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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">

<erlref>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>1998</year><year>2011</year>
      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
    </copyright>
    <legalnotice>
      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
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      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
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    </legalnotice>

    <title>mod_security</title>
    <prepared>Mattias Nilsson</prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date>1997-11-18</date>
    <rev>1.0</rev>
    <file>mod_security.sgml</file>
  </header>
  <module>mod_security</module>
  <modulesummary>Security Audit and Trailing Functionality</modulesummary>
  <description>
    <p>Security Audit and Trailing Functionality</p>
  </description>
  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>list_auth_users(Port) -> Users | []</name>
      <name>list_auth_users(Address, Port) -> Users | []</name>
      <name>list_auth_users(Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
      <name>list_auth_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
      <fsummary>List users that have authenticated within the SecurityAuthTimeout time for a given address (if specified), port number and directory  (if specified).</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Port    = integer()</v>
        <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
        <v>Dir     = string()</v>
        <v>Users   = list() = [string()]</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="list_auth_users"></marker>
        <p><c>list_auth_users/1</c>, <c>list_auth_users/2</c> and 
          <c>list_auth_users/3</c> returns a list of users that are 
          currently authenticated. Authentications are stored for
          SecurityAuthTimeout seconds, and are then discarded.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>list_blocked_users(Port) -> Users | []</name>
      <name>list_blocked_users(Address, Port) -> Users | []</name>
      <name>list_blocked_users(Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
      <name>list_blocked_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name>
      <fsummary>List users that are currently blocked from access to a  specified port number, for a given address (if specified).</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Port    = integer()</v>
        <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
        <v>Dir     = string()</v>
        <v>Users   = list() = [string()]</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="list_blocked_users"></marker>
        <p><c>list_blocked_users/1</c>, <c>list_blocked_users/2</c> and 
          <c>list_blocked_users/3</c> returns a list of users that are 
          currently blocked from access.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>block_user(User, Port, Dir, Seconds) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
      <name>block_user(User, Address, Port, Dir, Seconds) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Block user from access to a directory for a certain amount of time.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>User    = string()</v>
        <v>Port    = integer()</v>
        <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
        <v>Dir     = string()</v>
        <v>Seconds = integer() | infinity</v>
        <v>Reason  = no_such_directory</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="block_user"></marker>
        <p><c>block_user/4</c> and <c>block_user/5</c> blocks the user 
          <c>User</c> from the directory <c>Dir</c> for a specified 
          amount of time.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>unblock_user(User, Port)          -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
      <name>unblock_user(User, Address, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
      <name>unblock_user(User, Port, Dir)     -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
      <name>unblock_user(User, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Remove a blocked user from the block list</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>User   = string()</v>
        <v>Port   = integer()</v>
        <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v>
        <v>Dir    = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="unblock_user"></marker>
        <p><c>unblock_user/2</c>, <c>unblock_user/3</c> and 
          <c>unblock_user/4</c> removes the user <c>User</c> from 
          the list of blocked users for the Port (and Dir) specified.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

  <section>
    <marker id="callback_module"></marker>
    <title>The SecurityCallbackModule</title>
    <p>The SecurityCallbackModule is a user written module that can receive 
      events from the mod_security Erlang Webserver API module. 
      This module only exports the function(s),
      <seealso marker="#callback_module_event">event/4,5</seealso>, 
      which are described below.
      </p>
  </section>

  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>event(What, Port, Dir, Data) -> ignored</name>
      <name>event(What, Address, Port, Dir, Data) -> ignored</name>
      <fsummary>This function is called whenever an event occurs in mod_security</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>What  = atom()</v>
        <v>Port  = integer()</v>
        <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() &lt;v>Dir   = string()</v>
        <v>Data  = [Info]</v>
        <v>Info  = {Name, Value}</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="callback_module_event"></marker>
        <p><c>event/4</c> or <c>event/4</c> is called whenever an event 
          occurs in the mod_security Erlang Webserver API module (<c>event/4</c> is
          called if Address is undefined and <c>event/5</c> otherwise). 
          The <c>What</c> argument specifies the type of event that has 
          occurred, and should be one of the following reasons; 
          <c>auth_fail</c> (a failed user authentication), 
          <c>user_block</c> (a user is being blocked from access) or 
          <c>user_unblock</c> (a user is being removed from the block list).</p>
        <note>
          <p>Note that the <c>user_unblock</c> event is not triggered when 
            a user is removed from the block list explicitly using the 
            <c>unblock_user</c> function.</p>
        </note>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>
  
</erlref>