blackboard.platform.security.authentication
Class RDBMSAuthUtil

java.lang.Object
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  +--blackboard.platform.security.authentication.RDBMSAuthUtil

public class RDBMSAuthUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Utility class used by classes in the authentication package. The method of use by Building Block Developers is getHashValue(String), which returns the MD5 hash of a given string, suitable for inserting into the password field in the User record.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

HASH_ALGORITHM

Constructor Summary

RDBMSAuthUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getHashValue(java.lang.String input) Utility method that generates a hex-formatted string representation of the message digest obtained from the specified string.
static void	init(ConfigurationService cfg) Standard initialization method.
static boolean	sessionCookiePersisted(java.lang.String md5SessionId)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HASH_ALGORITHM

public static final java.lang.String HASH_ALGORITHM

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RDBMSAuthUtil

public RDBMSAuthUtil()

Method Detail

init

public static void init(ConfigurationService cfg)

Standard initialization method.

getHashValue

public static java.lang.String getHashValue(java.lang.String input)

Utility method that generates a hex-formatted string representation of the message digest obtained from the specified string. Used in generating persistent password references and challenges in the challenge response protocol.

Parameters:

input - String to hash, format and return

Returns:

Hexadecimal representation of the hashed message. All characters are lowercase.

sessionCookiePersisted

public static boolean sessionCookiePersisted(java.lang.String md5SessionId)
                                      throws BbSecurityException

BbSecurityException