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NAME

Authen::NZigovt::ServiceProvider - Class representing the local SAML2 Service Provider

DESCRIPTION

This class is used to represent the local SAML2 Service Provider which will be used to access the NZ igovt logon service Identity Provider. In normal use, an object of this class is initialised from the metadata-sp.xml in the configuration directory. This class can also be used to generate that metadata file.

METHODS

new

Constructor. Should not be called directly. Instead, call:

  Authen::NZigovt->service_provider( args );

The following options are recognised:

conf_dir => '/path/to/directory'

The conf_dir parameter must be provided. It specifies the full pathname of the directory containing SP and IdP metadata files as well as certificate and key files for request signing and mutual-SSL.

skip_signature_check => [ 0 | 1 | 2 ]

This (seldom used) option allows you to turn off verification of digital signatures in the assertions returned from the IdP. The default value is 0 - meaning signatures will be checked.

If set to 1, a failed signature check will result in a warning to STDERR but further processing of the assertion will continue. This mode is useful if the signing certificate is scheduled to be replaced on the IdP. Enabling this option allows you to update your metadata before or after the scheduled change without needing to coordinate your timing exactly with the IdP service.

Setting this option to 2 will completely skip signature checks (i.e. no errors or warnings will be generated).

new_defaults

Alternative constructor which is called to set up some sensible defaults when generating metadata.

conf_dir

Accessor for the conf_dir parameter passed in to the constructor.

id

Accessor for the ID parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

entity_id

Accessor for the entityID parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

url_single_logout

Accessor for the SingleLogoutService parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

url_assertion_consumer

Accessor for the AssertionConsumerService parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

contact_company

Accessor for the Company component of the ContactPerson parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

contact_first_name

Accessor for the GivenName component of the ContactPerson parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

contact_surname

Accessor for the SurName component of the ContactPerson parameter in the Service Provider metadata file.

signing_cert_pathname

Accessor for the pathname of the Service Provider's signing certificate. This will always be the file sp-sign-crt.pem in the configuration directory.

signing_key_pathname

Accessor for the pathname of the Service Provider's signing key. This will always be the file sp-sign-key.pem in the configuration directory.

ssl_cert_pathname

Accessor for the pathname of the Service Provider's mutual SSL certificate. This will always be the file sp-ssl-crt.pem in the configuration directory.

ssl_key_pathname

Accessor for the pathname of the Service Provider's mutual SSL private key. This will always be the file sp-sign-crt.pem in the configuration directory.

idp

Accessor for an object representing the Identity Provider (See: Authen::NZigovt::IdentityProvider.

nameid_format

Returns a string URN representing the format of the NameID (Federated LogonTag - FLT) requested/expected from the Identity Provider.

generate_saml_id

Used by the request classes to generate a unique identifier for each request. It accepts one argument, being a string like 'AuthenRequest' to identify the type of request.

generate_certs

Called by the nzigovt make-certs command to run an interactive Q&A session to generate either self-signed certificates or Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs). Delegates to Authen::NZigovt::ServiceProvider::CertFactory

build_new

Called by the nzigovt make-meta command to run an interactive Q&A session to initialise or edit the contents of the Service Provider metadata file. Delegates to Authen::NZigovt::ServiceProvider::Builder

make_bundle

Called by the nzigovt make-bundle command to create a zip archive of the files needed by the IdP. The archive will include the SP metadata and certificate files. Delegates to Authen::NZigovt::ServiceProvider::Builder

new_request( options )

Creates a new Authen::NZigovt::AuthenRequest object. The caller would typically use the as_url method of the request to redirect the client to the Identity Provider's single logon service. The request object's request_id method should be used to get the request ID and save it in session state for use later during artifact resolution.

The new_request method does not require any arguments, but accepts the following optional key => value pairs:

allow_create => boolean

Controls whether the user should be allowed to create a new account on the IdP. Default: false.

force_auth => boolean

Controls whether the user will be forced to log in, rather than allowing the reuse of an existing logon session on the IdP. Default: true.

auth_strength => string

The logon strength required. May be supplied as a URN, or as keyword ('low', 'mod', 'sms', etc). See Authen::NZigovt::LogonStrength for constants. Default: 'low'.

relay_state => string

User-supplied string value that will be returned as a URL parameter to the assertion consumer service.as_url

metadata_xml

Serialises the current Service Provider config parameters to a SAML2 EntityDescriptor metadata document.

sign_query_string

Used by the Authen::NZigovt::AuthenRequest class to create a digital signature for the AuthnRequest HTTP-Redirect URL.

resolve_artifact

Takes an artifact (either the whole URL or just the SAMLart parameter) and contacts the Identity Provider to resolve it to an FLT. Parameters (including the original request_id) must be supplied as key => value pairs, for example:

  my $resp = $sp->resolve_artifact(
      artifact        => $framework->param('SAMLart'),
      request_id      => $framework->state('igovt_request_id'),
      logon_strength  => 'low',        # optional
      strength_match  => 'minimum',    # optional - default: 'minimum'
  );

The assertion returned by the Identity Provider will be validated and its contents returned as an Authen::NZigovt::ResolutionResponse object. If an unexpected error occurs while resolving the artifact or while validating the resulting assertion, an exception will be thrown. Expected error conditions (eg: timeouts, user presses 'Cancel' etc) will not throw an exception, but will return a response object that can be interrogated to determine the nature of the error. The calling application may wish to log the expected errors with a severity of 'WARN' or 'INFO'.

now_as_iso

Convenience method returns the current time (UTC) formatted as an ISO date/time string.

SEE ALSO

See Authen::NZigovt for documentation index.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2010-2011 the New Zealand Electoral Enrolment Centre

Written by Grant McLean <grant@catalyst.net.nz>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.