NAM 3.2.1 Custom Authentication Class for BASIC not loaded

Question

Hi!
Im trying to write a custom authentication class for
BASIC/PROTECTED_BASIC, so I started with the PasswordClass sample from
SDK novell-nacm3_2-devel-2012.08.10.tar.gz, stripped out the
STSAuthenticationClass and changed the type to
AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_PASSWORD --> and it works!
public String getType() {
return AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_PASSWORD;
Next I wanted to create a custom BASIC auth class by changing the type
to AuthnConstants.BASIC / AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_BASIC
public String getType() {
return AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_BASIC;
but now IDP complains about the unsupported type.
<amLogEntry> 2012-12-20T15:11:17Z WARNING NIDS Application:
AM#300105006: AMDEVICEID#FC77EC2A45509E7B: Failed to load
authentication class due to unsupported type: ITdBasicTestClass
</amLogEntry>
Im running NAM 3.2.1 single box appliance for development/testing.
There is an old thread here, that looks like the same issue:
http://tinyurl.com/c6eawj6
Any hits?
regards
Thomas
PS: What i really want to solve is strip out the Domain from the
username on basic authentication since most MS apps/clients provide the
username in format DOMAIN\USER...
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Answer 1

hmmm, well try writing the value out to stderr and see if you can at least make sure you are getting
a good read.
Like a System.out.println(AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_PASSWO RD);
I ran into some strange stuff where some constants had no values for no apparent reason when they
should.
I would also try supplying the actual value instead of the constant and see if it goes through that
way. ("ProtectedBasic")
On 1/10/2013 11:14 AM, reibenwein wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
>
> I copied com.novell.nam.authentication.PasswordClass to start with my
> test custom auth class. It includes a method getType() like this:
>
> /**
> * Get the authentication type this class implements
> *
> * @return returns the authentication type represented by this
> class
> */
> public String getType() {
> return AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_PASSWORD;
> }
>
>
> --> IDP loads my custom auth class, as long as a leave getType()
> returning AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_PASSWORD! But this is form base
> authentication. According to the API documentation (see page 17 in
> namc_enu.pfd within the sdk download), getType should
> returnAuthnConstants. PROTECTED_BASIC for secure Basic authentication
> (or AuthnConstants.BASIC for non SSL Basic auth). So i changed getType()
> like this:
>
>
> /**
> * Get the authentication type this class implements
> *
> * @return returns the authentication type represented by this class
> */
> public String getType() {
> return AuthnConstants.PROTECTED_BASIC;
> }
>
>
> --> and then IPD comes with the error "Failed to load authentication
> class due to unsupported type"...
>
>
> regards,
> Thomas
>
>