socks.server

Interface UserValidation

public interface UserValidation

Interface which provides for user validation, based on user name password and where it connects from.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isUserValid(String username, String password, Socket connection) Implementations of this interface are expected to use some or all of the information provided plus any information they can extract from other sources to decide wether given user should be allowed access to SOCKS server, or whatever you use it for.

Method Detail

isUserValid

boolean isUserValid(String username,
                    String password,
                    Socket connection)

Implementations of this interface are expected to use some or all of the information provided plus any information they can extract from other sources to decide wether given user should be allowed access to SOCKS server, or whatever you use it for.

Parameters:

username - User whom implementation should validate.

password - Password this user provided.

connection - Socket which user used to connect to the server.

Returns:

true to indicate user is valid, false otherwise.