replace http basic auth for web interfaces with session cookie & csrf-based auth

the http basic auth we had was very simple to reason about, and to implement.
but it has a major downside:

there is no way to logout, browsers keep sending credentials. ideally, browsers
themselves would show a button to stop sending credentials.

a related downside: the http auth mechanism doesn't indicate for which server
paths the credentials are.

another downside: the original password is sent to the server with each
request. though sending original passwords to web servers seems to be
considered normal.

our new approach uses session cookies, along with csrf values when we can. the
sessions are server-side managed, automatically extended on each use. this
makes it easy to invalidate sessions and keeps the frontend simpler (than with
long- vs short-term sessions and refreshing). the cookies are httponly,
samesite=strict, scoped to the path of the web interface. cookies are set
"secure" when set over https. the cookie is set by a successful call to Login.
a call to Logout invalidates a session. changing a password invalidates all
sessions for a user, but keeps the session with which the password was changed
alive. the csrf value is also random, and associated with the session cookie.
the csrf must be sent as header for api calls, or as parameter for direct form
posts (where we cannot set a custom header). rest-like calls made directly by
the browser, e.g. for images, don't have a csrf protection. the csrf value is
returned by the Login api call and stored in localstorage.

api calls without credentials return code "user:noAuth", and with bad
credentials return "user:badAuth". the api client recognizes this and triggers
a login. after a login, all auth-failed api calls are automatically retried.
only for "user:badAuth" is an error message displayed in the login form (e.g.
session expired).

in an ideal world, browsers would take care of most session management. a
server would indicate authentication is needed (like http basic auth), and the
browsers uses trusted ui to request credentials for the server & path. the
browser could use safer mechanism than sending original passwords to the
server, such as scram, along with a standard way to create sessions.  for now,
web developers have to do authentication themselves: from showing the login
prompt, ensuring the right session/csrf cookies/localstorage/headers/etc are
sent with each request.

webauthn is a newer way to do authentication, perhaps we'll implement it in the
future. though hardware tokens aren't an attractive option for many users, and
it may be overkill as long as we still do old-fashioned authentication in smtp
& imap where passwords can be sent to the server.

for issue #58
This commit is contained in:
Mechiel Lukkien
2024-01-04 13:10:48 +01:00
parent c930a400be
commit 0f8bf2f220
50 changed files with 3560 additions and 832 deletions

