Minor improvements

- almost irrelevant documentation updates
- introduced id_res_expired_on_delivery exception to be thrown if the
  association has expired right before it could've been used for signature
  verification.

Signed-off-by: Michael Krelin <hacker@klever.net>

3 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/opkele/consumer.h b/include/opkele/consumer.h
index 50ff692..c463787 100644
--- a/include/opkele/consumer.h
+++ b/include/opkele/consumer.h
@@ -1,168 +1,174 @@
 #ifndef __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
 #define __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
 
 #include <opkele/types.h>
 #include <opkele/extension.h>
 
 /**
  * @file
  * @brief OpenID consumer-side functionality
  */
 
 namespace opkele {
 
     /**
      * implementation of basic consumer functionality
      *
      * @note
      * The consumer uses libcurl internally, which means that if you're using
      * libopkele in multithreaded environment you should call curl_global_init
      * yourself before spawning any threads.
      */
     class consumer_t {
 	public:
 
 	    virtual ~consumer_t() { }
 
 	    /**
 	     * store association. The function should be overridden in the real
 	     * implementation to provide persistent associations store.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     * @param secret the secret associated with the server and handle
 	     * @param expires_in the number of seconds until the handle is expired
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t store_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle,const secret_t& secret,int expires_in) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve stored association. The function should be overridden
 	     * in the real implementation to provide persistent assocations
 	     * store.
 	     *
 	     * @note
 	     * The user is responsible for handling associations expiry and
 	     * this function should never return an expired or invalidated
 	     * association.
 	     *
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     * @return the autho_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     * @throw failed_lookup if no unexpired association found
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t retrieve_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * invalidate stored association. The function should be overridden
 	     * in the real implementation of the consumer.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     */
 	    virtual void invalidate_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve any unexpired association for the server. If the
 	     * function is not overridden in the real implementation, the new
 	     * association will be established for each request.
 	     *
 	     * @note
 	     * The user is responsible for handling associations and this
 	     * function should never return an expired or invalidated
 	     * association.
 	     *
+	     * @note
+	     * It may be a good idea to pre-expire associations shortly before
+	     * their time is really up to avoid association expiry in the
+	     * middle of negotiations.
+	     *
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     * @throw failed_lookup in case of absence of the handle
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t find_assoc(const string& server);
 
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve the metainformation contained in link tags from the
 	     * page pointed by url. the function may implement caching of the
 	     * information.
 	     * @param url url to harvest for link tags
 	     * @param server reference to the string object where to put
 	     * openid.server value
 	     * @param delegate reference to the string object where to put the
 	     * openid.delegate value (if any)
 	     */
 	    virtual void retrieve_links(const string& url,string& server,string& delegate);
 
 	    /**
 	     * perform the associate request to OpenID server.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t
 	     * object, representing established association
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    assoc_t associate(const string& server);
 	    /**
 	     * prepare the parameters for the checkid_immediate
 	     * request.
 	     * @param identity the identity to verify
 	     * @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
 	     * @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * @return the location string
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    virtual string checkid_immediate(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * prepare the parameters for the checkid_setup
 	     * request.
 	     * @param identity the identity to verify
 	     * @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
 	     * @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * @return the location string
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    virtual string checkid_setup(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * the actual implementation behind checkid_immediate() and
 	     * checkid_setup() functions.
 	     * @param mode checkid_* mode - either mode_checkid_immediate or mode_checkid_setup
 	     * @param identity the identity to verify
 	     * @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
 	     * @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * @return the location string
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    virtual string checkid_(mode_t mode,const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * verify the id_res response
 	     * @param pin the response parameters
 	     * @param identity the identity being checked (if not specified,
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * extracted from the openid.identity parameter
 	     * @throw id_res_mismatch in case of signature mismatch
 	     * @throw id_res_setup in case of openid.user_setup_url failure
 	     * (supposedly checkid_immediate only)
 	     * @throw id_res_failed in case of failure
+	     * @throw id_res_expired_on_delivery if the association expired before it could've been verified
 	     * @throw exception in case of other failures
 	     */
 	    virtual void id_res(const params_t& pin,const string& identity="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * perform a check_authentication request.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param p request parameters
 	     */
 	    void check_authentication(const string& server,const params_t& p);
 
 	    /**
 	     * normalize URL by adding http:// and trailing slash if needed.
 	     * @param url
 	     * @return normalized url
 	     */
 	    static string normalize(const string& url);
 
