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1 root 1.1 =head1 NAME
2    
3 root 1.13 AnyEvent::MP::Transport - actual transport protocol handler
4 root 1.1
5     =head1 SYNOPSIS
6    
7     use AnyEvent::MP::Transport;
8    
9     =head1 DESCRIPTION
10    
11 root 1.43 This module implements (and documents) the actual transport protocol for
12     AEMP.
13 root 1.1
14 root 1.7 See the "PROTOCOL" section below if you want to write another client for
15     this protocol.
16 root 1.1
17     =head1 FUNCTIONS/METHODS
18    
19     =over 4
20    
21     =cut
22    
23     package AnyEvent::MP::Transport;
24    
25     use common::sense;
26    
27 root 1.27 use Scalar::Util ();
28     use List::Util ();
29 root 1.1 use MIME::Base64 ();
30     use Storable ();
31 root 1.2 use JSON::XS ();
32 root 1.1
33 root 1.19 use Digest::MD6 ();
34     use Digest::HMAC_MD6 ();
35    
36 root 1.1 use AE ();
37     use AnyEvent::Socket ();
38 root 1.27 use AnyEvent::Handle 4.92 ();
39 root 1.2
40 root 1.30 use AnyEvent::MP::Config ();
41    
42 root 1.55 our $PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1;
43 root 1.1
44 root 1.52 our @HOOK_CONNECT; # called at connect/accept time
45     our @HOOK_GREETING; # called at greeting1 time
46     our @HOOK_CONNECTED; # called at data phase
47     our @HOOK_DESTROY; # called at destroy time
48 root 1.59 our %HOOK_PROTOCOL = (
49     "aemp-dataconn" => sub {
50     require AnyEvent::MP::DataConn;
51     &AnyEvent::MP::DataConn::_inject;
52     },
53     );
54 root 1.52
55 root 1.39 =item $listener = mp_listener $host, $port, <constructor-args>
56 root 1.1
57     Creates a listener on the given host/port using
58     C<AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_server>.
59    
60     See C<new>, below, for constructor arguments.
61    
62 root 1.10 Defaults for peerhost, peerport and fh are provided.
63 root 1.1
64     =cut
65    
66 root 1.46 sub mp_server($$;%) {
67     my ($host, $port, %arg) = @_;
68 root 1.1
69     AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_server $host, $port, sub {
70     my ($fh, $host, $port) = @_;
71    
72 root 1.39 my $tp = new AnyEvent::MP::Transport
73 root 1.1 fh => $fh,
74     peerhost => $host,
75     peerport => $port,
76 root 1.46 %arg,
77 root 1.39 ;
78     $tp->{keepalive} = $tp;
79 root 1.46 }, delete $arg{prepare}
80 root 1.1 }
81    
82 root 1.2 =item $guard = mp_connect $host, $port, <constructor-args>, $cb->($transport)
83    
84     =cut
85    
86     sub mp_connect {
87 root 1.31 my $release = pop;
88 root 1.2 my ($host, $port, @args) = @_;
89    
90 root 1.51 new AnyEvent::MP::Transport
91     connect => [$host, $port],
92 root 1.52 peerhost => $host,
93     peerport => $port,
94 root 1.51 release => $release,
95     @args,
96     ;
97 root 1.2 }
98    
99 root 1.1 =item new AnyEvent::MP::Transport
100    
101     # immediately starts negotiation
102     my $transport = new AnyEvent::MP::Transport
103 root 1.2 # mandatory
104 root 1.1 fh => $filehandle,
105 root 1.2 local_id => $identifier,
106 root 1.1 on_recv => sub { receive-callback },
107     on_error => sub { error-callback },
108    
109     # optional
110     on_eof => sub { clean-close-callback },
111     on_connect => sub { successful-connect-callback },
112 root 1.2 greeting => { key => value },
