package CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication; use 5.006; use strict; our $VERSION = '0.15'; our %__CONFIG; use Class::ISA (); use Scalar::Util (); use UNIVERSAL::require; use Carp; use CGI (); sub import { my $pkg = shift; my $callpkg = caller; { no strict qw(refs); *{$callpkg.'::authen'} = \&CGI::Application::Plugin::_::Authentication::authen; } if ( ! UNIVERSAL::isa($callpkg, 'CGI::Application') ) { warn "Calling package is not a CGI::Application module so not setting up the prerun hook. If you are using \@ISA instead of 'use base', make sure it is in a BEGIN { } block, and make sure these statements appear before the plugin is loaded"; } elsif ( ! UNIVERSAL::can($callpkg, 'add_callback')) { warn "You are using an older version of CGI::Application that does not support callbacks, so the prerun method can not be registered automatically (Lookup the prerun_callback method in the docs for more info)"; } else { $callpkg->add_callback( prerun => \&prerun_callback ); } } use Attribute::Handlers; my %RUNMODES; sub CGI::Application::RequireAuthentication : ATTR(CODE) { my ( $package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data, $phase ) = @_; $RUNMODES{$referent} = $data || 1; } sub CGI::Application::Authen : ATTR(CODE) { my ( $package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data, $phase ) = @_; $RUNMODES{$referent} = $data || 1; } =head1 NAME CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication - Authentication framework for CGI::Application =head1 SYNOPSIS package MyCGIApp; use base qw(CGI::Application); # make sure this occurs before you load the plugin use CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication; MyCGIApp->authen->config( DRIVER => [ 'Generic', { user1 => '123' } ], ); MyCGIApp->authen->protected_runmodes('myrunmode'); sub myrunmode { my $self = shift; # The user should be logged in if we got here my $username = $self->authen->username; } =head1 DESCRIPTION CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication adds the ability to authenticate users in your L modules. It imports one method called 'authen' into your CGI::Application module. Through the authen method you can call all the methods of the CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication plugin. There are two main decisions that you need to make when using this module. How will the usernames and password be verified (ie from a database, LDAP, etc...), and how can we keep the knowledge that a user has already logged in persistent, so that they will not have to enter their credentials again on the next request (ie how do we 'Store' the authentication information across requests). =head2 Choosing a Driver There are three drivers that are included with the distribution. Also, there is built in support for all of the Authen::Simple modules (search CPAN for Authen::Simple for more information). This should be enough to cover everyone's needs. If you need to authenticate against a source that is not provided, you can use the Generic driver which will accept either a hash of username/password pairs, or an array of arrays of credentials, or a subroutine reference that can verify the credentials. So through the Generic driver you should be able to write your own verification system. There is also a Dummy driver, which blindly accepts any credentials (useful for testing). See the L, L and, L docs for more information on how to use these drivers. And see the L suite of modules for information on those drivers. =head2 Choosing a Store The Store modules keep information about the authentication status of the user persistent across multiple requests. The information that is stored in the store include the username, and the expiry time of the login. There are two Store modules included with this distribution. A Session based store, and a Cookie based store. If your application is already using Sessions (through the L module), then I would recommend that you use the Session store for authentication. If you are not using the Session plugin, then you can use the Cookie store. The Cookie store keeps all the authentication in a cookie, which contains a checksum to ensure that users can not change the information. If you do not specify which Store module you wish to use, the plugin will try to determine the best one for you. =head2 Login page The Authentication plugin comes with a default login page that can be used if you do not want to create a custom login page. This login form will automatically be used if you do not provide either a LOGIN_URL or LOGIN_RUNMODE parameter in the configuration. If you plan to create your own login page, I would recommend that you start with the HTML code for the default login page, so that your login page will contain the correct form fields and hidden fields. TODO: The login page is designed using CSS stylesheets. I plan to make this more flexible, so that you can easily create your own stylesheets to make this login form more re-usable. Also, the default CSS has only really been tested on Mozilla based browser, so if there are any CSS gurus out there, I would appreciate some help in getting the default login page to work nicely in most browsers. Currently it should degrade gracefully, but it might not be pretty... =head2 Ticket based authentication This Authentication plugin can handle ticket based authentication systems as well. All that is required of you is to write a Store module that can understand the contents of the ticket. The Authentication plugin will require at least the 'username' to be retrieved from the ticket. A Ticket based authentication scheme will not need a Driver module at all, since the actual verification of credentials is done by an external authentication system, possibly even on a different host. You will need to specify the location of the login page using the LOGIN_URL configuration variable, and un-authenticated users will automatically be redirected to your ticket authentication login page. =head1 EXPORTED METHODS =head2 authen This is the only method exported from this module. Everything is controlled through this method call, which will return a CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication object, or just the class name if called as a class method. When using the plugin, you will always first call $self->authen or __PACKAGE__->authen and then the method you wish to invoke. For example: __PACKAGE__->authen->config( LOGIN_RUNMODE => 'login', ); - or - $self->authen->protected_runmodes(qw(one two)); =cut { package # Hide from PAUSE CGI::Application::Plugin::_::Authentication; ############################################## ### ### authen ### ############################################## # # Return an authen object that can be used # for managing authentication. # # This will return a class name