 	    /**
 	     * Canonicalize URL, by normalizing its appearance and following redirects.
 	     * @param url
 	     * @return canonicalized url
 	     */
 	    virtual string canonicalize(const string& url);
 
     };
 
 }
 
 #endif /* __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H */
diff --git a/include/opkele/exception.h b/include/opkele/exception.h
index 753a818..2ff44b7 100644
--- a/include/opkele/exception.h
+++ b/include/opkele/exception.h
@@ -1,226 +1,235 @@
 #ifndef __OPKELE_EXCEPTION_H
 #define __OPKELE_EXCEPTION_H
 
 /**
  * @file
  * @brief opkele exceptions
  */
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #include <opkele/opkele-config.h>
 #ifdef OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA
 # include <konforka/exception.h>
 /**
  * the exception parameters declaration
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_PARS const string& fi,const string&fu,int l,const string& w
 /**
  * the exception parameters list to pass to constructor
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_CONS_ fi,fu,l,
 /**
  * the exception codepoint specification
  */
 # define OPKELE_CP_ CODEPOINT,
 /**
  * the simple rethrow of konforka-based exception
  */
 # define OPKELE_RETHROW catch(konforka::exception& e) { e.see(CODEPOINT); throw }
 #else /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
 # include <exception>
 # include <string>
 /**
  * the exception parameter declaration
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_PARS const string& w
 /**
  * the dummy prefix for exception parameters list to prepend in the absence of
  * konforka library
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_CONS_ 
 /**
  * the dummy placeholder for konforka exception codepoint specification
  */
 # define OPKELE_CP_
 /**
  * the dummy define for the konforka-based rethrow of exception
  */
 # define OPKELE_RETHROW
 #endif /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
 /**
  * the exception parameters list to pass to constructor
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_CONS OPKELE_E_CONS_ w
 
 namespace opkele {
     using std::string;
 
     /**
      * the base opkele exception class
      */
     class exception : public
 #   ifdef OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA
 		      konforka::exception
 #   else
                       std::exception
 #   endif
     {
 	public:
 #           ifdef OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA
 	    explicit
 		exception(const string& fi,const string& fu,int l,const string& w)
 		    : konforka::exception(fi,fu,l,w) { }
 #           else /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
 	    string _what;
 	    explicit
 		exception(const string& w)
 		    : _what(w) { } 
 	    virtual ~exception() throw();
 	    virtual const char * what() const throw();
 #           endif /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown in case of failed conversion
      */
     class failed_conversion : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_conversion(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown in case of failed lookup (either parameter or persistent store)
      */
     class failed_lookup : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_lookup(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown in case of bad input (either local or network)
      */
     class bad_input : public exception {
 	public:
 	    bad_input(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown on failed assertion
      */
     class failed_assertion : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_assertion(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown if the handle being retrieved is invalid
      */
     class invalid_handle : public exception {
 	public:
 	    invalid_handle(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown if the handle passed to check_authentication request is not
      * stateless
      */
     class stateful_handle : public exception {
 	public:
 	    stateful_handle(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown if check_authentication request fails
      */
     class failed_check_authentication : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_check_authentication(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown if the id_res request result is negative
      */
     class id_res_failed : public exception {
 	public:
 	    id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown if the user_setup_url is provided with negative response
      */
     class id_res_setup : public id_res_failed {
 	public:
 	    string setup_url;
 	    id_res_setup(OPKELE_E_PARS,const string& su)
 		: id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_CONS), setup_url(su) { }
 	    ~id_res_setup() throw() { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown in case of signature mismatch
      */
     class id_res_mismatch : public id_res_failed {
 	public:
 	    id_res_mismatch(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
+     * thrown if the association has expired before it could've been verified.
+     */
+    class id_res_expired_on_delivery : public id_res_failed {
+	public:
+	    id_res_expired_on_delivery(OPKELE_E_PARS)
+		: id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
+    };
+
+    /**
      * openssl malfunction occured
      */
     class exception_openssl : public exception {
 	public:
 	    unsigned long _error;
 	    string _ssl_string;
 	    exception_openssl(OPKELE_E_PARS);
 	    ~exception_openssl() throw() { }
     };
 
