[CXF-5909] TLS Authenticated Handshake and Authentication/Authorization with JAAS by TLS Certificate

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Fix Version/s: Invalid
• Component/s: Core
• Labels: SSL TLS authentication authorization jaas
• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Piotr Klimczak
• Created: 28/Jul/14 10:10
• Updated: 29/Jul/14 19:30
• Resolved: 29/Jul/14 19:30

Description

Hi All!

I haven't found such functionality in CXF, so I have created one.
So if there is anybody who see a value of doing JAAS authentication with TLS Authenticated handshake certificate, then I can prepare patches to 3.x branch and 2.x branch.
I already got this working, but more work need to be done (like unit tests) before submitting a patch to Apache Community. So just want to be sure that my work will not be wasted.
Once when I will receive a patch share request, I will prepare it and submit to JIRA.

Some description of Authentication/Authorization functionality
Well when CXF is used with Mutual Authentication, client key is verified by servlet container in background. So this layer is responsible for doing some authentication. Then certificate seems to be wasted and client have to use UserToken to authenticate again and let the authorization be done in future.

So the idea is to take some information from message like:

TLSSessionInfo tlsSessionInfo = message.get(TLSSessionInfo.class);

Extract for example a mail from certificate, then use JAAS to do authentication and take roles assigned to this email to let the Authorization be done in future.
All done with InInterceptor just like with JAASLoginInInterceptor.
So it is quite simple.

Waiting for feedback.
Once received a confirmation, will prepare patches with junit tests.

Greetings
Piotr Klimczak

Issue Links

• duplicates: CXF-5118 Create CXF interceptor which will use HTTPS client certificates to create JAAS SecurityContext