if called # as a class name, and a singleton object # if called as an object method # sub authen { my $cgiapp = shift; if (ref($cgiapp)) { return CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication->instance($cgiapp); } else { return 'CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication'; } } } package CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication; =head1 METHODS =head2 config This method is used to configure the CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication module. It can be called as an object method, or as a class method. The following parameters are accepted: =over 4 =item DRIVER Here you can choose which authentication module(s) you want to use to perform the authentication. For simplicity, you can leave off the CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication::Driver:: part when specifying the DRIVER name If this module requires extra parameters, you can pass an array reference that contains as the first parameter the name of the module, and the rest of the values in the array will be considered options for the driver. You can provide multiple drivers which will be used, in order, to check the credentials until a valid response is received. DRIVER => 'Dummy' # let anyone in regardless of the password - or - DRIVER => [ 'DBI', DBH => $self->dbh, TABLE => 'user', CONSTRAINTS => { 'user.name' => '__CREDENTIAL_1__', 'MD5:user.password' => '__CREDENTIAL_2__' }, ], - or - DRIVER => [ [ 'Generic', { user1 => '123' } ], [ 'Generic', sub { my ($u, $p) = @_; is_prime($p) ? 1 : 0 } ] ], - or - DRIVER => [ 'Authen::Simple::LDAP', host => 'ldap.company.com', basedn => 'ou=People,dc=company,dc=net' ], =item STORE Here you can choose how we store the authenticated information after a use has successfully logged in. We need to store the username so that on the next request we can tell the user has already logged in, and we do not have to present them with another login form. If you do not provide the STORE option, then the plugin will look to see if you are using the L module and based on that info use wither the Session module, or fall back on the Cookie module. If the module requires extra parameters, you can pass an array reference that contains as the first parameter the name of the module, and the rest of the array should contain key value pairs of options for this module. These storage modules generally live under the CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication::Store:: namespace, and this part of the package name can be left off when specifying the STORE parameter. STORE => 'Session' - or - STORE => ['Cookie', NAME => 'MYAuthCookie', SECRET => 'FortyTwo', EXPIRY => '1d', ] =item POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE Here you can specify a runmode that the user will be redirected to if they successfully login. POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE => 'welcome' =item POST_LOGIN_URL Here you can specify a URL that the user will be redirected to if they successfully login. If both POST_LOGIN_URL and POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE are specified, then the latter will take precedence. POST_LOGIN_URL => 'http://example.com/start.cgi' =item POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK A code reference that is executed after login processing but before POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE or redirecting to POST_LOGIN_URL. This is normally a method in your CGI::Application app and as such the CGI::Application object is passed as a parameter. POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK => \&update_login_date and later in your code: sub update_login_date { my $self = shift; return unless($self->authen->is_authenticated); ... } =item LOGIN_RUNMODE Here you can specify a runmode that the user will be redirected to if they need to login. LOGIN_RUNMODE => 'login' =item LOGIN_URL If your login page is external to this module, then you can use this option to specify a URL that the user will be redirected to when they need to login. If both LOGIN_URL and LOGIN_RUNMODE are specified, then the latter will take precedence. LOGIN_URL => 'http://example.com/login.cgi' =item LOGOUT_RUNMODE Here you can specify a runmode that the user will be redirected to if they ask to logout. LOGOUT_RUNMODE => 'logout' =item LOGOUT_URL If your logout page is external to this module, then you can use this option to specify a URL that the user will be redirected to when they ask to logout. If both LOGOUT_URL and LOGOUT_RUNMODE are specified, then the latter will take precedence. LOGIN_URL => 'http://example.com/logout.html' =item CREDENTIALS Set this to the list of form fields where the user will type in their username and password. By default this is set to ['authen_username', 'authen_password']. The form field names should be set to a value that you are not likely to use in any other forms. This is important because this plugin will automatically look for query parameters that match these values on every request to see if a user is trying to log in. So if you use the same parameter names on a user management page, you may inadvertantly perform a login when that was not intended. Most of the Driver modules will return the first CREDENTIAL as the username, so make sure that you list the username field first. This option can be ignored if you use the built in login box CREDENTIALS => 'authen_password' - or - CREDENTIALS => [ 'authen_username', 'authen_domain', 'authen_password' ] =item LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT This option can be used to tell the system when to force the user to re-authenticate. There are a few different possibilities that can all be used concurrently: =over 4 =item IDLE_FOR If this value is set, a re-auth will be forced if the user was idle for more then x amount of time. =item EVERY If this value is set, a re-auth will be forced every x amount of time. =item CUSTOM This value can be set to a subroutine reference that returns true if the session should be timed out, and false if it is still active. This can allow you to be very selective about how the timeout system works. The authen object will be passed in as the only parameter. =back Time values are specified in seconds. You can also specify the time by using a number with the following suffixes (m h d w), which represent minutes, hours, days and weeks. The default is 0 which means the login will never timeout. Note that the login is also dependant on the type of STORE that is used. If the Session store is used, and the session expires, then the login will also automatically expire. The same goes for the Cookie store. For backwards compatibility, if you set LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT to a time value instead of a hashref, it will be treated as an IDLE_FOR time out. # force re-auth if idle for more than 15 minutes LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT => '15m' # Everyone must re-auth if idle for more than 30 minutes # also, everyone must re-auth at least once a day # and root must re-auth if idle for more than 5 minutes LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT => { IDLE_FOR => '30m', EVERY => '1d', CUSTOM => sub { my $authen = shift; return ($authen->username eq 'root' && (time() - $authen->last_access) > 300) ? 