     /**
      * network operation related error occured
      */
     class exception_network : public exception {
 	public:
 	    exception_network(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * network operation related error occured, specifically, related to
      * libcurl
      */
     class exception_curl : public exception_network {
 	public:
 	    CURLcode _error;
 	    string _curl_string;
 	    exception_curl(OPKELE_E_PARS);
 	    exception_curl(OPKELE_E_PARS,CURLcode e);
 	    ~exception_curl() throw() { }
     };
 
     /**
      * not implemented (think pure virtual) member function executed, signfies
      * programmer error
      */
     class not_implemented : public exception {
 	public:
 	    not_implemented(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * internal error, indicates internal libopkele problem
      */
     class internal_error : public exception {
 	public:
 	    internal_error(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
 }
 
 #endif /* __OPKELE_EXCEPTION_H */
diff --git a/lib/consumer.cc b/lib/consumer.cc
index 66db7dd..9f7530f 100644
--- a/lib/consumer.cc
+++ b/lib/consumer.cc
@@ -1,409 +1,409 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <opkele/util.h>
 #include <opkele/curl.h>
 #include <opkele/exception.h>
 #include <opkele/data.h>
 #include <opkele/consumer.h>
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #include <openssl/hmac.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <pcre.h>
 
 namespace opkele {
     using namespace std;
     using util::curl_t;
 
     template<int lim>
 	class curl_fetch_string_t : public curl_t {
 	    public:
 		curl_fetch_string_t(CURL *c)
 		    : curl_t(c) { }
 		~curl_fetch_string_t() throw() { }
 
 		string response;
 
 		size_t write(void *p,size_t size,size_t nmemb) {
 		    size_t bytes = size*nmemb;
 		    size_t get = min(lim-response.length(),bytes);
 		    response.append((const char *)p,get);
 		    return get;
 		}
 	};
 
     typedef curl_fetch_string_t<16384> curl_pick_t;
 
     class pcre_matches_t {
 	public:
 	    int *_ov;
 	    int _s;
 
 	    pcre_matches_t() : _ov(0), _s(0) { }
 	    pcre_matches_t(int s) : _ov(0), _s(s) {
 		if(_s&1) ++_s;
 		_s += _s>>1;
 		_ov = new int[_s];
 	    }
 	    ~pcre_matches_t() throw() { if(_ov) delete[] _ov; }
 
 	    int begin(int i) const { return _ov[i<<1]; }
 	    int end(int i) const { return _ov[(i<<1)+1]; }
 	    int length(int i) const { int t=i<<1; return _ov[t+1]-_ov[t]; }
     };
 
     class pcre_t {
 	public:
 	    pcre *_p;
 
 	    pcre_t() : _p(0) { }
 	    pcre_t(pcre *p) : _p(p) { }
 	    pcre_t(const char *re,int opts) : _p(0) {
 		static const char *errptr; static int erroffset;
 		_p = pcre_compile(re,opts,&errptr,&erroffset,NULL);
 		if(!_p)
 		    throw internal_error(OPKELE_CP_ string("Failed to compile regexp: ")+errptr);
 	    }
 	    ~pcre_t() throw() { if(_p) (*pcre_free)(_p); }
 
 	    pcre_t& operator=(pcre *p) { if(_p) (*pcre_free)(_p); _p=p; return *this; }
 
 	    operator const pcre*(void) const { return _p; }
 	    operator pcre*(void) { return _p; }
 
 	    int exec(const string& s,pcre_matches_t& m) {
 		if(!_p)
 		    throw internal_error(OPKELE_CP_ "Trying to execute absent regexp");
 		return pcre_exec(_p,NULL,s.c_str(),s.length(),0,0,m._ov,m._s);
 	    }
     };
 
