rice.pastry.security
Interface PastrySecurityManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectSecurityManager, PermissiveSecurityManager, SocketPastrySecurityManager

public interface PastrySecurityManager

The security manager interface.

Version:

$Id: PastrySecurityManager.java 2302 2005-03-11 00:58:26Z jeffh $

Author:

Andrew Ladd

Method Summary

java.util.Date	getTimestamp() Gets the current time for a timestamp.
boolean	verifyAddressBinding(Credentials cred, Address addr) Checks to see if these credentials can be associated with the address.
boolean	verifyMessage(Message msg) This method takes a message and returns true if the message is safe and false otherwise.
NodeHandle	verifyNodeHandle(NodeHandle handle) Verify node handle safety.

Method Detail

verifyMessage

boolean verifyMessage(Message msg)

This method takes a message and returns true if the message is safe and false otherwise.

Parameters:

msg - a message.

Returns:

if the message is safe, false otherwise.

verifyAddressBinding

boolean verifyAddressBinding(Credentials cred,
                             Address addr)

Checks to see if these credentials can be associated with the address.

Parameters:

cred - some credentials.

addr - an address.

Returns:

true if the credentials match the address, false otherwise.

verifyNodeHandle

NodeHandle verifyNodeHandle(NodeHandle handle)

Verify node handle safety.

Parameters:

handle - the handle to check.

Returns:

the verified node handle

getTimestamp

java.util.Date getTimestamp()

Gets the current time for a timestamp.

Returns:

the timestamp.