Merge pull request #718 from matrix-org/rav/move_signing_json
Move 'Signing JSON' to appendicespull/977/head
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.. Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
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..
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.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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.. you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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.. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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..
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.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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..
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.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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.. WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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.. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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.. limitations under the License.
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Signing JSON
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------------
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Various points in the Matrix specification require JSON objects to be
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cryptographically signed. This requires us to encode the JSON as a binary
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string. Unfortunately the same JSON can be encoded in different ways by
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changing how much white space is used or by changing the order of keys within
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objects.
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Signing an object therefore requires it to be encoded as a sequence of bytes
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using `Canonical JSON`_, computing the signature for that sequence and then
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adding the signature to the original JSON object.
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Canonical JSON
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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We define the canonical JSON encoding for a value to be the shortest UTF-8 JSON
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encoding with dictionary keys lexicographically sorted by unicode codepoint.
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Numbers in the JSON must be integers in the range ``[-(2**53)+1, (2**53)-1]``.
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We pick UTF-8 as the encoding as it should be available to all platforms and
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JSON received from the network is likely to be already encoded using UTF-8.
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We sort the keys to give a consistent ordering. We force integers to be in the
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range where they can be accurately represented using IEEE double precision
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floating point numbers since a number of JSON libraries represent all numbers
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using this representation.
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.. code:: python
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import json
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def canonical_json(value):
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return json.dumps(
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value,
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# Encode code-points outside of ASCII as UTF-8 rather than \u escapes
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ensure_ascii=False,
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# Remove unnecessary white space.
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separators=(',',':'),
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# Sort the keys of dictionaries.
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sort_keys=True,
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# Encode the resulting unicode as UTF-8 bytes.
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).encode("UTF-8")
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Grammar
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+++++++
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Adapted from the grammar in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159 removing
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insignificant whitespace, fractions, exponents and redundant character escapes
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.. code::
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value = false / null / true / object / array / number / string
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false = %x66.61.6c.73.65
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null = %x6e.75.6c.6c
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true = %x74.72.75.65
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object = %x7B [ member *( %x2C member ) ] %7D
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member = string %x3A value
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array = %x5B [ value *( %x2C value ) ] %5B
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number = [ %x2D ] int
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int = %x30 / ( %x31-39 *digit )
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digit = %x30-39
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string = %x22 *char %x22
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char = unescaped / %x5C escaped
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unescaped = %x20-21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-10FFFF
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escaped = %x22 ; " quotation mark U+0022
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/ %x5C ; \ reverse solidus U+005C
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/ %x62 ; b backspace U+0008
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/ %x66 ; f form feed U+000C
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/ %x6E ; n line feed U+000A
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/ %x72 ; r carriage return U+000D
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/ %x74 ; t tab U+0009
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/ %x75.30.30.30 (%x30-37 / %x62 / %x65-66) ; u000X
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/ %x75.30.30.31 (%x30-39 / %x61-66) ; u001X
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Signing Details
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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JSON is signed by encoding the JSON object without ``signatures`` or keys grouped
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as ``unsigned``, using the canonical encoding described above. The JSON bytes are then signed using the
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signature algorithm and the signature is encoded using base64 with the padding
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stripped. The resulting base64 signature is added to an object under the
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*signing key identifier* which is added to the ``signatures`` object under the
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name of the entity signing it which is added back to the original JSON object
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along with the ``unsigned`` object.
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The *signing key identifier* is the concatenation of the *signing algorithm*
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and a *key identifier*. The *signing algorithm* identifies the algorithm used
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to sign the JSON. The currently supported value for *signing algorithm* is
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``ed25519`` as implemented by NACL (http://nacl.cr.yp.to/). The *key identifier*
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is used to distinguish between different signing keys used by the same entity.
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The ``unsigned`` object and the ``signatures`` object are not covered by the
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signature. Therefore intermediate entities can add unsigned data such as
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timestamps and additional signatures.