     assoc_t consumer_t::associate(const string& server) {
 	util::dh_t dh = DH_new();
 	if(!dh)
 	    throw exception_openssl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to DH_new()");
 	dh->p = util::dec_to_bignum(data::_default_p);
 	dh->g = util::dec_to_bignum(data::_default_g);
 	if(!DH_generate_key(dh))
 	    throw exception_openssl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to DH_generate_key()");
 	string request = 
 	    "openid.mode=associate"
 	    "&openid.assoc_type=HMAC-SHA1"
 	    "&openid.session_type=DH-SHA1"
 	    "&openid.dh_consumer_public=";
 	request += util::url_encode(util::bignum_to_base64(dh->pub_key));
 	curl_pick_t curl = curl_pick_t::easy_init();
 	if(!curl)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to initialize curl");
 	CURLcode r;
 	(r=curl.misc_sets())
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_URL,server.c_str()))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_POST,1))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,request.data()))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,request.length()))
 	|| (r=curl.set_write())
 	;
 	if(r)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to set curly options",r);
 	if( (r=curl.easy_perform()) )
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to perform curly request",r);
 	params_t p; p.parse_keyvalues(curl.response);
 	if(p.has_param("assoc_type") && p.get_param("assoc_type")!="HMAC-SHA1")
 	    throw bad_input(OPKELE_CP_ "unsupported assoc_type");
 	string st;
 	if(p.has_param("session_type")) st = p.get_param("session_type");
 	if((!st.empty()) && st!="DH-SHA1")
 	    throw bad_input(OPKELE_CP_ "unsupported session_type");
 	secret_t secret;
 	if(st.empty()) {
 	    secret.from_base64(p.get_param("mac_key"));
 	}else{
 	    util::bignum_t s_pub = util::base64_to_bignum(p.get_param("dh_server_public"));
 	    vector<unsigned char> ck(DH_size(dh)+1);
 	    unsigned char *ckptr = &(ck.front())+1;
 	    int cklen = DH_compute_key(ckptr,s_pub,dh);
 	    if(cklen<0)
 		throw exception_openssl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to DH_compute_key()");
 	    if(cklen && (*ckptr)&0x80) {
 		(*(--ckptr)) = 0; ++cklen;
 	    }
 	    unsigned char key_sha1[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
 	    SHA1(ckptr,cklen,key_sha1);
 	    secret.enxor_from_base64(key_sha1,p.get_param("enc_mac_key"));
 	}
 	int expires_in = 0;
 	if(p.has_param("expires_in")) {
 	    expires_in = util::string_to_long(p.get_param("expires_in"));
 	}else if(p.has_param("issued") && p.has_param("expiry")) {
 	    expires_in = util::w3c_to_time(p.get_param("expiry"))-util::w3c_to_time(p.get_param("issued"));
 	}else
 	    throw bad_input(OPKELE_CP_ "no expiration information");
 	return store_assoc(server,p.get_param("assoc_handle"),secret,expires_in);
     }
 
     string consumer_t::checkid_immediate(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root,extension_t *ext) {
 	return checkid_(mode_checkid_immediate,identity,return_to,trust_root,ext);
     }
     string consumer_t::checkid_setup(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root,extension_t *ext) {
 	return checkid_(mode_checkid_setup,identity,return_to,trust_root,ext);
     }
     string consumer_t::checkid_(mode_t mode,const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root,extension_t *ext) {
 	params_t p;
 	if(mode==mode_checkid_immediate)
 	    p["mode"]="checkid_immediate";
 	else if(mode==mode_checkid_setup)
 	    p["mode"]="checkid_setup";
 	else
 	    throw bad_input(OPKELE_CP_ "unknown checkid_* mode");
 	string iurl = canonicalize(identity);
 	string server, delegate;
 	retrieve_links(iurl,server,delegate);
 	p["identity"] = delegate.empty()?iurl:delegate;
 	if(!trust_root.empty())
 	    p["trust_root"] = trust_root;
 	p["return_to"] = return_to;
 	try {
 	    string ah = find_assoc(server)->handle();
 	    p["assoc_handle"] = ah;
 	}catch(failed_lookup& fl) {
 	    string ah = associate(server)->handle();
 	    p["assoc_handle"] = ah;
 	}
 	if(ext) ext->checkid_hook(p,identity);
 	return p.append_query(server);
     }
 