113 root 1.1
114     # tls support
115     tls_ctx => AnyEvent::TLS,
116     peername => $peername, # for verification
117     ;
118    
119     =cut
120    
121     sub new {
122     my ($class, %arg) = @_;
123    
124     my $self = bless \%arg, $class;
125    
126     {
127     Scalar::Util::weaken (my $self = $self);
128    
129 root 1.50 my $config = $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::CONFIG;
130 root 1.30
131 root 1.50 my $timeout = $config->{monitor_timeout};
132 root 1.64 my $lframing = $config->{framing_format};
133 root 1.50 my $auth_snd = $config->{auth_offer};
134     my $auth_rcv = $config->{auth_accept};
135 root 1.31
136 root 1.42 $self->{secret} = $config->{secret}
137     unless exists $self->{secret};
138 root 1.2
139 root 1.42 my $secret = $self->{secret};
140 root 1.19
141 root 1.30 if (exists $config->{cert}) {
142 root 1.42 $self->{tls_ctx} = {
143 root 1.19 sslv2 => 0,
144     sslv3 => 0,
145     tlsv1 => 1,
146     verify => 1,
147 root 1.30 cert => $config->{cert},
148     ca_cert => $config->{cert},
149 root 1.19 verify_require_client_cert => 1,
150     };
151     }
152    
153 root 1.1 $self->{hdl} = new AnyEvent::Handle
154 root 1.52 +($self->{fh} ? (fh => $self->{fh}) : (connect => $self->{connect})),
155 root 1.63 autocork => $config->{autocork},
156     no_delay => exists $config->{nodelay} ? $config->{nodelay} : 1,
157 root 1.48 keepalive => 1,
158     on_error => sub {
159 root 1.1 $self->error ($_[2]);
160     },
161 root 1.49 rtimeout => $timeout,
162 root 1.1 ;
163    
164 root 1.52 my $greeting_kv = $self->{local_greeting} ||= {};
165 root 1.24
166 root 1.42 $greeting_kv->{tls} = "1.0" if $self->{tls_ctx};
167 root 1.62 $greeting_kv->{provider} = "AE-$AnyEvent::MP::VERSION"; # MP.pm might not be loaded, so best effort :(
168 root 1.7 $greeting_kv->{peeraddr} = AnyEvent::Socket::format_hostport $self->{peerhost}, $self->{peerport};
169 root 1.23
170 root 1.58 my $protocol = $self->{protocol} || "aemp";
171    
172 root 1.52 # can modify greeting_kv
173 root 1.58 $_->($self) for $protocol eq "aemp" ? @HOOK_CONNECT : ();
174 root 1.52
175 root 1.1 # send greeting
176 root 1.58 my $lgreeting1 = "$protocol;$PROTOCOL_VERSION"
177 root 1.52 . ";$AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::NODE"
178 root 1.50 . ";" . (join ",", @$auth_rcv)
179     . ";" . (join ",", @$lframing)
180 root 1.7 . (join "", map ";$_=$greeting_kv->{$_}", keys %$greeting_kv);
181 root 1.12
182 root 1.31 my $lgreeting2 = MIME::Base64::encode_base64 AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::nonce (66), "";
183 root 1.1
184 root 1.7 $self->{hdl}->push_write ("$lgreeting1\012$lgreeting2\012");
185 root 1.1
186     # expect greeting
187 root 1.12 $self->{hdl}->rbuf_max (4 * 1024);
188 root 1.1 $self->{hdl}->push_read (line => sub {
189 root 1.7 my $rgreeting1 = $_[1];
190 root 1.1
191 root 1.26 my ($aemp, $version, $rnode, $auths, $framings, @kv) = split /;/, $rgreeting1;
192 root 1.1
193 root 1.53 $self->{remote_node} = $rnode;
194    
195     $self->{remote_greeting} = {
196     map /^([^=]+)(?:=(.*))?/ ? ($1 => $2) : (),
197     @kv
198     };
199    
200 root 1.60 # maybe upgrade the protocol
201     if ($protocol eq "aemp" and $aemp =~ /^aemp-\w+$/) {
202     # maybe check for existence of the protocol handler?