1 : 0; } } =item RENDER_LOGIN This value can be set to a subroutine reference that returns the HTML of a login form. The subroutine reference overrides the default call to login_box. The subroutine is normally a method in your CGI::Application app and as such the CGI::Application object is passed as the first parameter. RENDER_LOGIN => \&login_form and later in your code: sub login_form { my $self = shift; ... return $html } =item LOGIN_FORM You can set this option to customize the login form that is created when a user needs to be authenticated. If you wish to replace the entire login form with a completely custom version, then just set LOGIN_RUNMODE to point to your custom runmode. All of the parameters listed below are optional, and a reasonable default will be used if left blank: =over 4 =item TITLE (default: Sign In) the heading at the top of the login box =item USERNAME_LABEL (default: User Name) the label for the user name input =item PASSWORD_LABEL (default: Password) the label for the password input =item SUBMIT_LABEL (default: Sign In) the label for the submit button =item COMMENT (default: Please enter your username and password in the fields below.) a message provided on the first login attempt =item REMEMBERUSER_OPTION (default: 1) provide a checkbox to offer to remember the users name in a cookie so that their user name will be pre-filled the next time they log in =item REMEMBERUSER_LABEL (default: Remember User Name) the label for the remember user name checkbox =item REMEMBERUSER_COOKIENAME (default: CAPAUTHTOKEN) the name of the cookie where the user name will be saved =item REGISTER_URL (default: ) the url for the register new account link =item REGISTER_LABEL (default: Register Now!) the label for the register new account link =item FORGOTPASSWORD_URL (default: ) the url for the forgot password link =item FORGOTPASSWORD_LABEL (default: Forgot Password?) the label for the forgot password link =item INVALIDPASSWORD_MESSAGE (default: Invalid username or password
(login attempt %d) a message given when a login failed =item INCLUDE_STYLESHEET (default: 1) use this to disable the built in stylesheet for the login box so you can provide your own custom styles =item FORM_SUBMIT_METHOD (default: post) use this to get the form to submit using 'get' instead of 'post' =item FOCUS_FORM_ONLOAD (default: 1) use this to automatically focus the login form when the page loads so a user can start typing right away. =item BASE_COLOUR (default: #445588) This is the base colour that will be used in the included login box. All other colours are automatically calculated based on this colour (unless you hardcode the colour values). In order to calculate other colours, you will need the Color::Calc module. If you do not have the Color::Calc module, then you will need to use fixed values for all of the colour options. All colour values besides the BASE_COLOUR can be simple percentage values (including the % sign). For example if you set the LIGHTER_COLOUR option to 80%, then the calculated colour will be 80% lighter than the BASE_COLOUR. =item LIGHT_COLOUR (default: 50% or #a2aac4) A colour that is lighter than the base colour. =item LIGHTER_COLOUR (default: 75% or #d0d5e1) A colour that is another step lighter than the light colour. =item DARK_COLOUR (default: 30% or #303c5f) A colour that is darker than the base colour. =item DARKER_COLOUR (default: 60% or #1b2236) A colour that is another step darker than the dark colour. =item GREY_COLOUR (default: #565656) A grey colour that is calculated by desaturating the base colour. =back LOGIN_FORM => { TITLE => 'Login', SUBMIT_LABEL => 'Login', REMEMBERUSER_LABEL => 1, BASE_COLOUR => '#0099FF', LIGHTER_COLOUR => '#AAFFFF', DARK_COLOUR => '50%', } =back =cut sub config { my $self = shift; my $class = ref $self ? ref $self : $self; die "Calling config after the Authentication object has already been initialized" if ref $self && defined $self->{initialized}; my $config = $self->_config; if (@_) { my $props; if ( ref( $_[0] ) eq 'HASH' ) { my $rthash = %{ $_[0] }; $props = CGI::Application->_cap_hash( $_[0] ); } else { $props = CGI::Application->_cap_hash( {@_} ); } # Check for DRIVER if ( defined $props->{DRIVER} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter DRIVER is not a string or arrayref" if ref $props->{DRIVER} && Scalar::Util::reftype( $props->{DRIVER} ) ne 'ARRAY'; $config->{DRIVER} = delete $props->{DRIVER}; # We will accept a string, or an arrayref of options, but what we really want # is an array of arrayrefs of options, so that we can support multiple drivers # each with their own custom options no warnings qw(uninitialized); $config->{DRIVER} = [ $config->{DRIVER} ] if Scalar::Util::reftype( $config->{DRIVER} ) ne 'ARRAY'; $config->{DRIVER} = [ $config->{DRIVER} ] if Scalar::Util::reftype( $config->{DRIVER}->[0] ) ne 'ARRAY'; } # Check for STORE if ( defined $props->{STORE} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter STORE is not a string or arrayref" if ref $props->{STORE} && Scalar::Util::reftype( $props->{STORE} ) ne 'ARRAY'; $config->{STORE} = delete $props->{STORE}; # We will accept a string, but what we really want is an arrayref of the store driver, # and any custom options no warnings qw(uninitialized); $config->{STORE} = [ $config->{STORE} ] if Scalar::Util::reftype( $config->{STORE} ) ne 'ARRAY'; } # Check for POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE if ( defined $props->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE is not a string" if ref $props->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE}; $config->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE} = delete $props->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE}; } # Check for depricated POST_LOGIN_DESTINATION if ( defined $props->{POST_LOGIN_DESTINATION} ) { warn "POST_LOGIN_DESTINATION has been depricated in favour of POST_LOGIN_URL"; croak "can't use POST_LOGIN_DESTINATION and POST_LOGIN_URL at the same time as they are equivalent" if defined $props->{POST_LOGIN_URL}; $props->{POST_LOGIN_URL} = delete $props->{POST_LOGIN_DESTINATION}; } # Check for POST_LOGIN_URL if ( defined $props->{POST_LOGIN_URL} ) { carp "authen config warning: parameter POST_LOGIN_URL ignored since we already have POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE" if $config->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE}; croak "authen config error: parameter POST_LOGIN_URL is not a string" if ref $props->{POST_LOGIN_URL}; $config->{POST_LOGIN_URL} = delete $props->{POST_LOGIN_URL}; } # Check for LOGIN_RUNMODE if ( defined $props->{LOGIN_RUNMODE} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter LOGIN_RUNMODE is not a string" if ref $props->{LOGIN_RUNMODE}; $config->{LOGIN_RUNMODE} = delete $props->{LOGIN_RUNMODE}; } # Check for depricated LOGIN_DESTINATION if ( defined $props->{LOGIN_DESTINATION} ) { warn "LOGIN_DESTINATION has been depricated in favour of LOGIN_URL"; croak "can't use LOGIN_DESTINATION and LOGIN_URL at the same time as they are equivalent" if defined $props->{LOGIN_URL}; $props->{LOGIN_URL} = delete $props->{LOGIN_DESTINATION}; } # Check for LOGIN_URL if ( defined $props->{LOGIN_URL} ) { carp "authen config warning: parameter LOGIN_URL ignored since we already have LOGIN_RUNMODE" if $config->{LOGIN_RUNMODE}; croak "authen config error: parameter LOGIN_URL is not a string" if ref $props->{LOGIN_URL}; $config->{LOGIN_URL} = delete $props->{LOGIN_URL}; } # Check for LOGOUT_RUNMODE if ( defined $props->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter LOGOUT_RUNMODE is not a string" if ref $props->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE}; $config->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE} = delete $props->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE}; } # Check for depricated LOGOUT_DESTINATION if ( defined $props->{LOGOUT_DESTINATION} ) { warn "LOGOUT_DESTINATION has been depricated in favour of LOGOUT_URL"; croak "can't use LOGOUT_DESTINATION and LOGOUT_URL at the same time as they are equivalent" if defined $props->{LOGOUT_URL}; $props->{LOGOUT_URL} = delete $props->{LOGOUT_DESTINATION}; } # Check for LOGOUT_URL if ( defined $props->{LOGOUT_URL} ) { carp "authen config warning: parameter LOGOUT_URL ignored since we already have LOGOUT_RUNMODE" if $config->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE}; croak "authen config error: parameter LOGOUT_URL is not a string" if ref $props->{LOGOUT_URL}; $config->{LOGOUT_URL} = delete $props->{LOGOUT_URL}; } # Check for CREDENTIALS if ( defined $props->{CREDENTIALS} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter CREDENTIALS is not a string or arrayref" if ref $props->{CREDENTIALS} && Scalar::Util::reftype( $props->{CREDENTIALS} ) ne 'ARRAY'; $config->{CREDENTIALS} = delete $props->{CREDENTIALS}; # We will accept a string, but what we really want is an arrayref of the credentials no warnings qw(uninitialized); $config->{CREDENTIALS} = [ $config->{CREDENTIALS} ] if Scalar::Util::reftype( $config->{CREDENTIALS} ) ne 'ARRAY'; } # Check for LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT if ( defined $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT is not a string or a hashref" if ref $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} && ref$props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} ne 'HASH'; my $options = {}; if (! ref $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}) { $options->{IDLE_FOR} = _time_to_seconds( $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} ); croak "authen config error: parameter LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT is not a valid time string" unless defined $options->{IDLE_FOR}; } else { if ($props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{IDLE_FOR}) { $options->{IDLE_FOR} = _time_to_seconds( delete $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{IDLE_FOR} ); croak "authen config error: IDLE_FOR option to LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT is not a valid time string" unless defined $options->{IDLE_FOR}; } if ($props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{EVERY}) { $options->{EVERY} = _time_to_seconds( delete $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{EVERY} ); croak "authen config error: EVERY option to LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT is not a valid time string" unless defined $options->{EVERY}; } if ($props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{CUSTOM}) { $options->{CUSTOM} = delete $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{CUSTOM}; croak "authen config error: CUSTOM option to LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT must be a code reference" unless ref $options->{CUSTOM} eq 'CODE'; } croak "authen config error: Invalid option(s) (" . join( ', ', keys %{$props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}} ) . ") passed to LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT" if %{$props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}}; } $config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} = $options; delete $props->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}; } # Check for POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK if ( defined $props->{POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK is not a coderef" unless( ref $props->{POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK} eq 'CODE' ); $config->{POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK} = delete $props->{POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK}; } # Check for RENDER_LOGIN if ( defined $props->{RENDER_LOGIN} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter RENDER_LOGIN is not a coderef" unless( ref $props->{RENDER_LOGIN} eq 'CODE' ); $config->{RENDER_LOGIN} = delete $props->{RENDER_LOGIN}; } # Check for LOGIN_FORM if ( defined $props->{LOGIN_FORM} ) { croak "authen config error: parameter LOGIN_FORM is not a hashref" unless( ref $props->{LOGIN_FORM} eq 'HASH' ); $config->{LOGIN_FORM} = delete $props->{LOGIN_FORM}; } # If there are still entries left in $props then they are invalid croak "Invalid option(s) (" . join( ', ', keys %$props ) . ") passed to config" if %$props; } } =head2 protected_runmodes This method takes a list of runmodes that are to be protected by authentication. If a user tries to access one of these runmodes, then they will be redirected to a login page unless they are properly logged in. The runmode names can be a list of simple strings, regular expressions, or special directives that start with a colon. This method is cumulative, so if it is called multiple times, the new values are added to existing entries. It returns a list of all entries that have been saved so far. =over 4 =item :all - All runmodes in this module will require authentication =back # match all runmodes __PACKAGE__->authen->protected_runmodes(':all'); # only protect runmodes one two and three __PACKAGE__->authen->protected_runmodes(qw(one two three)); # protect only runmodes that start with auth_ __PACKAGE__->authen->protected_runmodes(qr/^auth_/); # protect all