FWIW, I _think_ the reason the AnonymousGeoNodeAuthenticationToken is extending UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken is to hold the cookie value that ties the anonymous user to a Django session.
It seems like this could be done differently for sure, especially to play well with the proposed functionality or other security aspects that would (logically) expect an instanceof AnonymousAuthenticationToken check to work. Thanks for pointing this out :) On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Andrea Aime <andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it> wrote: > Hi Christian, > your comment makes me think GeoNode should rethink the way they handle > user authentication. > > Regardless, what about my question? How to best check if the user is the > anonymous one? > > Cheers > Andrea > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Christian Mueller < > christian.muel...@os-solutions.at> wrote: > >> Strange >> >> Looking at >> >> https://github.com/GeoNode/geoserver-geonode-ext/blob/master/src/main/java/org/geonode/security/AnonymousGeoNodeAuthenticationToken.java >> >> I am asking me two questions >> >> 1) Credentials for an anonymous user ? >> 2) An individual user name for an anonymous user ? >> >> We solve the problem with >> GeoServerUser.createAnonymous() >> >> >> At a minimum I think they should use >> >> org.springframework.security.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationToken >> >> and we can check with >> >> SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication() >> >> >> Just my 2 cents >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Andrea Aime < >> andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Christian Mueller < >>> christian.muel...@os-solutions.at> wrote: >>> >>>> However sometimes we do have the actual user logging in, in that case >>>>> I believe we should use that to drive the limits instead of a cookie. >>>>> >>>>> However... how does one know if the user is the anonymous one? >>>>> Just checking if the authentication is a AnonymousAuthenticationToken >>>>> seems a bit weak, I've for example noticed that GeoNode has >>>>> its own AnonymousGeoNodeAuthenticationToken which is, for some >>>>> strange reason, a subclass of UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Not sure how to understand. 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