203     $self->{protocol} = $protocol = $aemp;
204     }
205    
206 root 1.58 $_->($self) for $protocol eq "aemp" ? @HOOK_GREETING : ();
207 root 1.54
208 root 1.60 if ($aemp ne $protocol and $aemp ne "aemp") {
209 root 1.58 return $self->error ("unparsable greeting, expected '$protocol', got '$aemp'");
210 root 1.12 } elsif ($version != $PROTOCOL_VERSION) {
211     return $self->error ("version mismatch (we: $PROTOCOL_VERSION, they: $version)");
212 root 1.60 } elsif ($protocol eq "aemp") {
213     if ($rnode eq $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::NODE) {
214     return $self->error ("I refuse to talk to myself");
215     } elsif ($AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::NODE{$rnode} && $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::NODE{$rnode}{transport}) {
216     return $self->error ("$rnode already connected, not connecting again.");
217     }
218 root 1.1 }
219    
220 root 1.7 # read nonce
221     $self->{hdl}->push_read (line => sub {
222     my $rgreeting2 = $_[1];
223    
224 root 1.19 "$lgreeting1\012$lgreeting2" ne "$rgreeting1\012$rgreeting2" # echo attack?
225     or return $self->error ("authentication error, echo attack?");
226    
227 root 1.41 my $tls = $self->{tls_ctx} && 1 == int $self->{remote_greeting}{tls};
228    
229     my $s_auth;
230     for my $auth_ (split /,/, $auths) {
231 root 1.50 if (grep $auth_ eq $_, @$auth_snd and ($auth_ !~ /^tls_/ or $tls)) {
232 root 1.41 $s_auth = $auth_;
233     last;
234     }
235     }
236    
237     defined $s_auth
238     or return $self->error ("$auths: no common auth type supported");
239    
240     my $s_framing;
241     for my $framing_ (split /,/, $framings) {
242 root 1.50 if (grep $framing_ eq $_, @$lframing) {
243 root 1.41 $s_framing = $framing_;
244     last;
245     }
246     }
247    
248     defined $s_framing
249     or return $self->error ("$framings: no common framing method supported");
250    
251 root 1.30 my $key;
252 root 1.19 my $lauth;
253    
254 root 1.41 if ($tls) {
255 root 1.8 $self->{tls} = $lgreeting2 lt $rgreeting2 ? "connect" : "accept";
256     $self->{hdl}->starttls ($self->{tls}, $self->{tls_ctx});
257 root 1.66 return unless $self->{hdl}; # starttls might destruct us
258 root 1.41
259     $lauth =
260     $s_auth eq "tls_anon" ? ""
261     : $s_auth eq "tls_md6_64_256" ? Digest::MD6::md6_hex "$lgreeting1\012$lgreeting2\012$rgreeting1\012$rgreeting2\012"
262     : return $self->error ("$s_auth: fatal, selected unsupported snd auth method");
263    
264 root 1.30 } elsif (length $secret) {
265 root 1.41 return $self->error ("$s_auth: fatal, selected unsupported snd auth method")
266     unless $s_auth eq "hmac_md6_64_256"; # hardcoded atm.