runmodes that *do not* start with public_ __PACKAGE__->authen->protected_runmodes(qr/^(?!public_)/); =cut sub protected_runmodes { my $self = shift; my $config = $self->_config; $config->{PROTECTED_RUNMODES} ||= []; push @{$config->{PROTECTED_RUNMODES}}, @_ if @_; return @{$config->{PROTECTED_RUNMODES}}; } =head2 is_protected_runmode This method accepts the name of a runmode, and will tell you if that runmode is a protected runmode (ie does a user need to be authenticated to access this runmode). =cut sub is_protected_runmode { my $self = shift; my $runmode = shift; foreach my $runmode_test ($self->protected_runmodes) { if (overload::StrVal($runmode_test) =~ /^Regexp=/) { # We were passed a regular expression return 1 if $runmode =~ $runmode_test; } elsif (ref $runmode_test && ref $runmode_test eq 'CODE') { # We were passed a code reference return 1 if $runmode_test->($runmode); } elsif ($runmode_test eq ':all') { # all runmodes are protected return 1; } else { # assume we were passed a string return 1 if $runmode eq $runmode_test; } } # See if the user is using attributes my $sub = $self->_cgiapp->can($runmode); return 1 if $sub && $RUNMODES{$sub}; return; } =head2 redirect_after_login This method is be called during the prerun stage to redirect the user to the page that has been configured as the destination after a successful login. The location is based on the values of the POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE or POST_LOGIN_URL config parameter, or in their absense, the page will be redirected to the page that was originally requested when the login page was triggered. =cut sub redirect_after_login { my $self = shift; my $cgiapp = $self->_cgiapp; my $config = $self->_config; if ($config->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE}) { $cgiapp->prerun_mode($config->{POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE}); } elsif ($config->{POST_LOGIN_URL}) { $cgiapp->header_add(-location => $config->{POST_LOGIN_URL}); $cgiapp->header_type('redirect'); $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_dummy_redirect'); } elsif (my $destination = $cgiapp->query->param('destination')) { $cgiapp->header_add(-location => $destination); $cgiapp->header_type('redirect'); $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_dummy_redirect'); #-------------------------------------------------- # } else { # $cgiapp->header_add(-location => $cgiapp->query->url(absolute => 1)); # $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_dummy_redirect'); #-------------------------------------------------- } } =head2 redirect_to_login This method is be called during the prerun stage if the current user is not logged in, and they are trying to access a protected runmode. It will redirect to the page that has been configured as the login page, based on the value of LOGIN_RUNMODE or LOGIN_URL If nothing is configured a simple login page will be automatically provided. =cut sub redirect_to_login { my $self = shift; my $cgiapp = $self->_cgiapp; my $config = $self->_config; if ($config->{LOGIN_RUNMODE}) { $cgiapp->prerun_mode($config->{LOGIN_RUNMODE}); } elsif ($config->{LOGIN_URL}) { $cgiapp->header_add(-location => $config->{LOGIN_URL}); $cgiapp->header_type('redirect'); $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_dummy_redirect'); } else { $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_login'); } } =head2 redirect_to_logout This method is called during the prerun stage if the user has requested to be logged out. It will redirect to the page that has been configured as the logout page, based on the value of LOGOUT_RUNMODE or LOGOUT_URL If nothing is configured, the page will redirect to the website homepage. =cut sub redirect_to_logout { my $self = shift; my $cgiapp = $self->_cgiapp; my $config = $self->_config; $self->logout(); if ($config->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE}) { $cgiapp->prerun_mode($config->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE}); } elsif ($config->{LOGOUT_URL}) { $cgiapp->header_add(-location => $config->{LOGOUT_URL}); $cgiapp->header_type('redirect'); $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_dummy_redirect'); } else { $cgiapp->header_add(-location => '/'); $cgiapp->header_type('redirect'); $cgiapp->prerun_mode('authen_dummy_redirect'); } } =head2 setup_runmodes This method is called during the prerun stage to register some custom runmodes that the Authentication plugin requires in order to function. =cut sub setup_runmodes { my $self = shift; my $config = $self->_config; $self->_cgiapp->run_modes( authen_login => \&authen_login_runmode ) unless $config->{LOGIN_RUNMODE} || $config->{LOGIN_URL}; $self->_cgiapp->run_modes( authen_logout => \&authen_logout_runmode ) unless $config->{LOGOUT_RUNMODE} || $config->{LOGOUT_URL}; $self->_cgiapp->run_modes( authen_dummy_redirect => \&authen_dummy_redirect ); return; } =head2 last_login This will return return the time of the last login for this user my $last_login = $self->authen->last_login; =cut sub last_login { my $self = shift; my $new = shift; $self->initialize; return unless $self->username; my $old = $self->store->fetch('last_login'); $self->store->save('last_login' => $new) if $new; return $old; } =head2 last_access This will return return the time of the last access for this user my $last_access = $self->authen->last_access; =cut sub last_access { my $self = shift; my $new = shift; $self->initialize; return unless $self->username; my $old = $self->store->fetch('last_access'); $self->store->save('last_access' => $new) if $new; return $old; } =head2 is_login_timeout This will return true or false depending on whether the users login status just timed out $self->add_message('login session timed out') if $self->authen->is_login_timeout; =cut sub is_login_timeout { my $self = shift; $self->initialize; return $self->{is_login_timeout} ? 1 : 0; } =head2 is_authenticated This will return true or false depending on the login status of this user assert($self->authen->is_authenticated); # The user should be logged in if we got here =cut sub is_authenticated { my $self = shift; $self->initialize; return $self->username ? 