eu.emi.security.authn.x509.helpers.proxy

Class ProxyHelper

java.lang.Object

eu.emi.security.authn.x509.helpers.proxy.ProxyHelper

public class ProxyHelper
extends Object

Various helpers for handling proxy certificates

Author:

J. Hahkala, K. Benedyczak

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProxyHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getLastCN(X500Name x500Name)
static String	getLastCN(X500Principal principal)
static int	getProxyPathLimit(X509Certificate cert) Returns the proxy path limit of the proxy.
static ExtendedProxyType	getProxyType(X509Certificate certificate) Checks if the certificate is a proxy and if so return its type.
static boolean	isLimited(X509Certificate cert) Checks if the certificate is a limited proxy in Globus sense, i.e. if its last CN is equal to 'limited proxy' (in case of legacy proxies) or if the special limited proxy policy is used.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProxyHelper

public ProxyHelper()

Method Detail

getProxyType

public static ExtendedProxyType getProxyType(X509Certificate certificate)

Checks if the certificate is a proxy and if so return its type.

Parameters:

certificate - to be checked

Returns:

the proxy type or info that it is a normal certificate.

getLastCN

public static String getLastCN(X500Principal principal)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getLastCN

public static String getLastCN(X500Name x500Name)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getProxyPathLimit

public static int getProxyPathLimit(X509Certificate cert)
                             throws IOException

Returns the proxy path limit of the proxy. The argument is not checked if is a real proxy.

Parameters:

cert - certificate

Returns:

path limit as set for the DRAFT and RFC proxies. In case of legacy proxies or unlimited proxies Integer.MAX_VALUE is returned.

Throws:

IOException - if the extension can not be parsed

isLimited

public static boolean isLimited(X509Certificate cert)
                         throws IOException

Checks if the certificate is a limited proxy in Globus sense, i.e. if its last CN is equal to 'limited proxy' (in case of legacy proxies) or if the special limited proxy policy is used.

Parameters:

cert - certificate

Returns:

true only if the parameter is a limited proxy

Throws:

IOException - IO exception