     void consumer_t::id_res(const params_t& pin,const string& identity,extension_t *ext) {
 	if(pin.has_param("openid.user_setup_url"))
 	    throw id_res_setup(OPKELE_CP_ "assertion failed, setup url provided",pin.get_param("openid.user_setup_url"));
 	string server,delegate;
 	retrieve_links(identity.empty()?pin.get_param("openid.identity"):canonicalize(identity),server,delegate);
 	params_t ps;
 	try {
 	    assoc_t assoc = retrieve_assoc(server,pin.get_param("openid.assoc_handle"));
-	    if(assoc->is_expired()) /* TODO: or should I throw some other exception to force programmer fix his implementation? */
-		throw failed_lookup(OPKELE_CP_ "retrieve_assoc() has returned expired handle");
+	    if(assoc->is_expired())
+		throw id_res_expired_on_delivery(OPKELE_CP_ "retrieve_assoc() has returned expired handle");
 	    const string& sigenc = pin.get_param("openid.sig");
 	    vector<unsigned char> sig;
 	    util::decode_base64(sigenc,sig);
 	    const string& slist = pin.get_param("openid.signed");
 	    string kv;
 	    string::size_type p = 0;
 	    while(true) {
 		string::size_type co = slist.find(',',p);
 		string f = (co==string::npos)?slist.substr(p):slist.substr(p,co-p);
 		kv += f;
 		kv += ':';
 		f.insert(0,"openid.");
 		kv += pin.get_param(f);
 		kv += '\n';
 		if(ext) ps[f.substr(sizeof("openid.")-1)] = pin.get_param(f);
 		if(co==string::npos)
 		    break;
 		p = co+1;
 	    }
 	    secret_t secret = assoc->secret();
 	    unsigned int md_len = 0;
 	    unsigned char *md = HMAC(
 		    EVP_sha1(),
 		    &(secret.front()),secret.size(),
 		    (const unsigned char *)kv.data(),kv.length(),
 		    0,&md_len);
 	    if(sig.size()!=md_len || memcmp(&(sig.front()),md,md_len))
 		throw id_res_mismatch(OPKELE_CP_ "signature mismatch");
-	}catch(failed_lookup& e) { /* XXX: more specific? */
+	}catch(failed_lookup& e) {
 	    const string& slist = pin.get_param("openid.signed");
 	    string::size_type pp = 0;
 	    params_t p;
 	    while(true) {
 		string::size_type co = slist.find(',',pp);
 		string f = "openid.";
 		f += (co==string::npos)?slist.substr(pp):slist.substr(pp,co-pp);
 		p[f] = pin.get_param(f);
 		if(co==string::npos)
 		    break;
 		pp = co+1;
 	    }
 	    p["openid.assoc_handle"] = pin.get_param("openid.assoc_handle");
 	    p["openid.sig"] = pin.get_param("openid.sig");
 	    p["openid.signed"] = pin.get_param("openid.signed");
 	    try {
 		string ih = pin.get_param("openid.invalidate_handle");
 		p["openid.invalidate_handle"] = ih;
 	    }catch(failed_lookup& fl) { }
 	    try {
 		check_authentication(server,p);
 	    }catch(failed_check_authentication& fca) {
 		throw id_res_failed(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to check_authentication()");
 	    }
 	}
 	if(ext) ext->id_res_hook(pin,ps,identity);
     }
 
     void consumer_t::check_authentication(const string& server,const params_t& p) {
 	string request = "openid.mode=check_authentication";
 	for(params_t::const_iterator i=p.begin();i!=p.end();++i) {
 	    if(i->first!="openid.mode") {
 		request += '&';
 		request += i->first;
 		request += '=';
 		request += util::url_encode(i->second);
 	    }
 	}
 	curl_pick_t curl = curl_pick_t::easy_init();
 	if(!curl)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to initialize curl");
 	CURLcode r;
 	(r=curl.misc_sets())
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_URL,server.c_str()))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_POST,1))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,request.data()))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,request.length()))
 	|| (r=curl.set_write())
 	;
 	if(r)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to set curly options",r);
 	if( (r=curl.easy_perform()) )
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to perform curly request",r);
 	params_t pp; pp.parse_keyvalues(curl.response);
 	if(pp.has_param("invalidate_handle"))
 	    invalidate_assoc(server,pp.get_param("invalidate_handle"));
 	if(pp.has_param("is_valid")) {
 	    if(pp.get_param("is_valid")=="true")
 		return;
 	}else if(pp.has_param("lifetime")) {
 	    if(util::string_to_long(pp.get_param("lifetime")))
 		return;
 	}
 	throw failed_check_authentication(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to verify response");
     }
 
