class AuthHandlerBase

Base clase for OSPFv2 authentication mechanisms. More...

 
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Detailed Description

The AuthHandlerBase class defines the interfaces for OSPFv2 authentication handlers. Handlers are responsible for authenticating inbound datagrams and adding authentication data to outbound datagrams.

Error during authentication set an error buffer that clients may query using the error() method.

 ~AuthHandlerBase ()

~AuthHandlerBase

[virtual]

const char*  effective_name ()

effective_name

[const pure virtual]

Get the effective name of the authentication scheme.

Returns: the name of the authentication scheme.

void  reset ()

reset

[pure virtual]

Reset the authentication state.

uint32_t  additional_payload ()

additional_payload

[const pure virtual]

Additional bytes that will be added to the payload.

Returns: the number of additional bytes that need to be added to the payload.

bool  authenticate_inbound (const vector<uint8_t>& packet, const IPv4& src_addr, bool new_peer)

authenticate_inbound

[pure virtual]

Inbound authentication method.

Parameters:

packetthe packet to verify.
src_addrthe source address of the packet.
new_peertrue if this is a new peer.

Returns: true if packet passes authentication checks, false otherwise.

bool  authenticate_outbound (vector<uint8_t>& packet)

authenticate_outbound

[pure virtual]

Outbound authentication method.

Parameters:

packetthe packet to authenticate.

Returns: true if packet was successfully authenticated, false when no valid keys are present.

const string&  error ()

error

[const]

Get textual description of last error.

inline void  reset_error ()

reset_error

[protected]

Reset textual description of last error.

inline void  set_error (const string& error_msg)

set_error

[protected]

Set textual description of latest error.


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