org.torweg.pulse.util.streamscanner
Class MimeSniffingScanner

java.lang.Object
  org.torweg.pulse.util.streamscanner.MimeSniffingScanner

All Implemented Interfaces:

IStreamScanner

public class MimeSniffingScanner
extends java.lang.Object
implements IStreamScanner

a simple scanner trying to protect against attacks on Internet Explorer's MIME sniffing vulnerabilities.

Version:

$Revision: 2026 $

Author:

Thomas Weber

Constructor Summary

MimeSniffingScanner()
default constructor.

Method Summary

void	close() does nothing for this scanner.
void	scan(byte[] b) scans the given byte array.
void	scan(int b) scans the given byte.
void	setContentType(java.lang.String t) this scanner will only be applied to non-text content-types, i.e. all streams with a content-type of text/* will not be scanned.
void	setUser(User u) sets the user.
void	shutdown() unconditionally frees all resources of this scanner.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MimeSniffingScanner

public MimeSniffingScanner()

default constructor.

Method Detail

setContentType

public final void setContentType(java.lang.String t)

this scanner will only be applied to non-text content-types, i.e. all streams with a content-type of text/* will not be scanned.

Specified by:

setContentType in interface IStreamScanner

Parameters:

t - the content-type

setUser

public void setUser(User u)

sets the user.

Specified by:

setUser in interface IStreamScanner

Parameters:

u - the user to set

scan

public final void scan(byte[] b)
                throws XSSStreamException

scans the given byte array.

Specified by:

scan in interface IStreamScanner

Parameters:

b - the byte array to be scanned

Throws:

XSSStreamException - if the scanner finds any of the triggers

scan

public final void scan(int b)
                throws XSSStreamException

scans the given byte.

Specified by:

scan in interface IStreamScanner

Parameters:

b - the byte to scan

Throws:

XSSStreamException - if the scanner finds any of the triggers

close

public final void close()

does nothing for this scanner.

Specified by:

close in interface IStreamScanner

See Also:

IStreamScanner.close()

shutdown

public final void shutdown()

unconditionally frees all resources of this scanner.

Specified by:

shutdown in interface IStreamScanner