common/rfb/SSecurity.h

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//
// SSecurity - class on the server side for handling security handshaking.  A
// derived class for a particular security type overrides the processMsg()
// method.

// processMsg() is called first when the security type has been decided on, and
// will keep being called whenever there is data to read from the client.  It
// should return false when it needs more data, or true when the connection has
// been successfully authenticated.  In the event of authentication failure an
// AuthFailureException should be thrown - this will result in a "failed"
// security result being sent to the client with the str() from the exception
// being sent as the reason.  Any other type of failure should be indicated by
// some other kind of exception which will cause the connection to be aborted.
//
// processMsg() must never block (or at least must never block until the client
// has been authenticated) - this is to prevent denial of service attacks.
// Note that the first time processMsg() is called, there is no guarantee that
// there is any data to read from the SConnection's InStream, but subsequent
// calls guarantee there is at least one byte which can be read without
// blocking.
//
// getType() should return the secType value corresponding to the SSecurity
// implementation.
//

#ifndef __RFB_SSECURITY_H__
#define __RFB_SSECURITY_H__

#include <rdr/types.h>
#include <rfb/util.h>
#include <list>

namespace rfb {

  class SConnection;

  class SSecurity {
  public:
    virtual ~SSecurity() {}
    virtual bool processMsg(SConnection* sc)=0;
    virtual void destroy() { delete this; }
    virtual int getType() const = 0;

    // getUserName() gets the name of the user attempting authentication.  The
    // storage is owned by the SSecurity object, so a copy must be taken if
    // necessary.  Null may be returned to indicate that there is no user name
    // for this security type.
    virtual const char* getUserName() const = 0;
  };

}
#endif