CsrfPreventionFilter (Apache Tomcat 7.0.104 API Documentation)

org.apache.catalina.filters

## Class CsrfPreventionFilter

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.catalina.filters.FilterBase
  - - org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilterBase
    - - org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Filter

      public class CsrfPreventionFilter
      extends CsrfPreventionFilterBase

  Provides basic CSRF protection for a web application. The filter assumes that:
  - The filter is mapped to /*
  - `HttpServletResponse.encodeRedirectURL(String)` and `HttpServletResponse.encodeURL(String)` are used to encode all URLs returned to the client

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected static class` | `CsrfPreventionFilter.CsrfResponseWrapper`
    `protected static class` | `CsrfPreventionFilter.LruCache<T>`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.filters.FilterBase

      `sm`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `CsrfPreventionFilter()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)` The `doFilter` method of the Filter is called by the container each time a request/response pair is passed through the chain due to a client request for a resource at the end of the chain.
    `void` | `setEntryPoints(String entryPoints)` Entry points are URLs that will not be tested for the presence of a valid nonce.
    `void` | `setNonceCacheSize(int nonceCacheSize)` Sets the number of previously issued nonces that will be cached on a LRU basis to support parallel requests, limited use of the refresh and back in the browser and similar behaviors that may result in the submission of a previous nonce rather than the current one.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilterBase

      `generateNonce, getDenyStatus, getLogger, getRequestedPath, init, isConfigProblemFatal, setDenyStatus, setRandomClass`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.filters.FilterBase

      `destroy`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### CsrfPreventionFilter

          public CsrfPreventionFilter()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### setEntryPoints

          public void setEntryPoints(String entryPoints)

      Entry points are URLs that will not be tested for the presence of a valid nonce. They are used to provide a way to navigate back to a protected application after navigating away from it. Entry points will be limited to HTTP GET requests and should not trigger any security sensitive actions.
      Parameters:
        `entryPoints` - Comma separated list of URLs to be configured as entry points.

    - #### setNonceCacheSize

          public void setNonceCacheSize(int nonceCacheSize)

      Sets the number of previously issued nonces that will be cached on a LRU basis to support parallel requests, limited use of the refresh and back in the browser and similar behaviors that may result in the submission of a previous nonce rather than the current one. If not set, the default value of 5 will be used.
      Parameters:
        `nonceCacheSize` - The number of nonces to cache

    - #### doFilter

          public void doFilter(ServletRequest request,
                      ServletResponse response,
                      FilterChain chain)
                        throws IOException,
                               ServletException

      Description copied from interface: `Filter`
      The `doFilter` method of the Filter is called by the container each time a request/response pair is passed through the chain due to a client request for a resource at the end of the chain. The FilterChain passed in to this method allows the Filter to pass on the request and response to the next entity in the chain.

      A typical implementation of this method would follow the following pattern:-
      1. Examine the request
      2. Optionally wrap the request object with a custom implementation to filter content or headers for input filtering
      3. Optionally wrap the response object with a custom implementation to filter content or headers for output filtering
      4. a) Either invoke the next entity in the chain using the FilterChain object (`chain.doFilter()`),
      4. b) or not pass on the request/response pair to the next entity in the filter chain to block the request processing
      5. Directly set headers on the response after invocation of the next entity in the filter chain.

      Parameters:
        `request` - The request to process
        `response` - The response associated with the request
        `chain` - Provides access to the next filter in the chain for this filter to pass the request and response to for further processing
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs during this filter's processing of the request
        `ServletException` - if the processing fails for any other reason

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