Package glue :: Package auth :: Module saml :: Class HTTPNegotiateAuthHandler

Class HTTPNegotiateAuthHandler

urllib2.BaseHandler --+
                      |
                     HTTPNegotiateAuthHandler

This class uses an existing Kerberos ticket to authenticate via HTTP Negotiate Authentication. An instance of this class can be passed into the build_opener function from the urllib module.

Modified from source found at

http://selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2008-June/019776.html

Instance Methods

[hide private]

__init__(self, service_principal)
service_principal is the Kerberos principal of the host against which the client authenticates.

source code

authenticate_server(self, headers)

source code

clean_context(self)

source code

generate_request_header(self, req, headers)

source code

http_error_401(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers)

source code

negotiate_value(self, headers)

source code

Inherited from urllib2.BaseHandler: __lt__, add_parent, close

Class Variables

[hide private]

handler_order = 480

rx = re.compile(r'(?i)(?:.*,)*\s*Negotiate\s*([^,]*),?')

Method Details

[hide private]

init(self, service_principal)
(Constructor)

source code

service_principal is the Kerberos principal of the host against which the client authenticates. It should usually be the string 'HTTP@login.ligo.org'.

Class HTTPNegotiateAuthHandler

__init__(self, service_principal) (Constructor)

init(self, service_principal)
(Constructor)