org.opends.server.extensions

Class MD5PasswordStorageScheme

java.lang.Object

org.opends.server.api.PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

org.opends.server.extensions.MD5PasswordStorageScheme

public class MD5PasswordStorageScheme
extends PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

This class defines a Directory Server password storage scheme based on the MD5 algorithm defined in RFC 1321. This is a one-way digest algorithm so there is no way to retrieve the original clear-text version of the password from the hashed value (although this means that it is not suitable for things that need the clear-text password like DIGEST-MD5). This implementation does not perform any salting, which means that it is more vulnerable to dictionary attacks than salted variants.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MD5PasswordStorageScheme()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ByteString	encodePassword(ByteSequence plaintext) Encodes the provided plaintext password for this storage scheme, without the name of the associated scheme.
String	getStorageSchemeName() Retrieves the name of the password storage scheme provided by this handler.
void	initializePasswordStorageScheme(Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg configuration) Initializes this password storage scheme handler based on the information in the provided configuration entry.
boolean	isStorageSchemeSecure() Indicates whether this password storage scheme should be considered "secure".
boolean	passwordMatches(ByteSequence plaintextPassword, ByteSequence storedPassword) Indicates whether the provided plaintext password included in a bind request matches the given stored value.

Methods inherited from class org.opends.server.api.PasswordStorageScheme

authPasswordMatches, destroySilently, encodeAuthPassword, encodePasswordWithScheme, finalizePasswordStorageScheme, getAuthPasswordPlaintextValue, getAuthPasswordSchemeName, getPlaintextValue, isConfigurationAcceptable, isReversible, supportsAuthPasswordSyntax

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MD5PasswordStorageScheme

public MD5PasswordStorageScheme()

Method Detail

initializePasswordStorageScheme

public void initializePasswordStorageScheme(Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg configuration)
                                     throws ConfigException,
                                            InitializationException

Description copied from class: PasswordStorageScheme

Initializes this password storage scheme handler based on the information in the provided configuration entry. It should also register itself with the Directory Server for the particular storage scheme that it will manage.

Specified by:

initializePasswordStorageScheme in class PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration entry that contains the information to use to initialize this password storage scheme handler.

Throws:

ConfigException - If an unrecoverable problem arises in the process of performing the initialization.

InitializationException - If a problem occurs during initialization that is not related to the server configuration.

getStorageSchemeName

public String getStorageSchemeName()

Description copied from class: PasswordStorageScheme

Retrieves the name of the password storage scheme provided by this handler.

Specified by:

getStorageSchemeName in class PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

Returns:

The name of the password storage scheme provided by this handler.

encodePassword

public ByteString encodePassword(ByteSequence plaintext)
                          throws LdapException

Description copied from class: PasswordStorageScheme

Encodes the provided plaintext password for this storage scheme, without the name of the associated scheme. Note that the provided plaintext password should not be altered in any way.

Specified by:

encodePassword in class PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

Parameters:

plaintext - The plaintext version of the password.

Returns:

The password that has been encoded using this storage scheme.

Throws:

LdapException - If a problem occurs while processing.

passwordMatches

public boolean passwordMatches(ByteSequence plaintextPassword,
                               ByteSequence storedPassword)

Description copied from class: PasswordStorageScheme

Indicates whether the provided plaintext password included in a bind request matches the given stored value. The provided stored value should not include the scheme name in curly braces.

Specified by:

passwordMatches in class PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

Parameters:

plaintextPassword - The plaintext password provided by the user as part of a simple bind attempt.

storedPassword - The stored password to compare against the provided plaintext password.

Returns:

true if the provided plaintext password matches the provided stored password, or false if not.

isStorageSchemeSecure

public boolean isStorageSchemeSecure()

Description copied from class: PasswordStorageScheme

Indicates whether this password storage scheme should be considered "secure". If the encoding used for this scheme does not obscure the value at all, or if it uses a method that is trivial to reverse (e.g., base64), then it should not be considered secure.

This may be used to determine whether a password may be included in a set of search results, including the possibility of overriding access controls in the case that access controls would allow the password to be returned but the password is considered too insecure to reveal.

Specified by:

isStorageSchemeSecure in class PasswordStorageScheme<Md5PasswordStorageSchemeCfg>

Returns:

false if it may be trivial to discover the original plain-text password from the encoded form, or true if the scheme offers sufficient protection that revealing the encoded password will not easily reveal the corresponding plain-text value.