com.sun.identity.log.secure

Class LogVerifier

java.lang.Object

com.sun.identity.log.secure.LogVerifier

public class LogVerifier
extends Object

This class is verifying signature that is generated with the MAC value for each log entry.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LogVerifier(String log, AMPassword verPass) Constructs LogVerifier object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	getVerificationFlag() Return verification flag
void	startLogVerifier() Method that starts the log Verifier thread
void	stopLogVerifier() Method to stop the log verifier thread if it is running
boolean	verify() Checks each record in the list of log files for tampering.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogVerifier

public LogVerifier(String log,
                   AMPassword verPass)

Constructs LogVerifier object

Parameters:

log - logger name associated with this verifier

verPass - the password for verifier secure store

Method Detail

getVerificationFlag

public boolean getVerificationFlag()

Return verification flag

Returns:

verification flag

startLogVerifier

public void startLogVerifier()

Method that starts the log Verifier thread

stopLogVerifier

public void stopLogVerifier()

Method to stop the log verifier thread if it is running

verify

public boolean verify()
               throws Exception

Checks each record in the list of log files for tampering.

Returns:

a boolean value as a result of the verification

Throws:

Exception - if it fails to verify any mac value in the log entry.