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.. code:: json
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{
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"name": "example.org",
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"signing_keys": {
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"ed25519:1": "XSl0kuyvrXNj6A+7/tkrB9sxSbRi08Of5uRhxOqZtEQ"
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},
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"unsigned": {
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"age_ts": 922834800000
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},
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"signatures": {
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"example.org": {
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"ed25519:1": "s76RUgajp8w172am0zQb/iPTHsRnb4SkrzGoeCOSFfcBY2V/1c8QfrmdXHpvnc2jK5BD1WiJIxiMW95fMjK7Bw"
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}
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}
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}
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.. code:: python
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def sign_json(json_object, signing_key, signing_name):
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signatures = json_object.pop("signatures", {})
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unsigned = json_object.pop("unsigned", None)
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signed = signing_key.sign(encode_canonical_json(json_object))
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signature_base64 = encode_base64(signed.signature)
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key_id = "%s:%s" % (signing_key.alg, signing_key.version)
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signatures.setdefault(signing_name, {})[key_id] = signature_base64
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json_object["signatures"] = signatures
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if unsigned is not None:
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json_object["unsigned"] = unsigned
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return json_object
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Checking for a Signature
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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To check if an entity has signed a JSON object an implementation does the
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following:
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1. Checks if the ``signatures`` member of the object contains an entry with
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the name of the entity. If the entry is missing then the check fails.
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2. Removes any *signing key identifiers* from the entry with algorithms it
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doesn't understand. If there are no *signing key identifiers* left then the
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check fails.
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3. Looks up *verification keys* for the remaining *signing key identifiers*
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either from a local cache or by consulting a trusted key server. If it
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cannot find a *verification key* then the check fails.
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4. Decodes the base64 encoded signature bytes. If base64 decoding fails then
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the check fails.
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5. Removes the ``signatures`` and ``unsigned`` members of the object.
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6. Encodes the remainder of the JSON object using the `Canonical JSON`_
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encoding.
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7. Checks the signature bytes against the encoded object using the
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*verification key*. If this fails then the check fails. Otherwise the check
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succeeds.
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.. Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
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..
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.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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.. you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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.. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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..
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.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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..
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.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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.. WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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.. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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.. limitations under the License.
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Cryptographic Test Vectors
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--------------------------
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To assist in the development of compatible implementations, the following test
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values may be useful for verifying the cryptographic event signing code.
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Signing Key
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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The following test vectors all use the 32-byte value given by the following
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Base64-encoded string as the seed for generating the ``ed25519`` signing key:
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.. code::
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SIGNING_KEY_SEED = decode_base64(
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"YJDBA9Xnr2sVqXD9Vj7XVUnmFZcZrlw8Md7kMW+3XA1"
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)
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In each case, the server name and key ID are as follows:
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.. code::
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SERVER_NAME = "domain"
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KEY_ID = "ed25519:1"
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JSON Signing
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Given an empty JSON object:
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.. code:: json
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{}
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The JSON signing algorithm should emit the following signed data:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"signatures": {
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"domain": {
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"ed25519:1": "K8280/U9SSy9IVtjBuVeLr+HpOB4BQFWbg+UZaADMtTdGYI7Geitb76LTrr5QV/7Xg4ahLwYGYZzuHGZKM5ZAQ"
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}
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}
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}
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Given the following JSON object with data values in it:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"one": 1,
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"two": "Two"
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}
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The JSON signing algorithm should emit the following signed JSON:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"one": 1,
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"signatures": {
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"domain": {
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"ed25519:1": "KqmLSbO39/Bzb0QIYE82zqLwsA+PDzYIpIRA2sRQ4sL53+sN6/fpNSoqE7BP7vBZhG6kYdD13EIMJpvhJI+6Bw"
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}
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},
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"two": "Two"
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}
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Event Signing
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Given the following minimally-sized event:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"event_id": "$0:domain",
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"origin": "domain",
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"origin_server_ts": 1000000,
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"signatures": {},
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"type": "X",
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"unsigned": {
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"age_ts": 1000000
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}
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}
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The event signing algorithm should emit the following signed event:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"event_id": "$0:domain",
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"hashes": {
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"sha256": "6tJjLpXtggfke8UxFhAKg82QVkJzvKOVOOSjUDK4ZSI"
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},
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"origin": "domain",
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"origin_server_ts": 1000000,
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"signatures": {
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"domain": {
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"ed25519:1": "2Wptgo4CwmLo/Y8B8qinxApKaCkBG2fjTWB7AbP5Uy+aIbygsSdLOFzvdDjww8zUVKCmI02eP9xtyJxc/cLiBA"
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}
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},
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"type": "X",
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"unsigned": {
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"age_ts": 1000000