1 : 0; } =head2 login_attempts This method will return the number of failed login attempts have been made by this user since the last successfull login. This is not a number that can be trusted, as it is dependant on the underlying store to be able to return the correct value for this user. For example, if the store uses a cookie based session, the user trying to login could delete their cookies, and hence get a new session which will not have any login attempts listed. The number will be cleared upon a successful login. =cut sub login_attempts { my $self = shift; $self->initialize; my $la = $self->store->fetch('login_attempts'); return $la; } =head2 username This will return the username of the currently logged in user, or undef if no user is currently logged in. my $username = $self->authen->username; =cut sub username { my $self = shift; $self->initialize; my $u = $self->store->fetch('username'); return $u; } =head2 is_new_login This will return true or false depending on if this is a fresh login $self->log->info("New Login") if $self->authen->is_new_login; =cut sub is_new_login { my $self = shift; $self->initialize; return $self->{is_new_login}; } =head2 credentials This method will return the names of the form parameters that will be looked for during a login. By default they are authen_username and authen_password, but these values can be changed by supplying the CREDENTIALS parameters in the configuration. =cut sub credentials { my $self = shift; my $config = $self->_config; return $config->{CREDENTIALS} || [qw(authen_username authen_password)]; } =head2 logout This will attempt to logout the user. If during a request the Authentication module sees a parameter called 'authen_logout', it will automatically call this method to log out the user. $self->authen->logout(); =cut sub logout { my $self = shift; $self->initialize; $self->store->clear; } =head2 drivers This method will return a list of driver objects that are used for verifying the login credentials. =cut sub drivers { my $self = shift; if ( !$self->{drivers} ) { my $config = $self->_config; # Fetch the configuration parameters for the driver(s) my $driver_configs = defined $config->{DRIVER} ? $config->{DRIVER} : [['Dummy']]; foreach my $driver_config (@$driver_configs) { my ($drivername, @params) = @$driver_config; # add support for Authen::Simple modules if (index($drivername, 'Authen::Simple') == 0) { unshift @params, $drivername; $drivername = 'Authen::Simple'; } # Load the the class for this driver my $driver_class = _find_deligate_class( 'CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication::Driver::' . $drivername, $drivername ) || die "Driver ".$drivername." can not be found"; # Create the driver object my $driver = $driver_class->new( $self, @params ) || die "Could not create new $driver_class object"; push @{$self->{drivers}}, $driver; } } my $drivers = $self->{drivers}; return @$drivers[0..$#$drivers]; } =head2 store This method will return a store object that is used to store information about the status of the authentication across multiple requests. =cut sub store { my $self = shift; if ( !$self->{store} ) { my $config = $self->_config; # Fetch the configuration parameters for the store my ($store_module, @store_config); ($store_module, @store_config) = @{ $config->{STORE} } if $config->{STORE} && ref $config->{STORE} eq 'ARRAY'; if (!$store_module) { # No STORE configuration was provided if ($self->_cgiapp->can('session') && UNIVERSAL::isa($self->_cgiapp->session, 'CGI::Session')) { # The user is already using the Session plugin ($store_module, @store_config) = ( 'Session' ); } else { # Fall back to the Cookie Store ($store_module, @store_config) = ( 'Cookie' ); } } # Load the the class for this store my $store_class = _find_deligate_class( 'CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication::Store::' . $store_module, $store_module ) || die "Store $store_module can not be found"; # Create the store object $self->{store} = $store_class->new( $self, @store_config ) || die "Could not create new $store_class object"; } return $self->{store}; } =head2 initialize This does most of the heavy lifting for the Authentication plugin. It will check to see if the user is currently attempting to login by looking for the credential form fields in the query object. It will load the required driver objects and authenticate the user. It is OK to call this method multiple times as it checks to see if it has already been executed and will just return without doing anything if called multiple times. This allows us to call initialize as late as possible in the request so that no unnecesary work is done. The user will be logged out by calling the C method if the login session has been idle for too long, if it has been too long since the last login, or if the login has timed out. If you need to know if a user was logged out because of a time out, you can call the C method. If all goes well, a true value will be returned, although it is usually not necessary to check. =cut sub initialize { my $self = shift; return 1 if $self->{initialized}; # It would seem to make more sense to do this at the /end/ of the routine # but that causes an infinite loop. $self->{initialized} = 1; if (UNIVERSAL::can($self->_cgiapp, 'devpopup')) { $self->_cgiapp->add_callback( 'devpopup_report', \&_devpopup_report ); } my $config = $self->_config; # See if the user is trying to log in # We do this before checking to see if the user is already logged in, since # a logged in user may want to log in as a different user. my $field_names = $config->{CREDENTIALS} || [qw(authen_username authen_password)]; my $query = $self->_cgiapp->query; my @credentials = map { $query->param($_) } @$field_names; $self->_perform_login( @credentials ); if ($self->username && $config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} && !$self->{is_new_login}) { # This is not a fresh login, and there are time out rules, so make sure the login is still valid if ($config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{IDLE_FOR} && time() - $self->last_access >= $config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{IDLE_FOR}) { # this login has been idle for too long $self->{is_login_timeout} = 1; $self->logout; } elsif ($config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{EVERY} && time() - $self->last_login >= $config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{EVERY}) { # it has been too long since the last login $self->{is_login_timeout} = 1; $self->logout; } elsif ($config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{CUSTOM} && $config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT}->{CUSTOM}->($self)) { # this login has timed out $self->{is_login_timeout} = 1; $self->logout; } } return 1; } =head2 authenticate_user( $username, $password ) This authenticates a user if credentials are valid. This method is useful if you want to authenticate a user after the cgiapp's prerun stage. Usually this is only the case, if you don't have the credentials at prerun stage. After calling this method, you may want to check if the login was successful by checking $cgiapp->authen->is_authenticated(). Example: Imagine a registration form. A username and a password is collected from the user. After verification of the user input, you have the username and a password. You write it to the database. In order to log in the user during the current request, you need to use this method, as the prerun stage was