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[xwiki-devs] Compass and Hibernate Search
by Vincent Massol 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

I think it would be nice to look at Compass (http://www.compass-project.org/overview.html ) or Hibernate Search (http://www.hibernate.org/410.html) for the future. I think Compass is better for us since we don't want to rely on Hibernate for our storage in the future. Here are some features of Compass: " - Simple Compass provides a simple API for working with Lucene. If you know how to use an ORM, then you will feel right at home with Compass with simple operations for save, and delete & query. - Lucene Building on top of Lucene, Compass simplifies common usage patterns of Lucene such as google-style search, index updates as well as more advanced concepts such as caching and index sharding (sub indexes). Compass also uses built in optimizations for concurrent commits and merges. - Mapping Compass provides support for mapping of different data "formats" - indexing and storing (caching) them in the Search Engine: Object to Search Engine Mapping (using annotations or xml), XML to Search Engine Mapping (using simple xpath expressions), and the low level Resource to Search Engine Mappping. - Tx Compass provides a transactional API on top of the Search Engine supporting different transaction isolation levels. Externally, Compass provides a local transaction manager as well as integration with external transaction managers such as JTA (Sync and XA), Spring, and ORM ones. - ORM Compass integrates seamlessly with most popular ORM frameworks allowing automatic mirroring, to the index, of the changes in data performed via the ORM tool. Compass has generic support for JPA as well as embedded support for Hibernate, OpenJPA, TopLink Essentials, and EclipseLink allow to add Compass using three simple steps. - Spring Compass integrates seamlessly with Spring. Compass can be easily configured using Spring, integrates with Spring transaction management, has support for Spring MVC, and has Spring aspects built in for reflecting operations to the search engine. - Distributed Compass simplifies the creation of distributed Lucene index by allowing to store the Lucene index in a database, as well as storing the index simply with Data Grid products such as GigaSpaces, Coherence and Terracotta. " The last point is especially important for our distributed lucene searcg feature developed during the GSOC. Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] Adding MS Office integration project to jira
by Florin Ciubotaru 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi devs, We need to create a jira project for the MS Office integration. Jerome has proposed to put in "XWiki Core & Products" section, with the "*XOFFICE*" key. WDYT? The first Add-in in the suite will be the Word Add-in and is currently named *XWriter*( XWord is another option). I target the first milestone release on November 19th, and a first final version somewhere around XE 1.8 final release date. The solution also contains a project named *XWikiLib*. This is an assembly that will contain most logic for the server connection and other utilities. It might be useful for other members of the community that may want to connect to XWiki from a .NET client. Regards, Florin Ciubotaru

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[xwiki-devs] Fwd: [ANN] Maven Release Plugin 2.0-beta-8 Released
by Vincent Massol 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Could be a good idea to upgrade... Maybe we could try it during the next release? Thanks -Vincent Begin forwarded message: > From: "Olivier Lamy" <olamy(a)apache.org> > Date: October 30, 2008 11:42:18 PM CEST > To: "Maven Users List" <users(a)maven.apache.org>, announce(a)maven.apache.org > Cc: "Maven Developers List" <dev(a)maven.apache.org> > Subject: [ANN] Maven Release Plugin 2.0-beta-8 Released > Reply-To: "Maven Developers List" <dev(a)maven.apache.org> > > The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Release > Plugin, version 2.0-beta-8. > > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/ > > You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.0-beta-8</version> > </plugin> > > Release Notes - Maven 2.x Release Plugin - Version 2.0-beta-8 > > > ** Bug > * [MRELEASE-87] - Poms are written with wrong encodings > * [MRELEASE-188] - release:perform is not updating some modules to > the next version identifier correctly. > * [MRELEASE-201] - Deployed POM is not valid XML > * [MRELEASE-221] - XML header missing in modified POM after > release:prepare > * [MRELEASE-223] - Generated pom.xml has invalid chars (does not > correctly handle xml entities) > * [MRELEASE-254] - tests failed on windows > * [MRELEASE-255] - during a release several elements are removed > from the pom.xml (which should be left there) > * [MRELEASE-267] - Whitespaces in artifactId or groupId prevent > version update > * [MRELEASE-268] - Release is broken with Subversion 1.3.x and > earlier > * [MRELEASE-302] - Test don't pass on windows due to encoding > issues > * [MRELEASE-305] - release:prepare forgets a slash when changing > the <scm> urls > * [MRELEASE-337] - generated command line must remove newLine > characters > * [MRELEASE-351] - xml declaration removed on release > * [MRELEASE-355] - Deploying from Leopard, with Svn 1.4.4 has > error on automated Svn commit > * [MRELEASE-360] - NullPointerException in release > * [MRELEASE-364] - InvokerMavenExecutor fails with NPE if > additional arguments are not set > * [MRELEASE-365] - ForkedMavenExecutor fails with NoSuchMethodError > * [MRELEASE-366] - Using InvokerMavenExecutor fails in combination > with space in paths > > ** Improvement > * [MRELEASE-173] - Allow command line specification of versions > * [MRELEASE-321] - Add support for -DdevelopmentVersion and > -DreleaseVersion to facilitate command line configuration > * [MRELEASE-341] - support release process that use a staging > repository > * [MRELEASE-345] - Keep comments in rewritten elements > * [MRELEASE-359] - Release plugin depends on mvn being in the path > of the shell that started the current build > * [MRELEASE-382] - Specifying workingDirectory as system property > on CL is not picked up by release:perform > > ** New Feature > * [MRELEASE-369] - upgrade scm version to last 1.1 (and add by > default new providers accurev and git) > > ** Task > * [MRELEASE-316] - remove copy of plexus-utils' XML encoding > support sources > > > ** Wish > * [MRELEASE-313] - add an option to set the profile(s) used to > perform the release > > Have fun ! > > -The Maven team > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe(a)maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help(a)maven.apache.org >