267    
268 root 1.30 $key = Digest::MD6::md6 $secret;
269 root 1.19 # we currently only support hmac_md6_64_256
270     $lauth = Digest::HMAC_MD6::hmac_md6_hex $key, "$lgreeting1\012$lgreeting2\012$rgreeting1\012$rgreeting2\012", 64, 256;
271 root 1.41
272 root 1.30 } else {
273     return $self->error ("unable to handshake TLS and no shared secret configured");
274 root 1.8 }
275 root 1.2
276 root 1.7 $self->{hdl}->push_write ("$s_auth;$lauth;$s_framing\012");
277 root 1.2
278 root 1.19 # read the authentication response
279 root 1.7 $self->{hdl}->push_read (line => sub {
280     my ($hdl, $rline) = @_;
281 root 1.2
282 root 1.7 my ($auth_method, $rauth2, $r_framing) = split /;/, $rline;
283 root 1.1
284 root 1.19 my $rauth =
285     $auth_method eq "hmac_md6_64_256" ? Digest::HMAC_MD6::hmac_md6_hex $key, "$rgreeting1\012$rgreeting2\012$lgreeting1\012$lgreeting2\012", 64, 256
286     : $auth_method eq "cleartext" ? unpack "H*", $secret
287 root 1.41 : $auth_method eq "tls_anon" ? ($tls ? "" : "\012\012") # \012\012 never matches
288     : $auth_method eq "tls_md6_64_256" ? ($tls ? Digest::MD6::md6_hex "$rgreeting1\012$rgreeting2\012$lgreeting1\012$lgreeting2\012" : "\012\012")
289     : return $self->error ("$auth_method: fatal, selected unsupported rcv auth method");
290 root 1.19
291 root 1.7 if ($rauth2 ne $rauth) {
292     return $self->error ("authentication failure/shared secret mismatch");
293     }
294 root 1.1
295 root 1.7 $self->{s_framing} = $s_framing;
296 root 1.2
297 root 1.7 $hdl->rbuf_max (undef);
298 root 1.1
299 root 1.49 # we rely on TCP retransmit timeouts and keepalives
300     $self->{hdl}->rtimeout (undef);
301    
302     $self->{remote_greeting}{untrusted} = 1
303     if $auth_method eq "tls_anon";
304 root 1.24
305 root 1.67 my $push_write = $hdl->can ("push_write");
306    
307     $self->{send} = sub {
308     $push_write->($hdl, $s_framing => $_[0]);
309     };
310 root 1.1
311 root 1.64 if ($protocol eq "aemp" and $self->{hdl}) {
312 root 1.59 # listener-less node need to continuously probe
313     unless (@$AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::LISTENER) {
314     $self->{hdl}->wtimeout ($timeout);
315     $self->{hdl}->on_wtimeout (sub { $self->send ([]) });
316     }
317 root 1.58
318     # receive handling
319     my $src_node = $self->{node};
320 root 1.65 Scalar::Util::weaken $src_node;
321 root 1.45
322 root 1.65 if ($r_framing eq "\njsonxyz") {#d#
323     } else {
324 root 1.67 my $push_read = $hdl->can ("push_read");
325    
326 root 1.65 my $rmsg; $rmsg = $self->{rmsg} = sub {
327 root 1.67 $push_read->($_[0], $r_framing => $rmsg);
328 root 1.65
329     local $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::SRCNODE = $src_node;
330     AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::_inject (@{ $_[1] });
331     };
332     eval {
333 root 1.67 $push_read->($_[0], $r_framing => $rmsg);
334 root 1.65 };
335     Scalar::Util::weaken $rmsg;
336     return $self->error ("$r_framing: unusable remote framing")
337     if $@;
338     }
339 root 1.58 }
340 root 1.67
341     $self->connected;
342 root 1.7 });
343 root 1.1 });
344     });
345     }
346    
347     $self
348     }
349    
350     sub error {
351     my ($self, $msg) = @_;
352    
353 root 1.39 delete $self->{keepalive};
354    
355 root 1.58 if ($self->{protocol}) {
356 root 1.59 $HOOK_PROTOCOL{$self->{protocol}}->($self, $msg);
357 root 1.58 } else {
358     $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::WARN->(9, "$self->{peerhost}:$self->{peerport} $msg");#d#
359 root 1.39
360 root 1.58 $self->{node}->transport_error (transport_error => $self->{node}{id}, $msg)
