[jira] Commented: (WSS-25) UsernameToken password is not checked

["Werner Dittmann (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

    [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WSS-25?page=comments#action_12362944 ] 

Werner Dittmann commented on WSS-25:
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Kevin,

yes you are right with respect to JAAS and the
overall callback semantic. When we introduced
this specific behaviour we explicitly stated that
we deviate here from the JAAS meaning. This is mainly
because the handler cannot check the password in every 
case because password type text is often used to transport
password data transparently that is passed forward to 
the service (we had several discussions here on
the list about that). Also the WSS spec allows to
introduce own password type attributes.

Thus we went on and said: well, the handler calls the
callback method but with a specific usage type and the
actual password type data. The callback implementation 
may now, based on the usage type and password type, 
decide what to do and may perform the check on
its own and throw an exception if something is
wrong.

Regards,
Werner


> UsernameToken password is not checked
> -------------------------------------
>
>          Key: WSS-25
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WSS-25
>      Project: WSS4J
>         Type: Bug
>  Environment: Windows 2000, JDK 1.5.0_05-b05
>     Reporter: Kevin Fung
>     Assignee: Davanum Srinivas

>
> In the handleUsernameToken method in WSSecurityEngine class, the password returned by the password handler is not compared against the password/digest from the UsernameToken. The result is that any password will be accepted.

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