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@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ const [dom, style, attr, prop] = (function () {
name: (s) => _attr('name', s),
min: (s) => _attr('min', s),
max: (s) => _attr('max', s),
action: (s) => _attr('action', s),
method: (s) => _attr('method', s),
};
const style = (x) => { return { _styles: x }; };
const prop = (x) => { return { _props: x }; };
@ -224,19 +226,21 @@ const [dom, style, attr, prop] = (function () {
var api;
(function (api) {
api.structTypes = { "Destination": true, "Domain": true, "ImportProgress": true, "Ruleset": true };
api.stringsTypes = {};
api.stringsTypes = { "CSRFToken": true };
api.intsTypes = {};
api.types = {
"Domain": { "Name": "Domain", "Docs": "", "Fields": [{ "Name": "ASCII", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "Unicode", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }] },
"Destination": { "Name": "Destination", "Docs": "", "Fields": [{ "Name": "Mailbox", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "Rulesets", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["[]", "Ruleset"] }, { "Name": "FullName", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }] },
"Ruleset": { "Name": "Ruleset", "Docs": "", "Fields": [{ "Name": "SMTPMailFromRegexp", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "VerifiedDomain", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "HeadersRegexp", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["{}", "string"] }, { "Name": "IsForward", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["bool"] }, { "Name": "ListAllowDomain", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "AcceptRejectsToMailbox", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "Mailbox", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }, { "Name": "VerifiedDNSDomain", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["Domain"] }, { "Name": "ListAllowDNSDomain", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["Domain"] }] },
"ImportProgress": { "Name": "ImportProgress", "Docs": "", "Fields": [{ "Name": "Token", "Docs": "", "Typewords": ["string"] }] },
"CSRFToken": { "Name": "CSRFToken", "Docs": "", "Values": null },
};
api.parser = {
Domain: (v) => api.parse("Domain", v),
Destination: (v) => api.parse("Destination", v),
Ruleset: (v) => api.parse("Ruleset", v),
ImportProgress: (v) => api.parse("ImportProgress", v),
CSRFToken: (v) => api.parse("CSRFToken", v),
};
// Account exports web API functions for the account web interface. All its
// methods are exported under api/. Function calls require valid HTTP
@ -244,16 +248,50 @@ var api;
let defaultOptions = { slicesNullable: true, mapsNullable: true, nullableOptional: true };
class Client {
baseURL;
authState;
options;
constructor(baseURL = api.defaultBaseURL, options) {
this.baseURL = baseURL;
this.options = options;
if (!options) {
this.options = defaultOptions;
}
constructor() {
this.authState = {};
this.options = { ...defaultOptions };
this.baseURL = this.options.baseURL || api.defaultBaseURL;
}
withAuthToken(token) {
const c = new Client();
c.authState.token = token;
c.options = this.options;
return c;
}
withOptions(options) {
return new Client(this.baseURL, { ...this.options, ...options });
const c = new Client();
c.authState = this.authState;
c.options = { ...this.options, ...options };
return c;
}
// LoginPrep returns a login token, and also sets it as cookie. Both must be
// present in the call to Login.
async LoginPrep() {
const fn = "LoginPrep";
const paramTypes = [];
const returnTypes = [["string"]];
const params = [];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// Login returns a session token for the credentials, or fails with error code
// "user:badLogin". Call LoginPrep to get a loginToken.
async Login(loginToken, username, password) {
const fn = "Login";
const paramTypes = [["string"], ["string"], ["string"]];
const returnTypes = [["CSRFToken"]];
const params = [loginToken, username, password];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// Logout invalidates the session token.
async Logout() {
const fn = "Logout";
const paramTypes = [];
const returnTypes = [];
const params = [];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// SetPassword saves a new password for the account, invalidating the previous password.
// Sessions are not interrupted, and will keep working. New login attempts must use the new password.
@ -263,7 +301,7 @@ var api;
const paramTypes = [["string"]];
const returnTypes = [];
const params = [password];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// Account returns information about the account: full name, the default domain,
// and the destinations (keys are email addresses, or localparts to the default
@ -274,14 +312,14 @@ var api;
const paramTypes = [];
