AclFilter

This authentication filter is compliant with the Acl interface, it must be associated to a specific metadata frame implementing the Acl interface (see AclRealm).

Inherits

The AclFilter class inerits from the following classes:

Attributes description

The AclFilter defines the following attributes:

security-level

semantics: 0 = Basic Authentication, 1 = Digest Authentication
type: This attribute is an editable IntegerAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to 0.

strict-acl-merge-policy

semantics: If true and if the AclFilter is associated to several metadata frames (that are Acls) the access must be granted by all Acls.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to true.

algorithm

semantics: MD5, SHA (used only by the Digest Authentication)
type: This attribute is an editable StringAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to null.

nonce_ttl

semantics: Time to leave of Digest Authentication.
type: This attribute is an editable IntegerAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to 300.

shared-cachability

semantics: When this flag is set to true, the authentication filter will decorate replies on the way back, marking the reply as being cachable by proxies only if the proxy is willing to revalidate it.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to false.

private-cachability

semantics: When this flag is set to true, it overrides all other settings, and mark the reply on its way back as being cachable by any cache (a private or shared cache) prvided that cache revalidates it on each access.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to false.

public-cachability

semantics: When set to true, the filter will mark all outgoing replies it catches as being cachable, witouht even requiring revalidation.
type: This attribute is an editable BooleanAttribute
default value: This attribute defaults to false.

Jigsaw Team
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