activitypub-federation-rust/src/core/signatures.rs

use actix_web::HttpRequest;
use anyhow::anyhow;
use http_signature_normalization_actix::Config as ConfigActix;
use http_signature_normalization_reqwest::prelude::{Config, SignExt};
use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
use openssl::{
    hash::MessageDigest,
    pkey::PKey,
    rsa::Rsa,
    sign::{Signer, Verifier},
};
use reqwest::Request;
use reqwest_middleware::RequestBuilder;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
use tracing::debug;
use url::Url;

static CONFIG2: Lazy<ConfigActix> = Lazy::new(ConfigActix::new);
static HTTP_SIG_CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(Config::new);

/// A private/public key pair used for HTTP signatures
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct Keypair {
    pub private_key: String,
    pub public_key: String,
}

/// Generate the asymmetric keypair for ActivityPub HTTP signatures.
pub fn generate_actor_keypair() -> Result<Keypair, Error> {
    let rsa = Rsa::generate(2048)?;
    let pkey = PKey::from_rsa(rsa)?;
    let public_key = pkey.public_key_to_pem()?;
    let private_key = pkey.private_key_to_pem_pkcs8()?;
    let key_to_string = |key| match String::from_utf8(key) {
        Ok(s) => Ok(s),
        Err(e) => Err(Error::new(
            ErrorKind::Other,
            format!("Failed converting key to string: {}", e),
        )),
    };
    Ok(Keypair {
        private_key: key_to_string(private_key)?,
        public_key: key_to_string(public_key)?,
    })
}

/// Creates an HTTP post request to `inbox_url`, with the given `client` and `headers`, and
/// `activity` as request body. The request is signed with `private_key` and then sent.
pub(crate) async fn sign_request(
    request_builder: RequestBuilder,
    activity: String,
    public_key: PublicKey,
    private_key: String,
) -> Result<Request, anyhow::Error> {
    request_builder
        .signature_with_digest(
            HTTP_SIG_CONFIG.clone(),
            public_key.id,
            Sha256::new(),
            activity,
            move |signing_string| {
                let private_key = PKey::private_key_from_pem(private_key.as_bytes())?;
                let mut signer = Signer::new(MessageDigest::sha256(), &private_key)?;
                signer.update(signing_string.as_bytes())?;

                Ok(base64::encode(signer.sign_to_vec()?)) as Result<_, anyhow::Error>
            },
        )
        .await
}

/// Verifies the HTTP signature on an incoming inbox request.
pub fn verify_signature(request: &HttpRequest, public_key: &str) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
    let verified = CONFIG2
        .begin_verify(
            request.method(),
            request.uri().path_and_query(),
            request.headers().clone(),
        )?
        .verify(|signature, signing_string| -> Result<bool, anyhow::Error> {
            debug!(
                "Verifying with key {}, message {}",
                &public_key, &signing_string
            );
            let public_key = PKey::public_key_from_pem(public_key.as_bytes())?;
            let mut verifier = Verifier::new(MessageDigest::sha256(), &public_key)?;
            verifier.update(signing_string.as_bytes())?;
            Ok(verifier.verify(&base64::decode(signature)?)?)
        })?;

    if verified {
        debug!("verified signature for {}", &request.uri());
        Ok(())
    } else {
        Err(anyhow!("Invalid signature on request: {}", &request.uri()))
    }
}

#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
pub struct PublicKey {
    pub(crate) id: String,
    pub(crate) owner: Url,
    pub public_key_pem: String,
}

impl PublicKey {
    /// Create public key with default id, for actors that only have a single keypair
    pub fn new_main_key(owner: Url, public_key_pem: String) -> Self {
        let key_id = format!("{}#main-key", &owner);
        PublicKey::new(key_id, owner, public_key_pem)
    }

    /// Create public key with custom key id. Use this method if there are multiple keypairs per actor
    pub fn new(id: String, owner: Url, public_key_pem: String) -> Self {
        PublicKey {
            id,
            owner,
            public_key_pem,
        }
    }
}