[security-dev 00762]: Re: Code review request: Undefined requesting URL in "java.net.Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()"

[Max (Weijun) Wang]

On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems  
Ireland wrote:

> Hi Max,
>
> I'm not overly familiar with this code, so another reviewer would be  
> prudent.
>
> The changes look fine. I have just two minor comments:
> 1) In handle(Callback[]) I'd move the call to getAnswer from L83 and
>   L86 and put it before the if statement. I expect that an
>   unsupported callback would be rare.

In fact, the handler is called inside JDK. Two of them, one with one  
NameCallback, and another with one PasswordCallback. However,  I would  
like handle() to look more general.

> 2) I don't see that you need to set the default values for the class
>   members username and answered. I actually believe that Suns javac
>   generates more unnecessary bytecode to set these values.

Correct.

Thanks
Max

>
> As I said the comments are minor (feel free to ignore them).  
> Otherwise looks good.
>
> -Chris.
>
> Weijun Wang wrote:
>> Hi Chris/Valerie
>> Can you take a review on a related bug. I found it when I wrote the  
>> test
>> for the previous one.
>> 6829283: HTTP/Negotiate: Authenticator triggered again when user  
>> cancels
>> the first one
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/6829283/webrev.00/
>> Basically, it's because for HTTP/Negotiate, it's
>>   ... -> Callback -> Authenticator
>> We have 2 callbacks (user and pass) in JAAS, but there's only 1
>> Authenticator (doing user and pass at the same time). If user cancels
>> the first call, we shouldn't bother her again.
>> Thanks
>> Max
>> Max Wang (Weijun) wrote:
>>> Hi Chris
>>>
>>> A new webrev is created at
>>>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/6578647/webrev.01
>>>
>>> Now all HttpCallerInfo creations are inline, so the diff is much
>>> clearer. There's one place I didn't call toLowerCase(), the call is
>>> moved into NegotiatorImpl right before the service principal name is
>>> created.
>>>
>>> I also add a test, putting two Kerberos KDC, one HTTP server, one  
>>> proxy
>>> server in a single regression test is fun!
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mx
>>>
>>> On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Max (Weijun) Wang wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Apr 14, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems
>>>> Ireland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Max,
>>>>>
>>>>> I only looked at the networking part of the changes. They look  
>>>>> fine,
>>>>> I just have a few questions/comments:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection
>>>>> Can you use the same HttpCallerInfo instance for proxy  
>>>>> authentication
>>>>> at line 1108? This instance has been created using the single arg
>>>>> constructor therefore it is has authType = RequestorType.SERVER,
>>>>> right?
>>>> Yes, you're right. Will update tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>>> 2) sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpCallerInfo
>>>>> It is just my preference, but I would prefer to see all the  
>>>>> fields of
>>>>> HttpCallerInfo private and have simple accessors:
>>>>>     private final String host;
>>>>>     ......
>>>>>
>>>>>     public String host() {
>>>>>         return host;
>>>>>     }
>>>>>     ......
>>>> Your suggestion is more formal. But I think making all fields  
>>>> final is
>>>> also sufficient to make it immutable.
>>>>
>>>>> 3) Are the changes to use HttpCallerInfo in AuthenticationHeader,
>>>>> HttpURLConnection, NegotiateAuthentication and NegotiatorImpl
>>>>> strictly necessary? They seem to be changed just for consistency  
>>>>> of
>>>>> using the new class. I only see that NegotiateCallbackHandler is
>>>>> required to use this new class on the networking side.
>>>> There needs a way to transfer these info into the JGSS underneath  
>>>> (so
>>>> that NegotiateCallbackHandler has a chance to know them), and the  
>>>> only
>>>> bridge is inside NegotiatorImpl. I don't know if there's a better  
>>>> way
>>>> to do this. The HttpClient class seems having similar info but
>>>> sometimes it's null and I don't know why. Sorry if I reinvent a
>>>> wheel-cart to carry these info.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Max
>>>>
>>>>> This is not a problem just a question to see if I understand
>>>>> correctly the changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Chris.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/13/09 03:27, Weijun Wang wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Valerie and Networking guys
>>>>>> Please take a review at this bug fix:
>>>>>>  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/6578647/webrev.00/
>>>>>> The bug is
>>>>>>  http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6578647
>>>>>> The bug report says that no URL-related info is available in
>>>>>> Authenticator when using HTTP/Negotiate. The reason is that in  
>>>>>> the long
>>>>>> stack of
>>>>>> HTTP/Negotiate -> JGSS -> JAAS -> Krb5LoginModule
>>>>>>     -> Callback -> Authenticator
>>>>>> The URL info is lost. In order to support special actions for
>>>>>> HTTP/Negotiate calls in JGSS (say, using Authenticator instead of
>>>>>> text-based callback, honor the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag...), we  
>>>>>> already used
>>>>>> an integer field (caller) to tell the codes deep below who  
>>>>>> initiates
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> JGSS calls. It seems an integer is not enough to carry too much
>>>>>> information. (oh, I love the C void*)
>>>>>> The fix is simple: change the caller from integer to a Java  
>>>>>> class:
>>>>>> GSSCaller, which includes as much as info it likes. For HTTP/ 
>>>>>> Negotiate,
>>>>>> a child class HttpCaller, encapsulates all info an  
>>>>>> Authenticator needs.
>>>>>> The fix includes three parts:
>>>>>> 1. Three new classes:
>>>>>> sun.sec.jgss.GSSCaller:
>>>>>>     the new caller
>>>>>> sun.sec.jgss.HttpCaller:
>>>>>>     a child of GSSCaller, knows everything about HTTP
>>>>>> sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpCallerInfo:
>>>>>>     the info GSSCaller knows, this class is created on the
>>>>>>     network side so that no sun.security.jgss.* codes are
>>>>>>     dragged into the bootstrap building process.
>>>>>> 2. On the network side:
>>>>>> Refactoring HTTP codes in sun.net.www.protocol.http.* to fill  
>>>>>> info
>>>>>> into the HttpCallerInfo class.
>>>>>> 3. On the JGSS side:
>>>>>> Multiple changes in sun.security.jgss.* classes. *All* the
>>>>>> code changes are simply s/int/GSSCaller/g changes.
>>>>>> I also moved the pre-defined callers from GSSUtil to
>>>>>> GSSCaller.
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Max