const returnTypes = [["string"], ["Domain"], ["{}", "Destination"]];
const params = [];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
async AccountSaveFullName(fullName) {
const fn = "AccountSaveFullName";
const paramTypes = [["string"]];
const returnTypes = [];
const params = [fullName];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// DestinationSave updates a destination.
// OldDest is compared against the current destination. If it does not match, an
@ -291,7 +329,7 @@ var api;
const paramTypes = [["string"], ["Destination"], ["Destination"]];
const returnTypes = [];
const params = [destName, oldDest, newDest];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// ImportAbort aborts an import that is in progress. If the import exists and isn't
// finished, no changes will have been made by the import.
@ -300,7 +338,7 @@ var api;
const paramTypes = [["string"]];
const returnTypes = [];
const params = [importToken];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
// Types exposes types not used in API method signatures, such as the import form upload.
async Types() {
@ -308,7 +346,7 @@ var api;
const paramTypes = [];
const returnTypes = [["ImportProgress"]];
const params = [];
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
return await _sherpaCall(this.baseURL, this.authState, { ...this.options }, paramTypes, returnTypes, fn, params);
}
}
api.Client = Client;
@ -496,7 +534,7 @@ var api;
}
}
}
const _sherpaCall = async (baseURL, options, paramTypes, returnTypes, name, params) => {
const _sherpaCall = async (baseURL, authState, options, paramTypes, returnTypes, name, params) => {
if (!options.skipParamCheck) {
if (params.length !== paramTypes.length) {
return Promise.reject({ message: 'wrong number of parameters in sherpa call, saw ' + params.length + ' != expected ' + paramTypes.length });
@ -538,14 +576,36 @@ var api;
if (json) {
await simulate(json);
}
// Immediately create promise, so options.aborter is changed before returning.
const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const fn = (resolve, reject) => {
let resolve1 = (v) => {
resolve(v);
resolve1 = () => { };
reject1 = () => { };
};
let reject1 = (v) => {
if ((v.code === 'user:noAuth' || v.code === 'user:badAuth') && options.login) {
const login = options.login;
if (!authState.loginPromise) {
authState.loginPromise = new Promise((aresolve, areject) => {
login(v.code === 'user:badAuth' ? (v.message || '') : '')
.then((token) => {
authState.token = token;
authState.loginPromise = undefined;
aresolve();
}, (err) => {
authState.loginPromise = undefined;
areject(err);
});
});
}
authState.loginPromise
.then(() => {
fn(resolve, reject);
}, (err) => {
reject(err);
});
return;
}
reject(v);
resolve1 = () => { };
reject1 = () => { };
@ -559,6 +619,9 @@ var api;
};
}
req.open('POST', url, true);
if (options.csrfHeader && authState.token) {
req.setRequestHeader(options.csrfHeader, authState.token);
}
if (options.timeoutMsec) {
req.timeout = options.timeoutMsec;
}
@ -632,15 +695,91 @@ var api;
catch (err) {
reject1({ code: 'sherpa:badData', message: 'cannot marshal to JSON' });
}
});
return await promise;
};
return await new Promise(fn);
};
})(api || (api = {}));
// Javascript is generated from typescript, do not modify generated javascript because changes will be overwritten.
const client = new api.Client();
const login = async (reason) => {
return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
const origFocus = document.activeElement;
let reasonElem;
let fieldset;
let username;
let password;
const root = dom.div(style({ position: 'absolute', top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0, backgroundColor: '#eee', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', zIndex: '1', animation: 'fadein .15s ease-in' }), dom.div(reasonElem = reason ? dom.div(style({ marginBottom: '2ex', textAlign: 'center' }), reason) : dom.div(), dom.div(style({ backgroundColor: 'white', borderRadius: '.25em', padding: '1em', boxShadow: '0 0 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)', border: '1px solid #ddd', maxWidth: '95vw', overflowX: 'auto', maxHeight: '95vh', overflowY: 'auto', marginBottom: '20vh' }), dom.form(async function submit(e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
reasonElem.remove();
try {
fieldset.disabled = true;
const loginToken = await client.LoginPrep();
const token = await client.Login(loginToken, username.value, password.value);
try {
window.localStorage.setItem('webaccountaddress', username.value);
window.localStorage.setItem('webaccountcsrftoken', token);
}
catch (err) {
console.log('saving csrf token in localStorage', err);
}
root.remove();
if (origFocus && origFocus instanceof HTMLElement && origFocus.parentNode) {
origFocus.focus();
}
resolve(token);
}
catch (err) {
console.log('login error', err);
window.alert('Error: ' + errmsg(err));
}
