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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.aaa;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.EAP;
+import org.onlab.packet.EAPOL;
+import org.onlab.packet.Ethernet;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreServiceAdapter;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigRegistryAdapter;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Set of tests of the ONOS application component. These use an existing RADIUS
+ * server and sends live packets over the network to it.
+ */
+@Ignore ("This should not be run as part of the standard build")
+public class AaaIntegrationTest extends AaaTestBase {
+
+    private AaaManager aaa;
+
+    /**
+     * Mocks the network config registry.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    static final class TestNetworkConfigRegistry
+            extends NetworkConfigRegistryAdapter {
+        @Override
+        public <S, C extends Config<S>> C getConfig(S subject, Class<C> configClass) {
+            return (C) new AaaConfig();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the services required by the AAA application.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        aaa = new AaaManager();
+        aaa.netCfgService = new TestNetworkConfigRegistry();
+        aaa.coreService = new CoreServiceAdapter();
+        aaa.packetService = new MockPacketService();
+        aaa.activate();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches the sent packet at the given index. The requested packet
+     * must be the last packet on the list.
+     *
+     * @param index index into sent packets array
+     * @return packet
+     */
+    private Ethernet fetchPacket(int index) {
+        for (int iteration = 0; iteration < 20; iteration++) {
+            if (savedPackets.size() > index) {
+                return (Ethernet) savedPackets.get(index);
+            } else {
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(250);
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the authentication path through the AAA application by sending
+     * packets to the RADIUS server and checking the state machine
+     * transitions.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception when an unhandled error occurs
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAuthentication()  throws Exception {
+
+        //  (1) Supplicant start up
+
+        Ethernet startPacket = constructSupplicantStartPacket();
+        sendPacket(startPacket);
+
+        Ethernet responsePacket = fetchPacket(0);
+        assertThat(responsePacket, notNullValue());
+        checkRadiusPacket(aaa, responsePacket, EAP.REQUEST);
+
+        //  (2) Supplicant identify
+
+        Ethernet identifyPacket = constructSupplicantIdentifyPacket(null, EAP.ATTR_IDENTITY, (byte) 1, null);
+        sendPacket(identifyPacket);
+
+        //  State machine should have been created by now
+
+        StateMachine stateMachine =
+                StateMachine.lookupStateMachineBySessionId(SESSION_ID);
+        assertThat(stateMachine, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(stateMachine.state(), is(StateMachine.STATE_PENDING));
+
+        // (3) RADIUS MD5 challenge
+
+        Ethernet radiusChallengeMD5Packet = fetchPacket(1);
+        assertThat(radiusChallengeMD5Packet, notNullValue());
+        checkRadiusPacket(aaa, radiusChallengeMD5Packet, EAP.REQUEST);
+
+
+        // (4) Supplicant MD5 response
+
+        Ethernet md5RadiusPacket =
+                constructSupplicantIdentifyPacket(stateMachine,
+                                                  EAP.ATTR_MD5,
+                                                  stateMachine.challengeIdentifier(),
+                                                  radiusChallengeMD5Packet);
+        sendPacket(md5RadiusPacket);
+
+
+        // (5) RADIUS Success
+
+        Ethernet successRadiusPacket = fetchPacket(2);
+        assertThat(successRadiusPacket, notNullValue());
+        EAPOL successEapol = (EAPOL) successRadiusPacket.getPayload();
+        EAP successEap = (EAP) successEapol.getPayload();
+        assertThat(successEap.getCode(), is(EAP.SUCCESS));
+
+        //  State machine should be in authorized state
+
+        assertThat(stateMachine, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(stateMachine.state(), is(StateMachine.STATE_AUTHORIZED));
+
+    }
+
+}
+