361     if $self->{node} && $self->{node}{transport} == $self;
362     }
363 root 1.31
364     (delete $self->{release})->()
365     if exists $self->{release};
366    
367 root 1.37 # $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::WARN->(7, "$self->{peerhost}:$self->{peerport}: $msg");
368 root 1.4 $self->destroy;
369 root 1.1 }
370    
371 root 1.2 sub connected {
372     my ($self) = @_;
373    
374 root 1.39 delete $self->{keepalive};
375    
376 root 1.58 if ($self->{protocol}) {
377 root 1.59 $self->{hdl}->on_error (undef);
378     $HOOK_PROTOCOL{$self->{protocol}}->($self, undef);
379 root 1.58 } else {
380     $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::WARN->(9, "$self->{peerhost}:$self->{peerport} connected as $self->{remote_node}");
381    
382     my $node = AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::add_node ($self->{remote_node});
383     Scalar::Util::weaken ($self->{node} = $node);
384     $node->transport_connect ($self);
385 root 1.39
386 root 1.58 $_->($self) for @HOOK_CONNECTED;
387     }
388 root 1.61
389     (delete $self->{release})->()
390     if exists $self->{release};
391 root 1.2 }
392    
393 root 1.1 sub destroy {
394     my ($self) = @_;
395    
396 root 1.42 (delete $self->{release})->()
397     if exists $self->{release};
398    
399 root 1.2 $self->{hdl}->destroy
400     if $self->{hdl};
401 root 1.52
402 root 1.59 $_->($self) for $self->{protocol} ? () : @HOOK_DESTROY;
403 root 1.1 }
404    
405     sub DESTROY {
406     my ($self) = @_;
407    
408     $self->destroy;
409     }
410    
411     =back
412    
413 root 1.7 =head1 PROTOCOL
414    
415 root 1.59 The AEMP protocol is comparatively simple, and consists of three phases
416     which are symmetrical for both sides: greeting (followed by optionally
417     switching to TLS mode), authentication and packet exchange.
418 root 1.7
419 root 1.43 The protocol is designed to allow both full-text and binary streams.
420 root 1.7
421     The greeting consists of two text lines that are ended by either an ASCII
422     CR LF pair, or a single ASCII LF (recommended).
423    
424     =head2 GREETING
425    
426 root 1.15 All the lines until after authentication must not exceed 4kb in length,
427 root 1.43 including line delimiter. Afterwards there is no limit on the packet size
428     that can be received.
429 root 1.15
430     =head3 First Greeting Line
431 root 1.12
432 root 1.16 Example:
433    
434 root 1.43 aemp;0;rain;tls_md6_64_256,hmac_md6_64_256,tls_anon,cleartext;json,storable;timeout=12;peeraddr=10.0.0.1:48082
435 root 1.16
436     The first line contains strings separated (not ended) by C<;>
437 root 1.43 characters. The first five strings are fixed by the protocol, the
438 root 1.16 remaining strings are C<KEY=VALUE> pairs. None of them may contain C<;>
439 root 1.43 characters themselves (when escaping is needed, use C<%3b> to represent
440     C<;> and C<%25> to represent C<%>)-
441 root 1.16
442 root 1.12 The fixed strings are:
443 root 1.7
444     =over 4
445    
446 root 1.18 =item protocol identification
447 root 1.7
448 root 1.43 The constant C<aemp> to identify this protocol.
449 root 1.7
450     =item protocol version
451    
452 root 1.55 The protocol version supported by this end, currently C<1>. If the
453 root 1.12 versions don't match then no communication is possible. Minor extensions
454 root 1.18 are supposed to be handled through additional key-value pairs.
455 root 1.7
456 root 1.43 =item the node ID
457 root 1.7
458 root 1.57 This is the node ID of the connecting node.
