aDomain,
in AString aUsername,
in AString aPassword);
/**
* Called to get the next token in a sequence of authentication steps.
*
* @param aInToken
* A buffer containing the input token (e.g., a challenge from a
* server). This may be null.
* @param aInTokenLength
* The length of the input token.
* @param aOutToken
* If getNextToken succeeds, then aOutToken will point to a buffer
* to be sent in response to the server challenge. The length of
* this buffer is given by aOutTokenLength. The buffer at aOutToken
* must be recycled with a call to free.
* @param aOutTokenLength
* If getNextToken succeeds, then aOutTokenLength contains the
* length of the buffer (number of bytes) pointed to by aOutToken.
*/
void getNextToken([const] in voidPtr aInToken,
in unsigned long aInTokenLength,
out voidPtr aOutToken,
out unsigned long aOutTokenLength);
/**
* Once a security context has been established through calls to GetNextToken()
* it may be used to protect data exchanged between client and server. Calls
* to Wrap() are used to protect items of data to be sent to the server.
*
* @param aInToken
* A buffer containing the data to be sent to the server
* @param aInTokenLength
* The length of the input token
* @param confidential
* If set to true, Wrap() will encrypt the data, otherwise data will
* just be integrity protected (checksummed)
* @param aOutToken
* A buffer containing the resulting data to be sent to the server
* @param aOutTokenLength
* The length of the output token buffer
*
* Wrap() may return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, if the underlying authentication
* mechanism does not support security layers.
*/
void wrap([const] in voidPtr aInToken,
in unsigned long aInTokenLength,
in boolean confidential,
out voidPtr aOutToken,
out unsigned long aOutTokenLength);
/**
* Unwrap() is used to unpack, decrypt, and verify the checksums on data
* returned by a server when security layers are in use.
*
* @param aInToken
* A buffer containing the data received from the server
* @param aInTokenLength
* The length of the input token
* @param aOutToken
* A buffer containing the plaintext data from the server
* @param aOutTokenLength
* The length of the output token buffer
*
* Unwrap() may return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, if the underlying
* authentication mechanism does not support security layers.
*/
void unwrap([const] in voidPtr aInToken,
in unsigned long aInTokenLength,
out voidPtr aOutToken,
out unsigned long aOutTokenLength);
%{C++
/**
* Create a new instance of an auth module.
*
* @param aType
* The type of the auth module to be constructed.
*/
static already_AddRefed<nsIAuthModule> CreateInstance(const char* aType);
%}
};