already passed. Else you would have to pass the credentials in plain/text to another request that runs through the prerun stage. =cut sub authenticate_user { my $self = shift; my $username = (defined $_[0] ? shift : die("Missing username.")); my $password = (defined $_[0] ? shift : die("Missing password.")); return $self->_perform_login($username, $password); } # /authenticate_user =head2 _perform_login( @credentials ) This encapsulates the login procedure from any other functionality. As this methods is private, it is not indended to be called directly. =cut sub _perform_login { my $self = shift; my @credentials = @_; if ($credentials[0]) { my $config = $self->_config(); my $query = $self->_cgiapp->query(); # The user is trying to login # make sure if they are already logged in, that we log them out first my $store = $self->store; $store->clear if $store->fetch('username'); foreach my $driver ($self->drivers) { if (my $username = $driver->verify_credentials(@credentials)) { # This user provided the correct credentials # so save this new login in the store my $now = time(); $store->save( username => $username, login_attempts => 0, last_login => $now, last_access => $now ); $self->{is_new_login} = 1; # See if we are remembering the username for this user my $login_config = $config->{LOGIN_FORM} || {}; if ($login_config->{REMEMBERUSER_OPTION} && $query->param('authen_rememberuser')) { my $cookie = $query->cookie( -name => $login_config->{REMEMBERUSER_COOKIENAME} || 'CAPAUTHTOKEN', -value => $username, -expiry => '10y', ); $self->_cgiapp->header_add(-cookie => [$cookie]); } last; } } unless ($self->username) { # password mismatch - increment failed login attempts my $attempts = $store->fetch('login_attempts') || 0; $store->save( login_attempts => $attempts + 1 ); } $config->{POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK}->($self->_cgiapp) if($config->{POST_LOGIN_CALLBACK}); } return 1; } # /_perform_login =head2 login_box This method will return the HTML for a login box that can be embedded into another page. This is the same login box that is used in the default authen_login runmode that the plugin provides. TODO: Allow the user to provide custom styles for rendering this page =cut sub login_box { my $self = shift; my $query = $self->_cgiapp->query; my $credentials = $self->credentials; my $runmode = $self->_cgiapp->get_current_runmode; my $destination = $query->param('destination') || $query->self_url; my $action = $query->url( -absolute => 1, -path_info => 1 ); my $username = $credentials->[0]; my $password = $credentials->[1]; my $login_form = $self->_config->{LOGIN_FORM} || {}; my %options = ( TITLE => 'Sign In', USERNAME_LABEL => 'User Name', PASSWORD_LABEL => 'Password', SUBMIT_LABEL => 'Sign In', COMMENT => 'Please enter your username and password in the fields below.', REMEMBERUSER_OPTION => 1, REMEMBERUSER_LABEL => 'Remember User Name', REMEMBERUSER_COOKIENAME => 'CAPAUTHTOKEN', REGISTER_URL => '', REGISTER_LABEL => 'Register Now!', FORGOTPASSWORD_URL => '', FORGOTPASSWORD_LABEL => 'Forgot Password?', INVALIDPASSWORD_MESSAGE => 'Invalid username or password
(login attempt %d)', INCLUDE_STYLESHEET => 1, FORM_SUBMIT_METHOD => 'post', %$login_form, ); my $messages = ''; if ( my $attempts = $self->login_attempts ) { $messages .= '
  • ' . sprintf($options{INVALIDPASSWORD_MESSAGE}, $attempts) . '
  • '; } elsif ($options{COMMENT}) { $messages .= "
  • $options{COMMENT}
  • "; } my $tabindex = 3; my ($rememberuser, $username_value, $register, $forgotpassword, $javascript, $style) = ('','','','','',''); if ($options{FOCUS_FORM_ONLOAD}) { $javascript .= "document.loginform.${username}.focus();\n"; } if ($options{REMEMBERUSER_OPTION}) { $rememberuser = qq[$options{REMEMBERUSER_LABEL}
    ]; $tabindex++; my $query = $self->_cgiapp->query; $username_value = $query->param($username) || $query->cookie($options{REMEMBERUSER_COOKIENAME}) || ''; $javascript .= "document.loginform.${username}.select();\n" if $username_value; } my $submit_tabindex = $tabindex++; if ($options{REGISTER_URL}) { $register = qq[$options{REGISTER_LABEL}]; $tabindex++; } if ($options{FORGOTPASSWORD_URL}) { $forgotpassword = qq[$options{FORGOTPASSWORD_LABEL}]; $tabindex++; } if ($options{INCLUDE_STYLESHEET}) { my $login_styles = $self->login_styles; $style = < EOS } if ($javascript) { $javascript = qq[]; } my $html .= < $javascript END return $html; } =head2 login_styles This method returns a stylesheet that can be used for the login box that the plugin provides. The login box automatically includes these default styles in the page unless you set the LOGIN_FORM => INCLUDE_STYLESHEET option to 0. The colours used in the returned styles can be customized by providing colour options to LOGIN_FORM configuration parameter. =cut sub login_styles { my $self = shift; my $login_form = $self->_config->{LOGIN_FORM} || {}; my %colour = (); $colour{base} = $login_form->{BASE_COLOUR} || '#445588'; $colour{lighter} = $login_form->{LIGHTER_COLOUR} if $login_form->{LIGHTER_COLOUR}; $colour{light} = $login_form->{LIGHT_COLOUR} if $login_form->{LIGHT_COLOUR}; $colour{dark} = $login_form->{DARK_COLOUR} if $login_form->{DARK_COLOUR}; $colour{darker} = $login_form->{DARKER_COLOUR} if $login_form->{DARKER_COLOUR}; $colour{grey} = $login_form->{GREY_COLOUR} if $login_form->{GREY_COLOUR}; if ( grep { ! defined $colour{$_} || index($colour{$_}, '%') >= 0 } qw(lighter light dark darker) ) { eval { require Color::Calc }; if ($@ && $login_form->{BASE_COLOUR}) { warn "Color::Calc is required when specifying a custom BASE_COLOUR, and leaving LIGHTER_COLOUR, LIGHT_COLOUR, DARK_COLOUR or DARKER_COLOUR blank or when providing percentage based colour"; } if ($@) { $colour{base} = '#445588'; $colour{lighter} = '#d0d5e1'; $colour{light} = '#a2aac4'; $colour{dark} = '#303c5f'; $colour{darker} = '#1b2236'; $colour{grey} = '#565656'; } else { $colour{lighter} = !$colour{lighter} ? Color::Calc::light_html($colour{base}, 0.75) : $colour{lighter} =~ m#(\d+)%# ? Color::Calc::light_html($colour{base}, $1 / 100) : $colour{lighter}; $colour{light} = !$colour{light} ? Color::Calc::light_html($colour{base}, 0.5) : $colour{light} =~ m#(\d+)%# ? Color::Calc::light_html($colour{base}, $1 / 100) : $colour{light}; $colour{dark} = !$colour{dark} ? Color::Calc::dark_html($colour{base}, 0.3) : $colour{dark} =~ m#(\d+)%# ? Color::Calc::dark_html($colour{base}, $1 / 100) : $colour{dark}; $colour{darker} = !