459 root 1.7
460     =item the acceptable authentication methods
461    
462     A comma-separated list of authentication methods supported by the
463     node. Note that AnyEvent::MP supports a C<hex_secret> authentication
464 root 1.43 method that accepts a clear-text password (hex-encoded), but will not use
465     this authentication method itself.
466 root 1.7
467 root 1.43 The receiving side should choose the first authentication method it
468     supports.
469 root 1.7
470     =item the acceptable framing formats
471    
472 root 1.43 A comma-separated list of packet encoding/framing formats understood. The
473 root 1.7 receiving side should choose the first framing format it supports for
474     sending packets (which might be different from the format it has to accept).
475    
476 root 1.10 =back
477 root 1.8
478     The remaining arguments are C<KEY=VALUE> pairs. The following key-value
479     pairs are known at this time:
480    
481     =over 4
482    
483     =item provider=<module-version>
484    
485     The software provider for this implementation. For AnyEvent::MP, this is
486     C<AE-0.0> or whatever version it currently is at.
487    
488     =item peeraddr=<host>:<port>
489    
490 root 1.39 The peer address (socket address of the other side) as seen locally.
491 root 1.8
492     =item tls=<major>.<minor>
493    
494     Indicates that the other side supports TLS (version should be 1.0) and
495     wishes to do a TLS handshake.
496    
497     =back
498    
499 root 1.15 =head3 Second Greeting Line
500    
501 root 1.8 After this greeting line there will be a second line containing a
502     cryptographic nonce, i.e. random data of high quality. To keep the
503     protocol text-only, these are usually 32 base64-encoded octets, but
504     it could be anything that doesn't contain any ASCII CR or ASCII LF
505     characters.
506    
507 root 1.14 I<< The two nonces B<must> be different, and an aemp implementation
508     B<must> check and fail when they are identical >>.
509    
510 root 1.43 Example of a nonce line (yes, it's random-looking because it is random
511     data):
512 root 1.8
513 root 1.43 2XYhdG7/O6epFa4wuP0ujAEx1rXYWRcOypjUYK7eF6yWAQr7gwIN9m/2+mVvBrTPXz5GJDgfGm9d8QRABAbmAP/s
514 root 1.8
515     =head2 TLS handshake
516    
517 root 1.14 I<< If, after the handshake, both sides indicate interest in TLS, then the
518 root 1.43 connection B<must> use TLS, or fail to continue. >>
519 root 1.8
520     Both sides compare their nonces, and the side who sent the lower nonce
521     value ("string" comparison on the raw octet values) becomes the client,
522     and the one with the higher nonce the server.
523    
524     =head2 AUTHENTICATION PHASE
525    
526     After the greeting is received (and the optional TLS handshake),
527     the authentication phase begins, which consists of sending a single
528     C<;>-separated line with three fixed strings and any number of
529     C<KEY=VALUE> pairs.
530    
531     The three fixed strings are:
532    
533     =over 4
534    
535     =item the authentication method chosen
536    
537     This must be one of the methods offered by the other side in the greeting.
538    
539 root 1.41 Note that all methods starting with C<tls_> are only valid I<iff> TLS was
540     successfully handshaked (and to be secure the implementation must enforce
541     this).
542    
543 root 1.13 The currently supported authentication methods are:
544    
545     =over 4
546    
547     =item cleartext
548    
549     This is simply the shared secret, lowercase-hex-encoded. This method is of
550 root 1.43 course very insecure if TLS is not used (and not completely secure even
551     if TLS is used), which is why this module will accept, but not generate,
552     cleartext auth replies.
553 root 1.13
554     =item hmac_md6_64_256
555    
556 root 1.43 This method uses an MD6 HMAC with 64 bit blocksize and 256 bit hash, and
557     requires a shared secret. It is the preferred auth method when a shared
558     secret is available.
