CRL over LDAP Technical Documentation

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• Related Mozilla bugs: #91534 and #114466.

This add-on is written in XUL and Javascript.

Architecture

This add-on is built around Mozilla components @mozilla.org/network/ldap-connection;1 for LDAP management and @mozilla.org/security/crlmanager;1 for importing CRLs into the database.

Files/functions description

• content/messenger_overlay.xul
• content/messenger_overlay.js

Schedule and launch every day a ldapCrlAutoUpdateManager (hidden window).

• content/ldapCrlAutoUpdateManager.xul
• content/ldapCrlAutoUpdateManager.js

Hidden window which launches a LDAP query for all CRLs to update in database.

• content/ldapCrlManager.js

importCrlFromLdapMessage: handle LDAP response message and import/update the CRL into database.

• content/crlManager_overlay.xul
• content/crlManager_overlay.js

Add a test in original ImportCRL and UpdateCRL functions (launched by CRL manager window) to identify and process LDAP URLs.

Open a ldapCrlFetchDialog window in case of LDAP URLs.

• content/ldapCrlFetchDialog.xul
• content/ldapCrlFetchDialog.js

Dialog with a progress meter which launches a new LDAP query and imports fetched CRLwith importCrlFromLdapMessage.

• content/pref-crlupdate_overlay.xul
• content/pref-crlupdate_overlay.js

Slightly modified dialog controls for CRLs from LDAP.

• content/libtrustedbird.js

Debug and LDAP functions library.

• locale/en-US/ldapCrlFetchDialog.dtd
• locale/en-US/ldapCrlFetchDialog.properties
• locale/fr/ldapCrlFetchDialog.dtd
• locale/fr/ldapCrlFetchDialog.properties

Localized strings for content/ldapCrlFetchDialog.xul and content/ldapCrlFetchDialog.js.