     void consumer_t::retrieve_links(const string& url,string& server,string& delegate) {
 	server.erase();
 	delegate.erase();
 	curl_pick_t curl = curl_pick_t::easy_init();
 	if(!curl)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to initialize curl");
 	string& html = curl.response;
 	CURLcode r;
 	(r=curl.misc_sets())
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_URL,url.c_str()))
 	|| (r=curl.set_write());
 	;
 	if(r)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to set curly options",r);
 	r = curl.easy_perform();
 	if(r && r!=CURLE_WRITE_ERROR)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to perform curly request",r);
 	static const char *re_bre = "<\\s*body\\b", *re_hdre = "<\\s*head[^>]*>",
 		     *re_lre = "<\\s*link\\b([^>]+)>",
 		     *re_rre = "\\brel\\s*=\\s*['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]",
 		     *re_hre = "\\bhref\\s*=\\s*['\"]\\s*([^'\"\\s]+)\\s*['\"]";
 	pcre_matches_t m1(3), m2(3);
 	pcre_t bre(re_bre,PCRE_CASELESS);
 	if(bre.exec(html,m1)>0)
 	    html.erase(m1.begin(0));
 	pcre_t hdre(re_hdre,PCRE_CASELESS);
 	if(hdre.exec(html,m1)<=0)
 	    throw bad_input(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to find <head>");
 	html.erase(0,m1.end(0)+1);
 	pcre_t lre(re_lre,PCRE_CASELESS), rre(re_rre,PCRE_CASELESS), hre(re_hre,PCRE_CASELESS);
 	bool gotit = false;
 	while( (!gotit) && lre.exec(html,m1)>=2 ) {
 	    static const char *whitespace = " \t";
 	    string attrs(html,m1.begin(1),m1.length(1));
 	    html.erase(0,m1.end(0)+1);
 	    if(!( rre.exec(attrs,m1)>=2 && hre.exec(attrs,m2)>=2 ))
 		continue;
 	    string rels(attrs,m1.begin(1),m1.length(1));
 	    for(string::size_type ns = rels.find_first_not_of(whitespace);
 		    ns!=string::npos;
 		    ns=rels.find_first_not_of(whitespace,ns)) {
 		string::size_type s = rels.find_first_of(whitespace,ns);
 		string rel;
 		if(s==string::npos) {
 		    rel.assign(rels,ns,string::npos);
 		    ns=string::npos;
 		}else{
 		    rel.assign(rels,ns,s-ns);
 		    ns=s;
 		}
 		if(rel=="openid.server") {
 		    server.assign(attrs,m2.begin(1),m2.length(1));
 		    if(!delegate.empty()) {
 			gotit = true;
 			break;
 		    }
 		}else if(rel=="openid.delegate") {
 		    delegate.assign(attrs,m2.begin(1),m2.length(1));
 		    if(!server.empty()) {
 			gotit = true;
 			break;
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
 	}
 	if(server.empty())
 	    throw failed_assertion(OPKELE_CP_ "The location has no openid.server declaration");
     }
 
     assoc_t consumer_t::find_assoc(const string& /* server */) {
 	throw failed_lookup(OPKELE_CP_ "no find_assoc() provided");
     }
 
     string consumer_t::normalize(const string& url) {
 	string rv = url;
 	// strip leading and trailing spaces
 	string::size_type i = rv.find_first_not_of(" \t\r\n");
 	if(i==string::npos)
 	    throw bad_input(OPKELE_CP_ "empty URL");
 	if(i)
 	    rv.erase(0,i);
 	i = rv.find_last_not_of(" \t\r\n");
 	assert(i!=string::npos);
 	if(i<(rv.length()-1))
 	    rv.erase(i+1);
 	// add missing http://
 	i = rv.find("://");
 	if(i==string::npos) { // primitive. but do we need more?
 	    rv.insert(0,"http://");
 	    i = sizeof("http://")-1;
 	}else{
 	    i += sizeof("://")-1;
 	}
 	string::size_type qm = rv.find('?',i);
 	string::size_type sl = rv.find('/',i);
 	if(qm!=string::npos) {
 	    if(sl==string::npos || sl>qm)
 		rv.insert(qm,1,'/');
 	}else{
 	    if(sl==string::npos)
 		rv += '/';
 	}
 	return rv;
     }
 
     string consumer_t::canonicalize(const string& url) {
 	string rv = normalize(url);
 	curl_t curl = curl_t::easy_init();
 	if(!curl)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to initialize curl()");
 	string html;
 	CURLcode r;
 	(r=curl.misc_sets())
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_URL,rv.c_str()))
 	|| (r=curl.easy_setopt(CURLOPT_NOBODY,1))
 	;
 	if(r)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to set curly options",r);
 	r = curl.easy_perform();
 	if(r)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to perform curly request",r);
 	const char *eu = 0;
 	r = curl.easy_getinfo(CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL,&eu);
 	if(r)
 	    throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to get CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL",r);
 	rv = eu;