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}
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}
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Given the following event containing redactable content:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"content": {
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"body": "Here is the message content",
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},
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"event_id": "$0:domain",
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"origin": "domain",
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"origin_server_ts": 1000000,
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"type": "m.room.message",
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"room_id": "!r:domain",
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"sender": "@u:domain",
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"signatures": {},
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"unsigned": {
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"age_ts": 1000000
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}
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}
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The event signing algorithm should emit the following signed event:
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.. code:: json
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{
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"content": {
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"body": "Here is the message content",
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},
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"event_id": "$0:domain",
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"hashes": {
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"sha256": "onLKD1bGljeBWQhWZ1kaP9SorVmRQNdN5aM2JYU2n/g"
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},
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"origin": "domain",
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"origin_server_ts": 1000000,
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"type": "m.room.message",
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"room_id": "!r:domain",
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"sender": "@u:domain",
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"signatures": {
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"domain": {
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"ed25519:1": "Wm+VzmOUOz08Ds+0NTWb1d4CZrVsJSikkeRxh6aCcUwu6pNC78FunoD7KNWzqFn241eYHYMGCA5McEiVPdhzBA"
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}
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},
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"unsigned": {
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"age_ts": 1000000
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}
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}
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.. Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
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..
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.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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.. you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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.. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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..
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.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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..
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.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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.. WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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.. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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.. limitations under the License.
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Security Threat Model
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----------------------
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Denial of Service
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The attacker could attempt to prevent delivery of messages to or from the
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victim in order to:
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* Disrupt service or marketing campaign of a commercial competitor.
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* Censor a discussion or censor a participant in a discussion.
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* Perform general vandalism.
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Threat: Resource Exhaustion
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could cause the victims server to exhaust a particular resource
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(e.g. open TCP connections, CPU, memory, disk storage)
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Threat: Unrecoverable Consistency Violations
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could send messages which created an unrecoverable "split-brain"
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state in the cluster such that the victim's servers could no longer derive a
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consistent view of the chatroom state.
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Threat: Bad History
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+++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could convince the victim to accept invalid messages which the
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victim would then include in their view of the chatroom history. Other servers
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in the chatroom would reject the invalid messages and potentially reject the
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victims messages as well since they depended on the invalid messages.
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.. TODO-spec
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Track trustworthiness of HS or users based on if they try to pretend they
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haven't seen recent events, and fake a splitbrain... --M
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Threat: Block Network Traffic
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could try to firewall traffic between the victim's server and some
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or all of the other servers in the chatroom.
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Threat: High Volume of Messages
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could send large volumes of messages to a chatroom with the victim
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making the chatroom unusable.
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Threat: Banning users without necessary authorisation
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could attempt to ban a user from a chatroom with the necessary
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authorisation.
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Spoofing
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~~~~~~~~
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An attacker could try to send a message claiming to be from the victim without
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the victim having sent the message in order to:
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* Impersonate the victim while performing illicit activity.
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* Obtain privileges of the victim.
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Threat: Altering Message Contents
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could try to alter the contents of an existing message from the
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victim.
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Threat: Fake Message "origin" Field
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could try to send a new message purporting to be from the victim
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with a phony "origin" field.
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Spamming
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~~~~~~~~
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The attacker could try to send a high volume of solicited or unsolicited
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messages to the victim in order to:
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* Find victims for scams.
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* Market unwanted products.
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Threat: Unsolicited Messages
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could try to send messages to victims who do not wish to receive
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them.
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Threat: Abusive Messages
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++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could send abusive or threatening messages to the victim
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Spying
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~~~~~~
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The attacker could try to access message contents or metadata for messages sent
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by the victim or to the victim that were not intended to reach the attacker in
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order to:
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* Gain sensitive personal or commercial information.
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* Impersonate the victim using credentials contained in the messages.
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(e.g. password reset messages)
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* Discover who the victim was talking to and when.
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Threat: Disclosure during Transmission
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could try to expose the message contents or metadata during
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transmission between the servers.