559    
560     First, the shared secret is hashed with MD6:
561 root 1.13
562     key = MD6 (secret)
563    
564     This secret is then used to generate the "local auth reply", by taking
565     the two local greeting lines and the two remote greeting lines (without
566     line endings), appending \012 to all of them, concatenating them and
567 root 1.43 calculating the MD6 HMAC with the key:
568 root 1.13
569     lauth = HMAC_MD6 key, "lgreeting1\012lgreeting2\012rgreeting1\012rgreeting2\012"
570    
571     This authentication token is then lowercase-hex-encoded and sent to the
572     other side.
573    
574     Then the remote auth reply is generated using the same method, but local
575     and remote greeting lines swapped:
576    
577     rauth = HMAC_MD6 key, "rgreeting1\012rgreeting2\012lgreeting1\012lgreeting2\012"
578    
579     This is the token that is expected from the other side.
580    
581 root 1.41 =item tls_anon
582 root 1.19
583 root 1.43 This type is only valid I<iff> TLS was enabled and the TLS handshake
584 root 1.19 was successful. It has no authentication data, as the server/client
585     certificate was successfully verified.
586    
587 root 1.43 This authentication type is somewhat insecure, as it allows a
588     man-in-the-middle attacker to change some of the connection parameters
589     (such as the framing format), although there is no known attack that
590     exploits this in a way that is worse than just denying the service.
591 root 1.41
592 root 1.43 By default, this implementation accepts but never generates this auth
593     reply.
594 root 1.41
595     =item tls_md6_64_256
596    
597 root 1.43 This type is only valid I<iff> TLS was enabled and the TLS handshake was
598     successful.
599 root 1.41
600     This authentication type simply calculates:
601    
602     lauth = MD6 "rgreeting1\012rgreeting2\012lgreeting1\012lgreeting2\012"
603    
604     and lowercase-hex encodes the result and sends it as authentication
605     data. No shared secret is required (authentication is done by TLS). The
606 root 1.43 checksum exists only to make tinkering with the greeting hard.
607 root 1.19
608 root 1.13 =back
609    
610 root 1.8 =item the authentication data
611    
612 root 1.13 The authentication data itself, usually base64 or hex-encoded data, see
613     above.
614 root 1.8
615     =item the framing protocol chosen
616    
617     This must be one of the framing protocols offered by the other side in the
618 root 1.43 greeting. Each side must accept the choice of the other side, and generate
619     packets in the format it chose itself.
620 root 1.8
621     =back
622    
623 root 1.16 Example of an authentication reply:
624 root 1.9
625 root 1.13 hmac_md6_64_256;363d5175df38bd9eaddd3f6ca18aa1c0c4aa22f0da245ac638d048398c26b8d3;json
626 root 1.9
627 root 1.8 =head2 DATA PHASE
628    
629     After this, packets get exchanged using the chosen framing protocol. It is
630     quite possible that both sides use a different framing protocol.
631    
632 root 1.16 =head2 FULL EXAMPLE
633    
634 root 1.17 This is an actual protocol dump of a handshake, followed by a single data
635 root 1.16 packet. The greater than/less than lines indicate the direction of the
636     transfer only.
637    
638 root 1.43 > aemp;0;anon/57Cs1CggVJjzYaQp13XXg4;tls_md6_64_256,hmac_md6_64_256,tls_anon,cleartext;json,storable;provider=AE-0.8;timeout=12;peeraddr=10.0.0.17:4040
639     > yLgdG1ov/02shVkVQer3wzeuywZK+oraTdEQBmIqWHaegxSGDG4g+HqogLQbvdypFOsoDWJ1Sh4ImV4DMhvUBwTK
640    
641     < aemp;0;ruth;tls_md6_64_256,hmac_md6_64_256,tls_anon,cleartext;json,storable;provider=AE-0.8;timeout=12;peeraddr=10.0.0.1:37108
642     < +xMQXP8ElfNmuvEhsmcp+s2wCJOuQAsPxSg3d2Ewhs6gBnJz+ypVdWJ/wAVrXqlIJfLeVS/CBy4gEGkyWHSuVb1L
643    
644     > hmac_md6_64_256;5ad913855742ae5a03a5aeb7eafa4c78629de136bed6acd73eea36c9e98df44a;json
645    
646     < hmac_md6_64_256;84cd590976f794914c2ca26dac3a207a57a6798b9171289c114de07cf0c20401;json
647     < ["","AnyEvent::MP::_spawn","57Cs1CggVJjzYaQp13XXg4.c","AnyEvent::MP::Global::connect",0,"anon/57Cs1CggVJjzYaQp13XXg4"]
648     ...
