SEC-180: BasicProcessingFilter should configurably ignore authentication failures.

core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/ui/basicauth/BasicProcessingFilter.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2004, 2005 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ package org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth;
 import org.acegisecurity.Authentication;
 import org.acegisecurity.AuthenticationException;
 import org.acegisecurity.AuthenticationManager;
+
 import org.acegisecurity.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+
 import org.acegisecurity.providers.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
+
 import org.acegisecurity.ui.AuthenticationEntryPoint;
 import org.acegisecurity.ui.WebAuthenticationDetails;
 
@@ -78,8 +81,9 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
  * </p>
  * 
  * <p>
- * If authentication fails, an {@link AuthenticationEntryPoint} implementation
- * is called. Usually this should be {@link BasicProcessingFilterEntryPoint},
+ * If authentication fails and <code>ignoreFailure</code> is <code>false</code>
+ * (the default), an {@link AuthenticationEntryPoint} implementation is
+ * called. Usually this should be {@link BasicProcessingFilterEntryPoint},
  * which will prompt the user to authenticate again via BASIC authentication.
  * </p>
  * 
@@ -110,27 +114,10 @@ public class BasicProcessingFilter implements Filter, InitializingBean {
 
     private AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint;
     private AuthenticationManager authenticationManager;
+    private boolean ignoreFailure = false;
 
     //~ Methods ================================================================
 
-    public void setAuthenticationEntryPoint(
-        AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint) {
-        this.authenticationEntryPoint = authenticationEntryPoint;
-    }
-
-    public AuthenticationEntryPoint getAuthenticationEntryPoint() {
-        return authenticationEntryPoint;
-    }
-
-    public void setAuthenticationManager(
-        AuthenticationManager authenticationManager) {
-        this.authenticationManager = authenticationManager;
-    }
-
-    public AuthenticationManager getAuthenticationManager() {
-        return authenticationManager;
-    }
-
     public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
         Assert.notNull(this.authenticationManager,
             "An AuthenticationManager is required");
@@ -196,7 +183,13 @@ public class BasicProcessingFilter implements Filter, InitializingBean {
                     }
 
                     SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(null);
-                    authenticationEntryPoint.commence(request, response, failed);
+
+                    if (ignoreFailure) {
+                        chain.doFilter(request, response);
+                    } else {
+                        authenticationEntryPoint.commence(request, response,
+                            failed);
+                    }
 
                     return;
                 }
@@ -214,5 +207,31 @@ public class BasicProcessingFilter implements Filter, InitializingBean {
         chain.doFilter(request, response);
     }
 
+    public AuthenticationEntryPoint getAuthenticationEntryPoint() {
+        return authenticationEntryPoint;
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationManager getAuthenticationManager() {
+        return authenticationManager;
+    }
+
     public void init(FilterConfig arg0) throws ServletException {}
+
+    public boolean isIgnoreFailure() {
+        return ignoreFailure;
+    }
+
+    public void setAuthenticationEntryPoint(
+        AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint) {
+        this.authenticationEntryPoint = authenticationEntryPoint;
+    }
+
+    public void setAuthenticationManager(
+        AuthenticationManager authenticationManager) {
+        this.authenticationManager = authenticationManager;
+    }
+
+    public void setIgnoreFailure(boolean ignoreFailure) {
+        this.ignoreFailure = ignoreFailure;
+    }
 }

core/src/test/java/org/acegisecurity/ui/basicauth/BasicProcessingFilterTests.java

@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ public class BasicProcessingFilterTests extends MockObjectTestCase {
         assertEquals(401, response.getStatus());
     }
 
-    public void testWrongPasswordReturnsForbidden() throws Exception {
+    public void testWrongPasswordContinuesFilterChainIfIgnoreFailureIsTrue()
+        throws Exception {
         // Setup our HTTP request
         String token = "marissa:WRONG_PASSWORD";
         MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
@@ -294,6 +295,27 @@ public class BasicProcessingFilterTests extends MockObjectTestCase {
         request.setServletPath("/some_file.html");
         request.setSession(new MockHttpSession());
 
+        filter.setIgnoreFailure(true);
+        assertTrue(filter.isIgnoreFailure());
+
+        // Test - the filter chain will be invoked, as we've set ignoreFailure = true
+        MockHttpServletResponse response = executeFilterInContainerSimulator(filter,
+                request, true);
+
+        assertNull(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication());
+    }
+
+    public void testWrongPasswordReturnsForbiddenIfIgnoreFailureIsFalse()
+        throws Exception {
+        // Setup our HTTP request
+        String token = "marissa:WRONG_PASSWORD";
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+        request.addHeader("Authorization",
+            "Basic " + new String(Base64.encodeBase64(token.getBytes())));
+        request.setServletPath("/some_file.html");
+        request.setSession(new MockHttpSession());
+        assertFalse(filter.isIgnoreFailure());
+
         // Test - the filter chain will not be invoked, as we get a 403 forbidden response
         MockHttpServletResponse response = executeFilterInContainerSimulator(filter,
                 request, false);