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mod_pubsub_serverinfo: New module that uses pub/sub to make accessible server info
This first implemetnation is laughably simple: it only adds a disco#info
feature. This flags 'opt-in' for inclusion of local domain names in the
data exposed by other domains (per the domain), which will allow servers to
be listed in the XMPP Network Graph at https://xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im
Hopefully, this bare-boned implementation acts as a stepping stone for
future improvements.
author | Guus der Kinderen <guus.der.kinderen@gmail.com> |
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date | Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:02:35 +0100 |
parents | b4bcb84997e7 |
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# mod_auth_token This module enables Prosody to authenticate time-based one-time-pin (TOTP) HMAC tokens. This is an alternative to "external authentication" which avoids the need to make a blocking HTTP call to the external authentication service (usually a web application backend). Instead, the application generates the HMAC token, which is then sent to Prosody via the XMPP client and Prosody verifies the authenticity of this token. If the token is verified, then the user is authenticated. ## Luarocks dependencies You'll need to install the following luarocks otp 0.1-5 luatz 0.3-1 ## How to generate the TOTP seed and shared signing secret You'll need a shared OTP_SEED value for generating time-based one-time-pin (TOTP) values and a shared private key for signing the HMAC token. You can generate the OTP_SEED value with Python, like so: >>> import pyotp >>> pyotp.random_base32() u'XVGR73KMZH2M4XMY' and the shared secret key as follows: >>> import pyotp >>> pyotp.random_base32(length=32) u'JYXEX4IQOEYFYQ2S3MC5P4ZT4SDHYEA7' ## Configuration Firest you need to enable the relevant modules to your Prosody.cfg file. Look for the line `modules_enabled` (either globally or for your particular `VirtualHost`), and then add the following to tokens: modules_enabled = { -- Token authentication "auth_token"; "sasl_token"; } The previously generated token values also need to go into your Prosody.cfg file: authentication = "token"; token_secret = "JYXEX4IQOEYFYQ2S3MC5P4ZT4SDHYEA7"; otp_seed = "XVGR73KMZH2M4XMY"; The application that generates the tokens also needs access to these values. For an example on how to generate a token, take a look at the `generate_token` function in the `test_token_auth.lua` file inside this directory. ## Custom SASL auth This module depends on a custom SASL auth mechanism called X-TOKEN and which is provided by the file `mod_sasl_token.lua`. Prosody doesn't automatically pick up this file, so you'll need to update your configuration file's `plugin_paths` to link to this subdirectory (for example to `/usr/lib/prosody-modules/mod_auth_token/`). ## Generating the token Here's a Python snippet showing how you can generate the token that Prosody will then verify: import base64 import pyotp import random # Constants OTP_INTERVAL = 30 OTP_DIGITS = 8 jid = '{}@{}'.format(username, domain) otp_service = pyotp.TOTP( OTP_SEED, # OTP_SEED must be set to the value generated previously (see above) digits=OTP_DIGITS, interval=OTP_INTERVAL ) otp = otp_service.generate_otp(otp_service.timecode(datetime.utcnow())) nonce = ''.join([str(random.randint(0, 9)) for i in range(32)]) string_to_sign = otp + nonce + jid signature = hmac.new(token_secret, string_to_sign, hashlib.sha256).digest() token = u"{} {}".format(otp+nonce, base64.b64encode(signature))