$colour{darker} ? Color::Calc::dark_html($colour{base}, 0.6) : $colour{darker} =~ m#(\d+)%# ? Color::Calc::dark_html($colour{base}, $1 / 100) : $colour{darker}; $colour{grey} ||= Color::Calc::bw_html($colour{base}); } } $colour{grey} ||= '#565656'; return <{cgiapp} = $cgiapp; Scalar::Util::weaken($self->{cgiapp}); # weaken circular reference return $self; } =head2 instance This method works the same way as 'new', except that it returns the same Authentication object for the duration of the request. This method should never be called directly, since the 'authen' method that is imported into the CGI::Application module will take care of creating the CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication object when it is required. =cut sub instance { my $class = shift; my $cgiapp = shift; die "CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication->instance must be called with a CGI::Application object" unless defined $cgiapp && UNIVERSAL::isa( $cgiapp, 'CGI::Application' ); $cgiapp->{__CAP_AUTHENTICATION_INSTANCE} = $class->new($cgiapp) unless defined $cgiapp->{__CAP_AUTHENTICATION_INSTANCE}; return $cgiapp->{__CAP_AUTHENTICATION_INSTANCE}; } =head1 CGI::Application CALLBACKS =head2 prerun_callback This method is a CGI::Application prerun callback that will be automatically registered for you if you are using CGI::Application 4.0 or greater. If you are using an older version of CGI::Application you will have to create your own cgiapp_prerun method and make sure you call this method from there. sub cgiapp_prerun { my $self = shift; $self->CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication::prerun_callback(); } =cut sub prerun_callback { my $self = shift; my $authen = $self->authen; $authen->initialize; # setup the default login and logout runmodes $authen->setup_runmodes; # The user is asking to be logged out if ($self->query->param('authen_logout')) { # The user wants to logout return $self->authen->redirect_to_logout; } # If the user just logged in then we may want to redirect them if ($authen->is_new_login) { # User just logged in, so where to we send them? return $self->authen->redirect_after_login; } # Update any time out info my $config = $authen->_config; if ( $config->{LOGIN_SESSION_TIMEOUT} ) { # update the last access time my $now = time; $authen->last_access($now); } if ($authen->is_protected_runmode($self->get_current_runmode)) { # This runmode requires authentication unless ($authen->is_authenticated) { # This user is NOT logged in return $self->authen->redirect_to_login; } } } =head1 CGI::Application RUNMODES =head2 authen_login_runmode This runmode is provided if you do not want to create your own login runmode. It will display a simple login form for the user, which can be replaced by assigning RENDER_LOGIN a coderef that returns the HTML. =cut sub authen_login_runmode { my $self = shift; my $authen = $self->authen; my $credentials = $authen->credentials; my $username = $credentials->[0]; my $password = $credentials->[1]; my $html; if ( my $sub = $authen->_config->{RENDER_LOGIN} ) { $html = $sub->($self); } else { my $login_options = $authen->_config->{LOGIN_FORM} || {}; $html = join( "\n", CGI::start_html( -title => $login_options->{TITLE} || 'Sign In' ), $authen->login_box, CGI::end_html(), ); } return $html; } =head2 authen_dummy_redirect This runmode is provided for convenience when an external redirect needs to be done. It just returns an empty string. =cut sub authen_dummy_redirect { return ''; } ### ### Helper methods ### sub _cgiapp { return $_[0]->{cgiapp}; } sub _find_deligate_class { foreach my $class (@_) { $class->require && return $class; } return; } sub _config { my $self = shift; my $class = ref $self ? ref $self : $self; my $config; if ( ref $self ) { $config = $self->{__CAP_AUTHENTICATION_CONFIG} ||= $__CONFIG{$class} || {}; } else { $__CONFIG{$class} ||= {}; $config = $__CONFIG{$class}; } return $config; } sub _devpopup_report { my $cgiapp = shift; my @list; my $self=$cgiapp->authen; if ($self->username) { push @list,['username',$self->username]; } my $config = $self->_config; my $field_names = $config->{CREDENTIALS} || [qw(authen_username authen_password)]; my $query = $cgiapp->query; foreach my $name (@$field_names) { push @list, [ $name, $query->param($name) ]; } my $r=0; my $text = join $/, map { $r=1-$r; qq($_->[0]$_->[1]) } @list; $cgiapp->devpopup->add_report( title => 'Authentication', summary => '', report => qq(
    $text
    ParameterValue
    ), ); } ### ### Helper functions ### sub _time_to_seconds { my $time = shift; return unless defined $time; # Most of this function is borrowed from CGI::Util v1.4 by Lincoln Stein my (%mult) = ( 's' => 1, 'm' => 60, 'h' => 60 * 60, 'd' => 60 * 60 * 24, 'w' => 60 * 60 * 24 * 7, 'M' => 60 * 60 * 24 * 30, 'y' => 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 ); # format for time can be in any of the forms... # "180" -- in 180 seconds # "180s" -- in 180 seconds # "2m" -- in 2 minutes # "12h" -- in 12 hours # "1d" -- in 1 day # "4w" -- in 4 weeks # "3M" -- in 3 months # "2y" -- in 2 years my $offset; if ( $time =~ /^([+-]?(?:\d+|\d*\.\d*))([smhdwMy]?)$/ ) { return if (!$2 || $2 eq 's') && $1 != int $1; # $offset = int ( ( $mult{$2} || 1 ) * $1 ); } return $offset; } =head1 EXAMPLE In a CGI::Application module: use base qw(CGI::Application); use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode; use CGI::Application::Plugin::Session; use CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication; __PACKAGE__->authen->config( DRIVER => [ 'Generic', { user1 => '123' } ], STORE => 'Session', LOGOUT_RUNMODE => 'start', ); __PACKAGE__->authen->protected_runmodes(qr/^auth_/, 'one'); sub start : RunMode { my $self = shift; } sub one : RunMode { my $self = shift; # The user will only get here if they are logged in } sub auth_two : RunMode { my $self = shift; # This is also protected because of the # regexp call to protected_runmodes above } =head1 TODO There are lots of things that can still be done to improve this plugin. If anyone else is interested in helping out feel free to dig right in. Many of these things don't need my input, but if you want to avoid duplicated efforts, send me a note, and I'll let you know of anyone else is working in the same area. =over 4 =item write a tutorial =item build more Drivers (Class::DBI, LDAP, Radius, etc...) =item Add support for method attributes to identify runmodes that require authentication =item finish the test suite =item provide more example code =item clean up the documentation =item build a DB driver that builds it's own table structure. This can be used by people that don't have their oen user database to work with, and could include a simple user management application. =back =head1 BUGS This is alpha software and as such, the features and interface are subject to change. So please check the Changes file when upgrading. =head1 SEE ALSO L, perl(1) =head1 AUTHOR Cees Hek =head1 CREDITS Thanks to SiteSuite (http://www.sitesuite.com.au) for funding the development of this plugin and for releasing it to the world. =head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2005, SiteSuite. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. =cut 1;