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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>1998</year><year>2009</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+ Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+ retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+
+ Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ under the License.
+
+ </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 one function,
+ <seealso marker="#callback_module_event">event/4</seealso>, which is 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>What = [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>
+
+