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Threat: Disclosure to Servers Outside Chatroom
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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An attacker could try to convince servers within a chatroom to send messages to
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a server it controls that was not authorised to be within the chatroom.
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Threat: Disclosure to Servers Within Chatroom
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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An attacker could take control of a server within a chatroom to expose message
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contents or metadata for messages in that room.
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.. Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
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..
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.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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.. you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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.. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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..
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.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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..
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.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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.. WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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.. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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.. limitations under the License.
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Signing Events
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--------------
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Canonical JSON
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Matrix events are represented using JSON objects. If we want to sign JSON
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events we need to encode the JSON as a binary string. Unfortunately the same
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JSON can be encoded in different ways by changing how much white space is used
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or by changing the order of keys within objects. Therefore we have to define an
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encoding which can be reproduced byte for byte by any JSON library.
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We define the canonical JSON encoding for a value to be the shortest UTF-8 JSON
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encoding with dictionary keys lexicographically sorted by unicode codepoint.
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Numbers in the JSON must be integers in the range [-(2**53)+1, (2**53)-1].
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We pick UTF-8 as the encoding as it should be available to all platforms and
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JSON received from the network is likely to be already encoded using UTF-8.
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We sort the keys to give a consistent ordering. We force integers to be in the
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range where they can be accurately represented using IEEE double precision
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floating point numbers since a number of JSON libraries represent all numbers
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using this representation.
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.. code:: python
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import json
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def canonical_json(value):
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return json.dumps(
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value,
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# Encode code-points outside of ASCII as UTF-8 rather than \u escapes
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ensure_ascii=False,
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# Remove unnecessary white space.
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separators=(',',':'),
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# Sort the keys of dictionaries.
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sort_keys=True,
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# Encode the resulting unicode as UTF-8 bytes.
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).encode("UTF-8")
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Grammar
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+++++++
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|
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Adapted from the grammar in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159 removing
|
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insignificant whitespace, fractions, exponents and redundant character escapes
|
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|
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.. code::
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|
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value = false / null / true / object / array / number / string
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false = %x66.61.6c.73.65
|
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null = %x6e.75.6c.6c
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true = %x74.72.75.65
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object = %x7B [ member *( %x2C member ) ] %7D
|
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member = string %x3A value
|
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array = %x5B [ value *( %x2C value ) ] %5B
|
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number = [ %x2D ] int
|
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int = %x30 / ( %x31-39 *digit )
|
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digit = %x30-39
|
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string = %x22 *char %x22
|
||||
char = unescaped / %x5C escaped
|
||||
unescaped = %x20-21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-10FFFF
|
||||
escaped = %x22 ; " quotation mark U+0022
|
||||
/ %x5C ; \ reverse solidus U+005C
|
||||
/ %x62 ; b backspace U+0008
|
||||
/ %x66 ; f form feed U+000C
|
||||
/ %x6E ; n line feed U+000A
|
||||
/ %x72 ; r carriage return U+000D
|
||||
/ %x74 ; t tab U+0009
|
||||
/ %x75.30.30.30 (%x30-37 / %x62 / %x65-66) ; u000X
|
||||
/ %x75.30.30.31 (%x30-39 / %x61-66) ; u001X
|
||||
|
||||
Signing JSON
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
We can now sign a JSON object by encoding it as a sequence of bytes, computing
|
||||
the signature for that sequence and then adding the signature to the original
|
||||
JSON object.
|
||||
|
||||
Signing Details
|
||||
+++++++++++++++
|
||||
|
||||
JSON is signed by encoding the JSON object without ``signatures`` or keys grouped
|
||||
as ``unsigned``, using the canonical encoding described above. The JSON bytes are then signed using the
|
||||
signature algorithm and the signature is encoded using base64 with the padding
|
||||
stripped. The resulting base64 signature is added to an object under the
|
||||
*signing key identifier* which is added to the ``signatures`` object under the
|
||||
name of the server signing it which is added back to the original JSON object
|
||||
along with the ``unsigned`` object.
|
||||
|
||||
The *signing key identifier* is the concatenation of the *signing algorithm*
|
||||
and a *key version*. The *signing algorithm* identifies the algorithm used to
|
||||
sign the JSON. The currently support value for *signing algorithm* is
|
||||
``ed25519`` as implemented by NACL (http://nacl.cr.yp.to/). The *key version*
|
||||
is used to distinguish between different signing keys used by the same entity.
