[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (AS7-3691) A Negotiated HTTP Authenticator

[Darran Lofthouse (JIRA)]

Darran Lofthouse created AS7-3691:
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             Summary: A Negotiated HTTP Authenticator
                 Key: AS7-3691
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-3691
             Project: Application Server 7
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: Domain Management, Security, Web
            Reporter: Darran Lofthouse
            Assignee: Darran Lofthouse


Historically we have become constrained by an assumption that there should be a single authentication mechanism assigned to a web application.

The HTTP specification however allows for multiple mechanisms to be used in parallel - this task is to investigate the feasibility of writing a single authenticator that is compatible with both JBoss Web and the Sun HTTP server used within AS7 to support a negotiated authentication using a single authenticator backed by a CallbackHandler based realm.

The most common example is fallback from SPNEGO to a username / password based mechanism but for domain management we have also a case of trying to use CLIENT-CERT authentication first and then fallback if that is not possible.

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