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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
index 3d46163b74..03b8d8db1a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
require 'base64'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
module ActionController
+ # Makes it dead easy to do HTTP Basic, Digest and Token authentication.
module HttpAuthentication
- # Makes it dead easy to do HTTP \Basic and \Digest authentication.
+ # Makes it dead easy to do HTTP \Basic authentication.
#
# === Simple \Basic example
#
@@ -60,47 +60,6 @@ module ActionController
#
# assert_equal 200, status
# end
- #
- # === Simple \Digest example
- #
- # require 'digest/md5'
- # class PostsController < ApplicationController
- # REALM = "SuperSecret"
- # USERS = {"dhh" => "secret", #plain text password
- # "dap" => Digest::MD5.hexdigest(["dap",REALM,"secret"].join(":"))} #ha1 digest password
- #
- # before_filter :authenticate, :except => [:index]
- #
- # def index
- # render :text => "Everyone can see me!"
- # end
- #
- # def edit
- # render :text => "I'm only accessible if you know the password"
- # end
- #
- # private
- # def authenticate
- # authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest(REALM) do |username|
- # USERS[username]
- # end
- # end
- # end
- #
- # === Notes
- #
- # The +authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest+ block must return the user's password
- # or the ha1 digest hash so the framework can appropriately hash to check the user's
- # credentials. Returning +nil+ will cause authentication to fail.
- #
- # Storing the ha1 hash: MD5(username:realm:password), is better than storing a plain password. If
- # the password file or database is compromised, the attacker would be able to use the ha1 hash to
- # authenticate as the user at this +realm+, but would not have the user's password to try using at
- # other sites.
- #
- # In rare instances, web servers or front proxies strip authorization headers before
- # they reach your application. You can debug this situation by logging all environment
- # variables, and check for HTTP_AUTHORIZATION, amongst others.
module Basic
extend self
@@ -155,6 +114,48 @@ module ActionController
end
end
+ # Makes it dead easy to do HTTP \Digest authentication.
+ #
+ # === Simple \Digest example
+ #
+ # require 'digest/md5'
+ # class PostsController < ApplicationController
+ # REALM = "SuperSecret"
+ # USERS = {"dhh" => "secret", #plain text password
+ # "dap" => Digest::MD5.hexdigest(["dap",REALM,"secret"].join(":"))} #ha1 digest password
+ #
+ # before_filter :authenticate, :except => [:index]
+ #
+ # def index
+ # render :text => "Everyone can see me!"
+ # end
+ #
+ # def edit
+ # render :text => "I'm only accessible if you know the password"
+ # end
+ #
+ # private
+ # def authenticate
+ # authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest(REALM) do |username|
+ # USERS[username]
+ # end
+ # end
+ # end
+ #
+ # === Notes
+ #
+ # The +authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest+ block must return the user's password
+ # or the ha1 digest hash so the framework can appropriately hash to check the user's
+ # credentials. Returning +nil+ will cause authentication to fail.
+ #
+ # Storing the ha1 hash: MD5(username:realm:password), is better than storing a plain password. If
+ # the password file or database is compromised, the attacker would be able to use the ha1 hash to
+ # authenticate as the user at this +realm+, but would not have the user's password to try using at
+ # other sites.
+ #
+ # In rare instances, web servers or front proxies strip authorization headers before
+ # they reach your application. You can debug this situation by logging all environment
+ # variables, and check for HTTP_AUTHORIZATION, amongst others.
module Digest
extend self
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ module ActionController
return false unless password
method = request.env['rack.methodoverride.original_method'] || request.env['REQUEST_METHOD']
- uri = credentials[:uri][0,1] == '/' ? request.original_fullpath : request.original_url
+ uri = credentials[:uri]
[true, false].any? do |trailing_question_mark|
[true, false].any? do |password_is_ha1|
@@ -227,9 +228,9 @@ module ActionController
end
def decode_credentials(header)
- Hash[header.to_s.gsub(/^Digest\s+/,'').split(',').map do |pair|
+ HashWithIndifferentAccess[header.to_s.gsub(/^Digest\s+/,'').split(',').map do |pair|
key, value = pair.split('=', 2)
- [key.strip.to_sym, value.to_s.gsub(/^"|"$/,'').gsub(/'/, '')]
+ [key.strip, value.to_s.gsub(/^"|"$/,'').delete('\'')]
end]
end
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ module ActionController
# The quality of the implementation depends on a good choice.
# A nonce might, for example, be constructed as the base 64 encoding of
#
- # => time-stamp H(time-stamp ":" ETag ":" private-key)
+ # time-stamp H(time-stamp ":" ETag ":" private-key)
#
# where time-stamp is a server-generated time or other non-repeating value,
# ETag is the value of the HTTP ETag header associated with the requested entity,
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ module ActionController
#
# An implementation might choose not to accept a previously used nonce or a previously used digest, in order to
# protect against a replay attack. Or, an implementation might choose to use one-time nonces or digests for
- # POST or PUT requests and a time-stamp for GET requests. For more details on the issues involved see Section 4
+ # POST, PUT, or PATCH requests and a time-stamp for GET requests. For more details on the issues involved see Section 4
# of this document.
#
# The nonce is opaque to the client. Composed of Time, and hash of Time with secret
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ module ActionController
end
# Might want a shorter timeout depending on whether the request
- # is a PUT or POST, and if client is browser or web service.
+ # is a PATCH, PUT, or POST, and if client is browser or web service.
# Can be much shorter if the Stale directive is implemented. This would
# allow a user to use new nonce without prompting user again for their
# username and password.
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ module ActionController
# def test_access_granted_from_xml
# get(
# "/notes/1.xml", nil,
- # :authorization => ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token.encode_credentials(users(:dhh).token)
+ # 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token.encode_credentials(users(:dhh).token)
# )
#
# assert_equal 200, status
@@ -399,16 +400,20 @@ module ActionController
end
end
- # If token Authorization header is present, call the login procedure with
- # the present token and options.
+ # If token Authorization header is present, call the login
+ # procedure with the present token and options.
#
- # controller - ActionController::Base instance for the current request.
- # login_procedure - Proc to call if a token is present. The Proc should
- # take 2 arguments:
- # authenticate(controller) { |token, options| ... }
+ # [controller]
+ # ActionController::Base instance for the current request.
#
- # Returns the return value of `&login_procedure` if a token is found.
- # Returns nil if no token is found.
+ # [login_procedure]
+ # Proc to call if a token is present. The Proc should take two arguments:
+ #
+ # authenticate(controller) { |token, options| ... }
+ #
+ # Returns the return value of <tt>login_procedure</tt> if a
+ # token is found. Returns <tt>nil</tt> if no token is found.
+
def authenticate(controller, &login_procedure)
token, options = token_and_options(controller.request)
unless token.blank?
@@ -430,10 +435,12 @@ module ActionController
values = Hash[$1.split(',').map do |value|
value.strip! # remove any spaces between commas and values
key, value = value.split(/\=\"?/) # split key=value pairs
- value.chomp!('"') # chomp trailing " in value
- value.gsub!(/\\\"/, '"') # unescape remaining quotes
- [key, value]
- end]
+ if value
+ value.chomp!('"') # chomp trailing " in value
+ value.gsub!(/\\\"/, '"') # unescape remaining quotes
+ [key, value]
+ end
+ end.compact]
[values.delete("token"), values.with_indifferent_access]
end
end