Class IPAccessHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:
Handler, HandlerContainer, Container, Destroyable, Dumpable, Dumpable.DumpableContainer, LifeCycle

@Deprecated public class IPAccessHandler extends HandlerWrapper
Deprecated.
IP Access Handler

Controls access to the wrapped handler by the real remote IP. Control is provided by white/black lists that include both internet addresses and URIs. This handler uses the real internet address of the connection, not one reported in the forwarded for headers, as this cannot be as easily forged.

Typically, the black/white lists will be used in one of three modes:

  • Blocking a few specific IPs/URLs by specifying several black list entries.
  • Allowing only some specific IPs/URLs by specifying several white lists entries.
  • Allowing a general range of IPs/URLs by specifying several general white list entries, that are then further refined by several specific black list exceptions

By default an empty white list is treated as match all. If there is at least one entry in the white list, then a request must match a white list entry. Black list entries are always applied, so that even if an entry matches the white list, a black list entry will override it.

You can change white list policy setting whiteListByPath to true. In this mode a request will be white listed IF it has a matching URL in the white list, otherwise the black list applies, e.g. in default mode when whiteListByPath = false and wl = "127.0.0.1|/foo", /bar request from 127.0.0.1 will be blacklisted, if whiteListByPath=true then not.

Internet addresses may be specified as absolute address or as a combination of four octet wildcard specifications (a.b.c.d) that are defined as follows.

 nnn - an absolute value (0-255)
 mmm-nnn - an inclusive range of absolute values,
           with following shorthand notations:
           nnn- => nnn-255
           -nnn => 0-nnn
           -    => 0-255
 a,b,... - a list of wildcard specifications
 

Internet address specification is separated from the URI pattern using the "|" (pipe) character. URI patterns follow the servlet specification for simple * prefix and suffix wild cards (e.g. /, /foo, /foo/bar, /foo/bar/*, *.baz).

Earlier versions of the handler used internet address prefix wildcard specification to define a range of the internet addresses (e.g. 127., 10.10., 172.16.1.). They also used the first "/" character of the URI pattern to separate it from the internet address. Both of these features have been deprecated in the current version.

Examples of the entry specifications are:

  • 10.10.1.2 - all requests from IP 10.10.1.2
  • 10.10.1.2|/foo/bar - all requests from IP 10.10.1.2 to URI /foo/bar
  • 10.10.1.2|/foo/* - all requests from IP 10.10.1.2 to URIs starting with /foo/
  • 10.10.1.2|*.html - all requests from IP 10.10.1.2 to URIs ending with .html
  • 10.10.0-255.0-255 - all requests from IPs within 10.10.0.0/16 subnet
  • 10.10.0-.-255|/foo/bar - all requests from IPs within 10.10.0.0/16 subnet to URI /foo/bar
  • 10.10.0-3,1,3,7,15|/foo/* - all requests from IPs addresses with last octet equal to 1,3,7,15 in subnet 10.10.0.0/22 to URIs starting with /foo/

Earlier versions of the handler used internet address prefix wildcard specification to define a range of the internet addresses (e.g. 127., 10.10., 172.16.1.). They also used the first "/" character of the URI pattern to separate it from the internet address. Both of these features have been deprecated in the current version.

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  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • IPAccessHandler

      public IPAccessHandler()
      Deprecated.
      Creates new handler object
    • IPAccessHandler

      public IPAccessHandler(String[] white, String[] black)
      Deprecated.
      Creates new handler object and initializes white- and black-list
      Parameters:
      white - array of whitelist entries
      black - array of blacklist entries
  • Method Details

    • addWhite

      public void addWhite(String entry)
      Deprecated.
      Add a whitelist entry to an existing handler configuration
      Parameters:
      entry - new whitelist entry
    • addBlack

      public void addBlack(String entry)
      Deprecated.
      Add a blacklist entry to an existing handler configuration
      Parameters:
      entry - new blacklist entry
    • setWhite

      public void setWhite(String[] entries)
      Deprecated.
      Re-initialize the whitelist of existing handler object
      Parameters:
      entries - array of whitelist entries
    • setBlack

      public void setBlack(String[] entries)
      Deprecated.
      Re-initialize the blacklist of existing handler object
      Parameters:
      entries - array of blacklist entries
    • setWhiteListByPath

      public void setWhiteListByPath(boolean whiteListByPath)
      Deprecated.
      Re-initialize the mode of path matching
      Parameters:
      whiteListByPath - matching mode
    • handle

      public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, javax.servlet.ServletException
      Deprecated.
      Checks the incoming request against the whitelist and blacklist
      Specified by:
      handle in interface Handler
      Overrides:
      handle in class HandlerWrapper
      Parameters:
      target - The target of the request - either a URI or a name.
      baseRequest - The original unwrapped request object.
      request - The request either as the Request object or a wrapper of that request. The HttpConnection.getCurrentConnection().getHttpChannel().getRequest() method can be used access the Request object if required.
      response - The response as the Response object or a wrapper of that request. The HttpConnection.getCurrentConnection().getHttpChannel().getResponse() method can be used access the Response object if required.
      Throws:
      IOException - if unable to handle the request or response processing
      javax.servlet.ServletException - if unable to handle the request or response due to underlying servlet issue
      See Also:
    • add

      protected void add(String entry, PathMap<IPAddressMap<Boolean>> patternMap)
      Deprecated.
      Helper method to parse the new entry and add it to the specified address pattern map.
      Parameters:
      entry - new entry
      patternMap - target address pattern map
    • set

      protected void set(String[] entries, PathMap<IPAddressMap<Boolean>> patternMap)
      Deprecated.
      Helper method to process a list of new entries and replace the content of the specified address pattern map
      Parameters:
      entries - new entries
      patternMap - target address pattern map
    • isAddrUriAllowed

      protected boolean isAddrUriAllowed(String addr, String path)
      Deprecated.
      Check if specified request is allowed by current IPAccess rules.
      Parameters:
      addr - internet address
      path - request URI path
      Returns:
      true if request is allowed
    • dump

      public void dump(Appendable out, String indent) throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      Dump the handler configuration
      Specified by:
      dump in interface Dumpable
      Overrides:
      dump in class ContainerLifeCycle
      Parameters:
      out - The appendable to dump to
      indent - The indent to apply after any new lines.
      Throws:
      IOException - if unable to write to Appendable