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[xwiki-devs] Problem connecting Xwiki with OpenLDAP
by Milan Mehta 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

I have configured Xwiki (release 1.6-milestone-2.12601) to authenticate against my OpenLDAP (v2.3.35). I am continuously getting a "Wrong user name" message on my UI. On investigating my ldap logs, I found that Xwiki first authenticates successfully to OpenLDAP with the users id & password. However it then tries to do a lookup of the user (I assume for the details of the user), and at that time, it does not seem to be passing the base DN in the request. In such scenarios OpenLDAP returns a "No such object" error. I tried to do a test using ldapsearch without passing the base, and I got the same error. Also, the error did not occur when I passed the base parameter to ldapsearch. I am trying to trace through this problem in the source, but meanwhile, would like some help in figuring out whether my configuration is wrong, or if someone has encountered a similar problem before. Regards, Milan... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Xwiki.cfg - LDAP Section ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- #-# new LDAP authentication service xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthSer viceImpl #-# Turn LDAP authentication on - otherwise only XWiki authentication #-# 0: disable #-# 1: enable xwiki.authentication.ldap=1 #-# LDAP Server (Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP, etc.) xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=ldap-slave xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389 #-# base DN for searches xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry> #-# LDAP login, empty = anonymous access, otherwise specify full dn #-# {0} is replaced with the username, {1} with the password #xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn=cname#,department=USER,department=INFO RMATIK,department=1230,o=MP #xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn=Manager,department=USER,department=INF ORMATIK,department=1230 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry> xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass=<dummy> #-# Force to check password after LDAP connection #-# 0: disable #-# 1: enable xwiki.authentication.ldap.validate_password=0 #-# only members of the following group will be verified in the LDAP #-# otherwise only users that are found after searching starting from the base_DN # xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=cn=developers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US #xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=ou=People,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry > #-# [SINCE 1.5RC1, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# only users not member of the following group can autheticate # xwiki.authentication.ldap.exclude_group=cn=admin,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US #-# Specifies the LDAP attribute containing the identifier to be used as the XWiki name (default=cn) xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=uid #-# [SINCE 1.5M1, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# Specifies the LDAP attribute containing the password to be used "when xwiki.authentication.ldap.validate_password" is set to 1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.password_field=userPassword #-# [SINCE 1.5M1, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# The potential LDAP groups classes. Separated by commas. xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_classes=posixGroup #-# [SINCE 1.5M1, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# The potential names of the LDAP groups fields containings the members. Separated by commas. xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_memberfields=memberUid #-# retrieve the following fields from LDAP and store them in the XWiki user object (xwiki-attribute=ldap-attribute) #-# ldap_dn=dn -- dn is set by class, caches dn in XWiki.user object for faster access #xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=last_name=sn,first_name=givenName, fullname=cn,email=mail,ldap_dn=dn #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# on every login update the mapped attributes from LDAP to XWiki otherwise this happens only once when the XWiki account is created. xwiki.authentication.ldap.update_user=1 #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# mapps XWiki groups to LDAP groups, separator is "|" # xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping=XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup=cn=AdminRole,o u=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US|\ # XWiki.Organisation=cn=testers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# time in s after which the list of members in a group is refreshed from LDAP (default=3600*6) # xwiki.authentication.ldap.groupcache_expiration=21800 #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# - create : synchronize group membership only when the user is first created #-# - always: synchronize on every login xwiki.authentication.ldap.mode_group_sync=always #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# if ldap authentication fails for any reason, try XWiki DB authentication with the same credentials xwiki.authentication.ldap.trylocal=1 #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# SSL connection to LDAP server #-# 0: normal #-# 1: SSL xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl=0 #-# [SINCE 