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+/README.md      export-ignore
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+/composer.lock
+/vendor/
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Set Based IT Consultancy
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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+# PhpPlaisio: Trusted Host Authority
+
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Social</th>
+<th>Legal</th>
+<th>Release</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<a href="https://gitter.im/PhpPlaisio/PhpPlaisio"><img src="https://badges.gitter.im/PhpPlaisio/PhpPlaisio.svg" alt="Gitter"/></a>
+</td>
+<td>
+<a href="https://packagist.org/packages/plaisio/trusted-host-authority"><img src="https://poser.pugx.org/plaisio/trusted-host-authority/license" alt="License"/></a>
+</td>
+<td>
+<a href="https://packagist.org/packages/plaisio/trusted-host-authority"><img src="https://poser.pugx.org/plaisio/trusted-host-authority/v/stable" alt="Latest Stable Version"/></a>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+Interface for determining whether a remote host (i.e. the next hop) is a trusted host.
+
+# Design
+
+This is an [abstract, responsible and stable package](https://matthiasnoback.nl/book/principles-of-package-design/).
+Hence, if you see little or non-recent activity in this repository it doesn't mean this projects is dead, but it means
+we have achieved one of the essentials goals of this package.
+
+# License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT license.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+  "name": "plaisio/trusted-host-authority",
+  "description": "PhpPlaisio: Trusted Host Authority",
+  "keywords": [
+    "PhpPlaisio",
+    "Trusted",
+    "Host",
+    "Authority"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "require": {
+    "php": ">=8.1"
+  },
+  "autoload": {
+    "psr-4": {
+      "Plaisio\\TrustedHostAuthority\\": "src/"
+    }
+  }
+}
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+<kernel>
+    <properties>
+        <property>
+            <type>\Plaisio\TrustedHostAuthority\TrustedHostAuthority</type>
+            <name>trustedHostAuthority</name>
+            <description>The object for determining whether the remote host (i.e. the next hop) is a trusted host.</description>
+        </property>
+    </properties>
+</kernel>
diff --git a/src/TrustedHostAuthority.php b/src/TrustedHostAuthority.php
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+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Plaisio\TrustedHostAuthority;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for determining whether a remote host (i.e. the next hop) is a trusted host.
+ *
+ * A concrete implementation must always decide the remote host is NOT a trusted host, unless the remote host is trusted
+ * reverse proxy.
+ */
+interface TrustedHostAuthority
+{
+  //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the remote host (i.e. the next hop) is a trusted host.
+   *
+   * @param string $ip The IP address of the remote host.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   */
+  public function isTrustedHost(string $ip): bool;
+
+  //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------