|
||||
|
||||
The ``unsigned`` object and the ``signatures`` object are not covered by the
|
||||
signature. Therefore intermediate servers can add unsigned data such as timestamps
|
||||
and additional signatures.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: json
|
||||
|
||||
{
|
||||
"name": "example.org",
|
||||
"signing_keys": {
|
||||
"ed25519:1": "XSl0kuyvrXNj6A+7/tkrB9sxSbRi08Of5uRhxOqZtEQ"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"unsigned": {
|
||||
"age_ts": 922834800000
|
||||
},
|
||||
"signatures": {
|
||||
"example.org": {
|
||||
"ed25519:1": "s76RUgajp8w172am0zQb/iPTHsRnb4SkrzGoeCOSFfcBY2V/1c8QfrmdXHpvnc2jK5BD1WiJIxiMW95fMjK7Bw"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: python
|
||||
|
||||
def sign_json(json_object, signing_key, signing_name):
|
||||
signatures = json_object.pop("signatures", {})
|
||||
unsigned = json_object.pop("unsigned", None)
|
||||
|
||||
signed = signing_key.sign(encode_canonical_json(json_object))
|
||||
signature_base64 = encode_base64(signed.signature)
|
||||
|
||||
key_id = "%s:%s" % (signing_key.alg, signing_key.version)
|
||||
signatures.setdefault(signing_name, {})[key_id] = signature_base64
|
||||
|
||||
json_object["signatures"] = signatures
|
||||
if unsigned is not None:
|
||||
json_object["unsigned"] = unsigned
|
||||
|
||||
return json_object
|
||||
|
||||
Checking for a Signature
|
||||
++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||||
|
||||
To check if an entity has signed a JSON object a server does the following
|
||||
|
||||
1. Checks if the ``signatures`` object contains an entry with the name of the
|
||||
entity. If the entry is missing then the check fails.
|
||||
2. Removes any *signing key identifiers* from the entry with algorithms it
|
||||
doesn't understand. If there are no *signing key identifiers* left then the
|
||||
check fails.
|
||||
3. Looks up *verification keys* for the remaining *signing key identifiers*
|
||||
either from a local cache or by consulting a trusted key server. If it
|
||||
cannot find a *verification key* then the check fails.
|
||||
4. Decodes the base64 encoded signature bytes. If base64 decoding fails then
|
||||
the check fails.
|
||||
5. Checks the signature bytes using the *verification key*. If this fails then
|
||||
the check fails. Otherwise the check succeeds.
|
||||
|
||||
Signing Events
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
Signing events is a more complicated process since servers can choose to redact
|
||||
non-essential parts of an event. Before signing the event it is encoded as
|
||||
Canonical JSON and hashed using SHA-256. The resulting hash is then stored
|
||||
in the event JSON in a ``hash`` object under a ``sha256`` key.
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: python
|
||||
|
||||
def hash_event(event_json_object):
|
||||
|
||||
# Keys under "unsigned" can be modified by other servers.
|
||||
# They are useful for conveying information like the age of an
|
||||
# event that will change in transit.
|
||||
# Since they can be modifed we need to exclude them from the hash.
|
||||
unsigned = event_json_object.pop("unsigned", None)
|
||||
|
||||
# Signatures will depend on the current value of the "hashes" key.
|
||||
# We cannot add new hashes without invalidating existing signatures.
|
||||
signatures = event_json_object.pop("signatures", None)
|
||||
|
||||
# The "hashes" key might contain multiple algorithms if we decide to
|
||||
# migrate away from SHA-2. We don't want to include an existing hash
|
||||
# output in our hash so we exclude the "hashes" dict from the hash.
|
||||
hashes = event_json_object.pop("hashes", {})
|
||||
|
||||
# Encode the JSON using a canonical encoding so that we get the same
|
||||
# bytes on every server for the same JSON object.
|
||||
event_json_bytes = encode_canonical_json(event_json_bytes)