1.3M2, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# The keystore file to use in SSL connection # xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.keystore= #-# [SINCE 1.5M1, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl] #-# The java secure provider used in SSL connection # xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.secure_provider=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.P rovider ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- OpenLDAP Log output (invoked from xwiki) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(cn=manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>)=0 <<< dnPrettyNormal: <cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>>, <cn=manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>> do_bind: version=3 dn="cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" method=128 ==> bdb_bind: dn: cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry> do_bind: v3 bind: "cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" to "cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" send_ldap_result: conn=5 op=0 p=3 send_ldap_result: err=0 matched="" text="" send_ldap_response: msgid=13 tag=97 err=0 ber_flush: 14 bytes to sd 19 connection_get(19) connection_get(19): got connid=5 connection_read(19): checking for input on id=5 ber_get_next ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 14 contents: ber_get_next do_extended ber_scanf fmt ({m) ber: do_extended: unsupported operation "0.0.0.0" send_ldap_result: conn=5 op=1 p=3 send_ldap_result: err=2 matched="" text="unsupported extended operation" send_ldap_response: msgid=14 tag=120 err=2 ber_flush: 44 bytes to sd 19 connection_get(19) connection_get(19): got connid=5 connection_read(19): checking for input on id=5 ber_get_next ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 40 contents: ber_get_next do_search ber_scanf fmt ({miiiib) ber: >>> dnPrettyNormal: <> <<< dnPrettyNormal: <>, <> SRCH "" 2 0 1000 0 0 begin get_filter EQUALITY ber_scanf fmt ({mm}) ber: end get_filter 0 filter: (uid=mmehta) ber_scanf fmt ({M}}) ber: attrs: send_ldap_result: conn=5 op=2 p=3 send_ldap_result: err=10 matched="" text="" send_ldap_response: msgid=15 tag=101 err=32 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- OpenLDAP Log output (invoked by ldapsearch with base parameter specified) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- <<< dnPrettyNormal: <cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>>, <cn=manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>> do_bind: version=3 dn="cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" method=128 ==> bdb_bind: dn: cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry> do_bind: v3 bind: "cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" to "cn=Manager,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" send_ldap_result: conn=10 op=0 p=3 send_ldap_result: err=0 matched="" text="" send_ldap_response: msgid=1 tag=97 err=0 ber_flush: 14 bytes to sd 21 connection_get(21) connection_get(21): got connid=10 connection_read(21): checking for input on id=10 ber_get_next ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 58 contents: ber_get_next do_search ber_scanf fmt ({miiiib) ber: >>> dnPrettyNormal: <dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>> => ldap_bv2dn(dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>,0) <= ldap_bv2dn(dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>)=0 => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>)=0 => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>)=0 <<< dnPrettyNormal: <dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>>, <dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>> SRCH "dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" 2 0 0 0 0 ************** This is the place where the base is available ********************** begin get_filter EQUALITY ber_scanf fmt ({mm}) ber: end get_filter 0 filter: (uid=mmehta) ber_scanf fmt ({M}}) ber: attrs: => bdb_search bdb_dn2entry("dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>") entry_decode: "dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" <= entry_decode(dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>) search_candidates: base="dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" (0x00000001) scope=2 => bdb_dn2idl("dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>") => bdb_filter_candidates AND => bdb_list_candidates 0xa0 => bdb_filter_candidates OR => bdb_list_candidates 0xa1 => bdb_filter_candidates EQUALITY => bdb_equality_candidates (objectClass) => key_read bdb_idl_fetch_key: [b49d1940] <= bdb_index_read: failed (-30990) <= bdb_equality_candidates: id=0, first=0, last=0 <= bdb_filter_candidates: id=0 first=0 last=0 => bdb_filter_candidates EQUALITY => bdb_equality_candidates (uid) => key_read bdb_idl_fetch_key: [b5212845] <= bdb_index_read 1 candidates <= bdb_equality_candidates: id=1, first=37, last=37 <= bdb_filter_candidates: id=1 first=37 last=37 <= bdb_list_candidates: id=1 first=37 last=37 <= bdb_filter_candidates: id=1 first=37 last=37 <= bdb_list_candidates: id=1 first=37 last=37 <= bdb_filter_candidates: id=1 first=37 last=37 bdb_search_candidates: id=1 first=37 last=37 => test_filter EQUALITY <= test_filter 6 => send_search_entry: conn 10 dn="uid=mmehta,ou=People,dc=<mycompany>,dc=<mycountry>" ber_flush: 769 bytes to sd 21 <= send_search_entry: conn 10 exit. send_ldap_result: conn=10 op=1 p=3 send_ldap_result: err=0 matched="" text="" send_ldap_response: msgid=2 tag=101 err=0