649    
650     The shared secret in use was C<8ugxrtw6H5tKnfPWfaSr4HGhE8MoJXmzTT1BWq7sLutNcD0IbXprQlZjIbl7MBKoeklG3IEfY9GlJthC0pENzk>.
651 root 1.16
652 root 1.65 =head2 SIMPLE HANDSHAKE FOR NON-PERL NODES
653    
654     Implementing the full set of options for handshaking can be a daunting
655     task.
656    
657     If security is not so important (because you only connect locally and
658     control the host, a common case), and you want to interface with an AEMP
659     node from another programming language, then you can also implement a
660     simplified handshake.
661    
662     For example, in a simple implementation you could decide to simply not
663     check the authenticity of the other side and use cleartext authentication
664     yourself. The the handshake is as simple as sending three lines of text,
665     reading three lines of text, and then you can exchange JSON-formatted
666     messages:
667    
668     aemp;1;<nodename>;hmac_md6_64_256;json
669     <nonce>
670     cleartext;<hexencoded secret>;json
671    
672     The nodename should be unique within the network, preferably unique with
673     every connection, the <nonce> could be empty or some random data, and the
674     hexencoded secret would be the shared secret, in lowercase hex (e.g. if
675     the secret is "geheim", the hex-encoded version would be "67656865696d").
676    
677     Note that apart from the low-level handshake and framing protocol, there
678     is a high-level protocol, e.g. for monitoring, building the mesh or
679     spawning. All these messages are sent to the node port (the empty string)
680     and can safely be ignored if you do not need the relevant functionality.
681    
682     =head3 USEFUL HINTS
683    
684     Since taking part in the global protocol to find port groups is
685     nontrivial, hardcoding port names should be considered as well, i.e. the
686     non-Perl node could simply listen to messages for a few well-known ports.
687    
688     Alternatively, the non-Perl node could call a (already loaded) function
689     in the Perl node by sending it a special message:
690    
691     ["", "Some::Function::name", "myownport", 1, 2, 3]
692    
693     This would call the function C<Some::Function::name> with the string
694     C<myownport> and some additional arguments.
695    
696 root 1.49 =head2 MONITORING
697    
698     Monitoring the connection itself is transport-specific. For TCP, all
699     connection monitoring is currently left to TCP retransmit time-outs
700     on a busy link, and TCP keepalive (which should be enabled) for idle
701     connections.
702    
703     This is not sufficient for listener-less nodes, however: they need
704     to regularly send data (30 seconds, or the monitoring interval, is
705     recommended), so TCP actively probes.
706    
707     Future implementations of AnyEvent::Transport might query the kernel TCP
708     buffer after a write timeout occurs, and if it is non-empty, shut down the
709     connections, but this is an area of future research :)
710    
711     =head2 NODE PROTOCOL
712    
713     The transport simply transfers messages, but to implement a full node, a
714     special node port must exist that understands a number of requests.
715    
716     If you are interested in implementing this, drop us a note so we finish
717     the documentation.
718    
719 root 1.1 =head1 SEE ALSO
720    
721 root 1.29 L<AnyEvent::MP>.
722 root 1.1
723     =head1 AUTHOR
724    
725     Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
726     http://home.schmorp.de/
727    
728     =cut
729    
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