finally {
fieldset.disabled = false;
}
}, fieldset = dom.fieldset(dom.h1('Account'), dom.label(style({ display: 'block', marginBottom: '2ex' }), dom.div('Email address', style({ marginBottom: '.5ex' })), username = dom.input(attr.required(''), attr.placeholder('jane@example.org'))), dom.label(style({ display: 'block', marginBottom: '2ex' }), dom.div('Password', style({ marginBottom: '.5ex' })), password = dom.input(attr.type('password'), attr.required(''))), dom.div(style({ textAlign: 'center' }), dom.submitbutton('Login')))))));
document.body.appendChild(root);
username.focus();
});
};
const localStorageGet = (k) => {
try {
return window.localStorage.getItem(k);
}
catch (err) {
return null;
}
};
const localStorageRemove = (k) => {
try {
return window.localStorage.removeItem(k);
}
catch (err) {
}
};
const client = new api.Client().withOptions({ csrfHeader: 'x-mox-csrf', login: login }).withAuthToken(localStorageGet('webaccountcsrftoken') || '');
const link = (href, anchorOpt) => dom.a(attr.href(href), attr.rel('noopener noreferrer'), anchorOpt || href);
const crumblink = (text, link) => dom.a(text, attr.href(link));
const crumbs = (...l) => [dom.h1(l.map((e, index) => index === 0 ? e : [' / ', e])), dom.br()];
const crumbs = (...l) => [
dom.div(style({ float: 'right' }), localStorageGet('webaccountaddress') || '(unknown)', ' ', dom.clickbutton('Logout', attr.title('Logout, invalidating this session.'), async function click(e) {
const b = e.target;
try {
b.disabled = true;
await client.Logout();
}
catch (err) {
console.log('logout', err);
window.alert('Error: ' + errmsg(err));
}
finally {
b.disabled = false;
}
localStorageRemove('webaccountaddress');
localStorageRemove('webaccountcsrftoken');
// Reload so all state is cleared from memory.
window.location.reload();
})),
dom.h1(l.map((e, index) => index === 0 ? e : [' / ', e])),
dom.br()
];
const errmsg = (err) => '' + (err.message || '(no error message)');
const footer = dom.div(style({ marginTop: '6ex', opacity: 0.75 }), link('https://github.com/mjl-/mox', 'mox'), ' ', moxversion);
const domainName = (d) => {
@ -755,6 +894,9 @@ const index = async () => {
});
});
};
const exportForm = (filename) => {
return dom.form(attr.target('_blank'), attr.method('POST'), attr.action('export/' + filename), dom.input(attr.type('hidden'), attr.name('csrf'), attr.value(localStorageGet('webaccountcsrftoken') || '')), dom.submitbutton('Export'));
};
dom._kids(page, crumbs('Mox Account'), dom.p('NOTE: Not all account settings can be configured through these pages yet. See the configuration file for more options.'), dom.div('Default domain: ', domain.ASCII ? domainString(domain) : '(none)'), dom.br(), fullNameForm = dom.form(fullNameFieldset = dom.fieldset(dom.label(style({ display: 'inline-block' }), 'Full name', dom.br(), fullName = dom.input(attr.value(accountFullName), attr.title('Name to use in From header when composing messages. Can be overridden per configured address.'))), ' ', dom.submitbutton('Save')), async function submit(e) {
e.preventDefault();
fullNameFieldset.disabled = true;
@ -809,7 +951,7 @@ const index = async () => {
finally {
passwordFieldset.disabled = false;
}
}), dom.br(), dom.h2('Export'), dom.p('Export all messages in all mailboxes. In maildir or mbox format, as .zip or .tgz file.'), dom.ul(dom.li(dom.a('mail-export-maildir.tgz', attr.href('mail-export-maildir.tgz'))), dom.li(dom.a('mail-export-maildir.zip', attr.href('mail-export-maildir.zip'))), dom.li(dom.a('mail-export-mbox.tgz', attr.href('mail-export-mbox.tgz'))), dom.li(dom.a('mail-export-mbox.zip', attr.href('mail-export-mbox.zip')))), dom.br(), dom.h2('Import'), dom.p('Import messages from a .zip or .tgz file with maildirs and/or mbox files.'), importForm = dom.form(async function submit(e) {
}), dom.br(), dom.h2('Export'), dom.p('Export all messages in all mailboxes. In maildir or mbox format, as .zip or .tgz file.'), dom.table(dom._class('slim'), dom.tr(dom.td('Maildirs in .tgz'), dom.td(exportForm('mail-export-maildir.tgz'))), dom.tr(dom.td('Maildirs in .zip'), dom.td(exportForm('mail-export-maildir.zip'))), dom.tr(dom.td('Mbox files in .tgz'), dom.td(exportForm('mail-export-mbox.tgz'))), dom.tr(dom.td('Mbox files in .zip'), dom.td(exportForm('mail-export-mbox.zip')))), dom.br(), dom.h2('Import'), dom.p('Import messages from a .zip or .tgz file with maildirs and/or mbox files.'), importForm = dom.form(async function submit(e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
const request = async () => {
@ -820,6 +962,7 @@ const index = async () => {
importProgress.style.display = '';
const xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', 'import', true);
xhr.setRequestHeader('x-mox-csrf', localStorageGet('webaccountcsrftoken') || '');
xhr.upload.addEventListener('progress', (e) => {
if (!e.lengthComputable) {
return;