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[xwiki-devs] Windows Live ID Becomes an OpenID Provider
by Markus Lanthaler 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Hi there, Microsoft just announced at the PDC that Windows Live ID becomes an OpenID Provider [1]. This will create millions of new OpenID users to the already existing ones of Yahoo, AOL, Blogger, Flickr, and so on. I can hardly wait to see my OpenID support to be integrated into the next XWiki release :-) Cheers, Markus [1] http://dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/archive/2008/10/27/421.aspx

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[xwiki-devs] Syntax 2.0 - one macro, several implementations
by Jerome Velociter 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Dear devs, Regarding XWIKI-2784 (Create a {{map}} macro for XWiki Syntax 2.0), I'd like to discuss the way I should go to have several implementations available for the same macro. The idea is for one to be able to chose a map provider (google, MS live, yahoo, etc.). From a syntax point of view, there are 2 possibilities : 1. Using a parameter : {{map service="google" .../}} 2. Using aliases for the macro {{livemap .../}} (and 3. supporting both) For 2. we could implement one macro per supported service, all of them using the same parameters bean. There might be some redundant code though, that would need to be extracted in a common class (for example the code to generate the proper JS call according to the parameters, as I plan to have a common JS interface for all services, and load the proper one according to the service requested). For 1. (or for 3.) I guess it would mean a unique macro class entry point. Then a possibility I discussed with Thomas could be to have a component interface for generating blocks for a map (MapProvider, or something like this), and one implementation of that component per service. The macro would then lookup for the proper implementation according to the alias used or the parameters used. WDYT ? Do I miss something there ? Jerome.

