sdk/fidl/fuchsia.identity.authentication/mechanisms.fidl

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
library fuchsia.identity.authentication;

using zx;

// This file defines protocols for the interaction between a user interface
// and an authenticator for each type of authentication mechanism. See
// `interaction.ui` for details of the common pattern these protocols follow.


/// The complete set of authentication mechanisms that may be used for Fuchsia
/// system authentication. Most products will only support a subset of these
/// mechanisms.
// Note: this list must be kept in sync with the contents of the
// `InteractionProtocolServerEnd` union and with the `Start*` methods in
// `Interaction`.
type Mechanism = flexible enum {
    PASSWORD = 1;
};

/// A union of server_end types for each authentication interaction protocol.
type InterationProtocolServerEnd = flexible resource union {
    1: password server_end:PasswordInteraction;
};

/// A protocol for a password user interface (the client) to interact with a
/// password authenticator (the server), both during enrollment and during
/// authentication. The server will close the channel when enrollment or
/// authentication is complete.
protocol PasswordInteraction {
    /// Sets the password. Calling this method is guaranteed to lead to a
    /// change in state and therefore a response to `WatchState`. During
    /// password enrollment some server implementations may verify the supplied
    /// password against rules defined by the product or policy and move to
    /// an error state if the password does not meet these rules.
    SetPassword(struct {
        password string:PASSWORD_BYTES_MAX_SIZE;
    });

    /// Wait for a change in the state of the server. This method follows the
    /// "hanging get" interface pattern, returning immediately on the first call
    /// and hanging until a change in state on subsequent calls.
    WatchState() -> (strict union {
        /// The server is waiting for the supplied set of conditions.
        1: waiting vector<PasswordCondition>:8;
        /// The server is verifying the password. Reporting a verification state
        /// is optional, some implementations may step directly from waiting to
        /// error or to success.
        2: verifying PasswordVerificationStatus;
        /// Verification failed with the supplied error.
        3: error PasswordError;
    });
};

/// The maximum size of a password in bytes.
const PASSWORD_BYTES_MAX_SIZE uint32 = 128;

/// The set of conditions that the authenticator may need to wait for during
/// enrollment or authentication using password.
type PasswordCondition = flexible union {
    /// (authentication) Too many incorrect password attempts have been made,
    /// the client must wait until the specified time before another attempt
    /// will be accepted.
    1: wait_until zx.time;
    /// (enrollment and authentication) The client should call `SetPassword`.
    2: set_password Empty;
};

/// The set of verification statuses that may be returned during enrollment or
/// authentication using password
type PasswordVerificationStatus = flexible union {
    /// (enrollment and authentication) An optional estimate of the verification
    /// progress.
    1: percent_complete uint8;
};

/// The set of errors that may be encountered during enrollment or
/// authentication using password.
type PasswordError = flexible union {
    /// (enrollment) The supplied password did not meet the implementation's
    /// required minimum length. The mimumum length is returned in the response.
    1: too_short uint8;
    /// (enrollment) The supplied password was a known weak password according
    /// to whichever heuristic the implementation is using.
    2: too_weak Empty;
    /// (authentication) The supplied password did not match the password
    /// supplied during enrollment.
    3: incorrect Empty;
    /// (authentication) Too many incorrect password attempts have been made,
    /// the caller must wait for the `wait_until` condition before any other
    /// response will be returned.
    4: must_wait Empty;
};