|
||||
|
||||
# Add the base64 encoded bytes of the hash to the "hashes" dict.
|
||||
hashes["sha256"] = encode_base64(sha256(event_json_bytes).digest())
|
||||
|
||||
# Add the "hashes" dict back the event JSON under a "hashes" key.
|
||||
event_json_object["hashes"] = hashes
|
||||
if unsigned is not None:
|
||||
event_json_object["unsigned"] = unsigned
|
||||
return event_json_object
|
||||
|
||||
The event is then stripped of all non-essential keys both at the top level and
|
||||
within the ``content`` object. Any top-level keys not in the following list
|
||||
MUST be removed:
|
||||
|
||||
.. code::
|
||||
|
||||
auth_events
|
||||
depth
|
||||
event_id
|
||||
hashes
|
||||
membership
|
||||
origin
|
||||
origin_server_ts
|
||||
prev_events
|
||||
prev_state
|
||||
room_id
|
||||
sender
|
||||
signatures
|
||||
state_key
|
||||
type
|
||||
|
||||
A new ``content`` object is constructed for the resulting event that contains
|
||||
only the essential keys of the original ``content`` object. If the original
|
||||
event lacked a ``content`` object at all, a new empty JSON object is created
|
||||
for it.
|
||||
|
||||
The keys that are considered essential for the ``content`` object depend on the
|
||||
the ``type`` of the event. These are:
|
||||
|
||||
.. code::
|
||||
|
||||
type is "m.room.aliases":
|
||||
aliases
|
||||
|
||||
type is "m.room.create":
|
||||
creator
|
||||
|
||||
type is "m.room.history_visibility":
|
||||
history_visibility
|
||||
|
||||
type is "m.room.join_rules":
|
||||
join_rule
|
||||
|
||||
type is "m.room.member":
|
||||
membership
|
||||
|
||||
type is "m.room.power_levels":
|
||||
ban
|
||||
events
|
||||
events_default
|
||||
kick
|
||||
redact
|
||||
state_default
|
||||
users
|
||||
users_default
|
||||
|
||||
The resulting stripped object with the new ``content`` object and the original
|
||||
``hashes`` key is then signed using the JSON signing algorithm outlined below:
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: python
|
||||
|
||||
def sign_event(event_json_object, name, key):
|
||||
|
||||
# Make sure the event has a "hashes" key.
|
||||
if "hashes" not in event_json_object:
|
||||
event_json_object = hash_event(event_json_object)
|
||||
|
||||
# Strip all the keys that would be removed if the event was redacted.
|
||||
# The hashes are not stripped and cover all the keys in the event.
|
||||
# This means that we can tell if any of the non-essential keys are
|
||||
# modified or removed.
|
||||
stripped_json_object = strip_non_essential_keys(event_json_object)
|
||||
|
||||
# Sign the stripped JSON object. The signature only covers the
|
||||
# essential keys and the hashes. This means that we can check the
|
||||
# signature even if the event is redacted.
|
||||
signed_json_object = sign_json(stripped_json_object)
|
||||
|
||||
# Copy the signatures from the stripped event to the original event.
|
||||
event_json_object["signatures"] = signed_json_oject["signatures"]
|
||||
return event_json_object
|
||||
|
||||
Servers can then transmit the entire event or the event with the non-essential
|
||||
keys removed. If the entire event is present, receiving servers can then check
|
||||
the event by computing the SHA-256 of the event, excluding the ``hash`` object.
|
||||
If the keys have been redacted, then the ``hash`` object is included when
|
||||
calculating the SHA-256 instead.
|
||||
|
||||
New hash functions can be introduced by adding additional keys to the ``hash``
|
||||
object. Since the ``hash`` object cannot be redacted a server shouldn't allow
|
||||
too many hashes to be listed, otherwise a server might embed illict data within
|
||||
the ``hash`` object. For similar reasons a server shouldn't allow hash values
|
||||
that are too long.
|
||||
|
||||
.. TODO
|
||||
[[TODO(markjh): We might want to specify a maximum number of keys for the
|
||||
``hash`` and we might want to specify the maximum output size of a hash]]
|
||||
[[TODO(markjh) We might want to allow the server to omit the output of well
|
||||
known hash functions like SHA-256 when none of the keys have been redacted]]
|
||||
|
||||
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