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] WYSIWYG 1.7 Roadmap
by Marius Dumitru Florea 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Hi there, Here's the roadmap I propose: * Fix current issues ** Write Selenium tests for all current features (JV). ** Provide a Range/Selection implementation for IE. (fixes XWIKI-2737, XWIKI-2738, XWIKI-2739). One option is to wrap this JavaScript code http://jorgenhorstink.nl/2006/07/05/dom-range-implementation-in-ecmascript-… . I have Jorgen's permision to use his code. This will save me from implemeting it by myself (which is the second option). The third option is to use the selection support from rocket-gwt library ( http://code.google.com/p/rocket-gwt/wiki/Selections ), which is limited right now. I'm waiting for an answer regarding their roadmap. 24 man-hours ** Reimplement list support. (fixes XWIKI-2734). The default implementation doesn't wrap nested lits in a list item element and fails to detect the presence of a list when the cursor is on a list item with a nested list inside (generated by the wiki editor). Indent/outdent for nested lists have to be reimplemented also. 16 man-hours ** Improve history mechanism (fixes XWIKI-2731). I should restore the previous selection on Undo/Redo. Right now, only the cursor position is restored. 8 man-hours ** Reimplement the heading (using id's and possibly named anchors) and improve the Format plugin (by adding Inline and Paragraph options besides Title X). 8 man-hours ** Fix horizontal rule generation. (fixes XWIKI-2729) 2 man-hours ** Fix Insert Symbol features so it won't require any special encoding. (fixes XWIKI-2669) Right now I have no idea on how fix this. 6 man-hours ** Use the same styling in edit mode as in view mode. (fixes XWIKI-2721). I have to check what CSS rules from the Toucan style sheet messes up the editor. 8 man-hours ** Fix cursor issues (navigation through empty DOM nodes using arrow keys; avoid cursor hiding when the user clicks on an empty DOM element). 8 man-hours ----- Total: 80 man-hours // 1.7M1 * Integrate (& revisit) implemented features ** Justify (left, center, right, full) 3 man-hours ** Font (family, size) 3 man-hours ** Color (background, foreground) 3 man-hours * Implement new features ** Teletype text. I have to discuss this with Vincent because there are two use cases. 16 man-hours. ** Definition lists. Currently there's no support at all. 22 man-hours ** Clear inline formatting. 2 man-hours ** Insert/Edit/Remove Link. I have to extend the built-in command "createlink" for our custom wiki link. We have to implement one big tabbed-dialog for insertion and the link inspector. We also need to implement the remote services for retrieving wiki, space, page, attachment names, as well as comments and history. 8+32 man-hours ** Insert/Edit Image. We have to implement the insert dialog and the image inspector. We also need to implement the remote services for uploading and retrieving images as/from attachments. 24 man-hours ** Insert/Edit Table. We have to implement the insert dialog and the table inspector. 24 man-hours ** Insert/Edit Macro. We have to implement the insert dialog and the macro inspector. 24 man-hours ----- Total: 161 man-hours // 1.7RC1 * Pending features (in case we finish all the above) ** Full screen editing. I have to investigate this more, so I'm not sure about the effort. 24 man-hours ** Paste/Import Office document fragments. Requires catching the paste event and some on-server clean-up. We may also need an insert dialog. 16 man-hours, provided the server part is already done. ** Find & Replace. 24 man-hours ----- Total: 64 man-hours As you can see there are plenty of things to do. We have to finish them before Javapolis. Thanks, Marius

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[xwiki-devs] XWiki - Get Currently Logged In Of All User
by Prathap Pandian 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi Guys, How can i get the currently logged in users in a separate page.(Currently logged in of all the users in xwiki). if i use the following *$context.user* its showing the currently logged in user id. Please comment. -- Prathap

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Default link target options in the new WYSIWYG editor
by Guillaume Lerouge 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, I'd like to propose that the default target option for link insertion in the new WYSIWYG editor be as follows: - Internal link: use the default target (not specified) - External Links: use target_blank to force opening the page in a new tab / window (at a later stage we could do the same thing that otehr wikis such as Confluence or MediaWiki and add a small icon showing that the links points to outside of the wiki) So that the user does not lose contact with the wiki. WDYT? Guillaume -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki Skype ID : wikibc http://blog.xwiki.com/

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[xwiki-devs] Digest Authentication & XWiki
by Asiri Rathnayake 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Hi Devs, I have hit a wall trying to implement Digest Access Authentication for the xwiki-webdav module. I'll try to be clear as much as possible. *+ INTRO* : Digest Access Authentication is used to avoid the transmission of clear text passwords over http for authenticating users. Instead of the clear text password, following hash (RESPONSE) will be transferred to the server by client, HA1 = MD5(username,password,realm) HA2 = MD5(method,digestURI) RESPONSE = MD5(HA1,nonce,HA2) Here the 'nonce' is some weird string token generated by the server for that particular client for a particular session. So the RESPONSE instead of the clear text password will be transferred to the server. For more specific information about Digest Authentication, you may refer [1]. *+ PROBLEM* : Simply put, the way xwiki handles authentication requires the presentation of a clear text password by the client (which is not available with Digest Authentication scheme). What we have with xwiki (on the server side) is a crypted version of the original password. One possible solution to overcome this limitation is to store the HA1 value in our databases (is this possible ?). This is one of the limitations of Digest Authentication scheme as mentioned in [1] : *"There is an important problem with implementing Digest access authentication. This is the requirement that either cleartext passwords or the HA1 hashes must be known in order to perform client response validation" * I would like to know what other developers have to say about this issue, and possible workarounds ... [?] Thanks. - Asiri [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication

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