package Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID; { $Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID::AUTHORITY = 'cpan:TOBYINK'; $Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID::VERSION = '1.921'; } use strict; use base qw(Plack::Middleware); use Plack::Util;; use Plack::Util::Accessor qw( webid_class certificate_env_key on_unauth no_object_please cache ); my $default_unauth = sub { my ($self, $env) = @_; $env->{WEBID} = Plack::Util::FALSE; $env->{WEBID_OBJECT} = Plack::Util::FALSE; $self->app->($env); }; sub prepare_app { my ($self) = @_; $self->certificate_env_key('SSL_CLIENT_CERT') unless defined $self->certificate_env_key; $self->webid_class('Web::ID') unless defined $self->webid_class; $self->on_unauth($default_unauth) unless defined $self->on_unauth; Plack::Util::load_class('Web::ID'); } sub call { my ($self, $env) = @_; my $unauth = $self->on_unauth; my $cert = $env->{ $self->certificate_env_key } or return $self->$unauth($env); my ($webid, $was_cached) = $self->_get_webid($cert, $env); if ($webid->valid) { $env->{WEBID} = $webid->uri . ''; $env->{WEBID_OBJECT} = $webid unless $self->no_object_please; $env->{WEBID_CACHE_HIT} = $was_cached; return $self->_run_app($env); } return $self->$unauth($env); } sub _run_app { my ($self, $env) = @_; my $app = $self->app; @_ = $env; goto $app; } sub _get_webid { my ($self, $cert) = @_; my $webid = $self->webid_class->new(certificate => $cert); return ($webid, '') unless $self->cache; # I know what you're thinking... what's the point in caching these # objects, if we're already constructed it above?! # # Well, much of the heavy work for Web::ID is done in lazy builders. # If we return a cached copy of the object, then we avoid running # those builders again. # my $cached = $self->cache->get( $webid->certificate->fingerprint ); return ($cached, '1') if $cached; $self->cache->set($webid->certificate->fingerprint, $webid); return ($webid, '0'); } __PACKAGE__ __END__ =head1 NAME Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID - authentication middleware for WebID =head1 SYNOPSIS use Plack::Builder; my $app = sub { ... }; my $cache = CHI->new( ... ); sub unauthenticated { my ($self, $env) = @_; return [ 403, [ 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' ], [ '403 Forbidden' ], ]; } builder { enable "Auth::WebID", cache => $cache, on_unauth => \&unauthenticated; $app; }; =head1 DESCRIPTION Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID is a WebID handler for Plack. If authentication is successful, then the handler sets C<< $env->{WEBID} >> to the user's WebID URI, and sets C<< $env->{WEBID_OBJECT} >> to a L object. =begin private =item call =item prepare_app =end private =head1 CONFIGURATION =over 4 =item cache This may be set to an object that will act as a cache for Web::ID objects. Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID does not care what package you use for your caching needs. L, L and L should all work. In fact, any package that provides a similar one-argument C and a two-argument C ought to work. Which should you use? Well CHI seems to be best, however it's Moose-based, so usually too slow for CGI applications. Use Cache::Cache for CGI, and CHI otherwise. You don't need to set a cache at all, but if there's no cache, then reauthentication (which is computationally expensive) happens for every request. Use of a cache with an expiration time of around 15 minutes should significantly speed up the responsiveness of a WebID-secured site. (For forking servers you probably want a cache that is shared between processes, such as a memcached cache.) =item on_unauth Coderef that will be called if authentication is not successful. You can use this to return a "403 Forbidden" page for example, or try an alternative authentication method. The default coderef used will simply run the application as normal, but setting C<< $env->{WEBID} >> to the empty string. =item webid_class Name of an alternative class to use for WebID authentication instead of L. Note that any such class would need to provide a compatible C constructor. =item certificate_env_key The key within C<< $env >> where Plack::Middleware::Auth::WebID can find a PEM-encoded client SSL certificate. Apache keeps this information in C<< $env->{'SSL_CLIENT_CERT'} >>, so it should be no surprise that this setting defaults to 'SSL_CLIENT_CERT'. =item no_object_please Suppresses setting C<< $env->{WEBID_OBJECT} >>. C<< $env->{WEBID} >> will still be set as usual. =back =head1 SERVER SUPPORT WebID is an authentication system based on the Semantic Web and HTTPS. It relies on client certificates (but not on certification authorities; self-signed certificates are OK). So for this authentication module to work... =over =item * You need to be using a server which supports HTTPS. Many web PSGI web servers (e.g. HTTP::Server::Simple, Starman, etc) do not support HTTPS natively. In some cases these are used with an HTTPS proxy in front of them. =item * Your HTTPS server needs to request a client certificate from the client. =item * Your HTTPS server needs to expose the client certificate to Plack via C<< $env >>. If you're using an HTTPS proxy in front of a non-HTTPS web server, then you might need to be creative to find a way to forward this information to your backend web server. =item * The client browser needs to have a WebID-compatible certificate installed. Nuff said. =back =head2 Apache2 (mod_perl and CGI) The B directive can be used to tell Apache that you want it to request a certificate from the client. Apache is able to deposit the certifcate in an environment variable called SSL_CLIENT_CERT. However by default it might not. Check out the B directive and enable the C option, or if you're using mod_perl try L. =head2 Gepok L is one of a very small number of PSGI-compatible web servers that supports HTTPS natively. As of 0.19 it does not request client certificates, however there is a fork which provides client certificate support at L, which will hopefully be merged into the release versions of Gepok at some point in the near future. This still doesn't give you the certificate in C<< $env >> though. I'm working on some Plack middleware to do that. It will be released as L in due course. =head1 BUGS Please report any bugs to L. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L. General WebID information: L, L, L, L. Apache mod_ssl: L, L, L. =head1 AUTHOR Toby Inkster Etobyink@cpan.orgE. =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =head1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.