palemoon-dev/platform/security/manager/ssl/nsISecretDecoderRing.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(0EC80360-075C-11d4-9FD4-00C04F1B83D8)]
interface nsISecretDecoderRing: nsISupports {
  /**
   * Encrypt to Base64 output.
   * Note that the input must basically be a byte array (i.e. the code points
   * must be within the range [0, 255]). Hence, using this method directly to
   * encrypt passwords (or any text, really) won't work as expected.
   * Instead, use something like nsIScriptableUnicodeConverter to first convert
   * the desired password or text to UTF-8, then encrypt that. Remember to
   * convert back when calling decryptString().
   *
   * @param text The text to encrypt.
   * @return The encrypted text, encoded as Base64.
   */
  ACString encryptString(in ACString text);

  /**
   * Decrypt Base64 input.
   * See the encryptString() documentation - this method has basically the same
   * limitations.
   *
   * @param encryptedBase64Text Encrypted input text, encoded as Base64.
   * @return The decoded text.
   */
  ACString decryptString(in ACString encryptedBase64Text);

  /**
   * Prompt the user to change the password on the SDR key.
   */
  void changePassword();

  /**
   * Logout of the security device that protects the SDR key.
   */
  void logout();

  /**
   * Logout of the security device that protects the SDR key and tear
   * down authenticated objects.
   */
  void logoutAndTeardown();
};