config+proxy: add basic authentication

config.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package shushtar
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -18,14 +19,23 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack/connhelpers"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultHTTPSListen = "127.0.0.1:8443"
+
+	uiPasswordMinLength = 8
+)
+
 // Config is the main configuration struct of shushtar. It contains all config
 // items of its enveloping subservers, each prefixed with their daemon's short
 // name.
 type Config struct {
-	HTTPSListen string          `long:"httpslisten" description:"host:port to listen for incoming HTTP/2 connections on"`
-	Lnd         *lnd.Config     `group:"lnd" namespace:"lnd"`
-	Faraday     *faraday.Config `group:"faraday" namespace:"faraday"`
-	Loop        *loopd.Config   `group:"loop" namespace:"loop"`
+	HTTPSListen    string          `long:"httpslisten" description:"host:port to listen for incoming HTTP/2 connections on"`
+	UIPassword     string          `long:"uipassword" description:"the password that must be entered when using the loop UI. use a strong password to protect your node from unauthorized access through the web UI"`
+	UIPasswordFile string          `long:"uipassword_file" description:"same as uipassword but instead of passing in the value directly, read the password from the specified file"`
+	UIPasswordEnv  string          `long:"uipassword_env" description:"same as uipassword but instead of passing in the value directly, read the password from the specified environment variable"`
+	Lnd            *lnd.Config     `group:"lnd" namespace:"lnd"`
+	Faraday        *faraday.Config `group:"faraday" namespace:"faraday"`
+	Loop           *loopd.Config   `group:"loop" namespace:"loop"`
 }
 
 // loadLndConfig loads and sanitizes the lnd main configuration and hooks up all
@@ -114,6 +124,45 @@ func getNetwork(cfg *lncfg.Chain) (string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// readUIPassword reads the password for the UI either from the command line
+// flag, a file specified or an environment variable.
+func readUIPassword(config *Config) error {
+	// A password is passed in as a command line flag (or config file
+	// variable) directly.
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(config.UIPassword)) > 0 {
+		config.UIPassword = strings.TrimSpace(config.UIPassword)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// A file that contains the password is specified.
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(config.UIPasswordFile)) > 0 {
+		content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(strings.TrimSpace(
+			config.UIPasswordFile,
+		))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not read file %s: %v",
+				config.UIPasswordFile, err)
+		}
+		config.UIPassword = strings.TrimSpace(string(content))
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// The name of an environment variable was specified.
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(config.UIPasswordEnv)) > 0 {
+		content := os.Getenv(strings.TrimSpace(config.UIPasswordEnv))
+		if len(content) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("environment variable %s is empty",
+				config.UIPasswordEnv)
+		}
+		config.UIPassword = strings.TrimSpace(content)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("mandatory password for UI not configured. specify " +
+		"either a password directly or a file or environment " +
+		"variable that contains the password")
+}
+
 func buildTLSConfigForHttp2(config *lnd.Config) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	tlsCert, _, err := cert.LoadCert(config.TLSCertPath, config.TLSKeyPath)
 	if err != nil {

shushtar.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package shushtar
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rakyll/statik/fs"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/backoff"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	"gopkg.in/macaroon.v2"
 
 	// Import generated go package that contains all static files for the
@@ -41,7 +44,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultHTTPSListen    = "127.0.0.1:8443"
 	defaultServerTimeout  = 10 * time.Second
 	defaultStartupTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 )
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ var (
 	// set this to 200MiB atm.
 	maxMsgRecvSize = grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(1 * 1024 * 1024 * 200)
 
+	authError = status.Error(
+		codes.Unauthenticated, "authentication required",
+	)
+
 	lndDefaultConfig     = lnd.DefaultConfig()
 	faradayDefaultConfig = faraday.DefaultConfig()
 	loopDefaultConfig    = loopd.DefaultConfig()
@@ -102,6 +108,15 @@ func (g *Shushtar) Run() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = readUIPassword(g.cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not read UI password: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(g.cfg.UIPassword) < uiPasswordMinLength {
+		return fmt.Errorf("please set a strong password for the UI, "+
+			"at least %d characters long", uiPasswordMinLength)
+	}
+
 	// Load the configuration, and parse any command line options. This
 	// function will also set up logging properly.
 	g.cfg.Lnd, err = loadLndConfig(g.cfg)
@@ -416,7 +431,7 @@ func (g *Shushtar) startGrpcWebProxy() error {
 	// admin macaroon and converts the browser's gRPC web calls into native
 	// gRPC.
 	lndGrpcServer, grpcServer, err := buildGrpcWebProxyServer(
-		g.lndAddr, g.cfg.Lnd,
+		g.lndAddr, g.cfg.UIPassword, g.cfg.Lnd,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not create gRPC web proxy: %v", err)
@@ -480,7 +495,7 @@ func (g *Shushtar) startGrpcWebProxy() error {
 // buildGrpcWebProxyServer creates a gRPC server that will serve gRPC web to the
 // browser and translate all incoming gRPC web calls into native gRPC that are
 // then forwarded to lnd's RPC interface.
-func buildGrpcWebProxyServer(lndAddr string,
+func buildGrpcWebProxyServer(lndAddr, uiPassword string,
 	config *lnd.Config) (*grpcweb.WrappedGrpcServer, *grpc.Server, error) {
 
 	// Apply gRPC-wide changes.
@@ -489,6 +504,13 @@ func buildGrpcWebProxyServer(lndAddr string,
 		config.LogWriter, GrpcLogSubsystem,
 	))
 
+	// The gRPC web calls are protected by HTTP basic auth which is defined
+	// by base64(username:password). Because we only have a password, we
+	// just use base64(password:password).
+	basicAuth := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%s:%s", uiPassword, uiPassword,
+	)))
+
 	// Setup the connection to lnd. GRPC web has a few kinks that need to be
 	// addressed with a custom director that just takes care of a few HTTP
 	// header fields.
@@ -496,7 +518,7 @@ func buildGrpcWebProxyServer(lndAddr string,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not dial lnd: %v", err)
 	}
-	director := newDirector(backendConn)
+	director := newDirector(backendConn, basicAuth)
 
 	// Set up the final gRPC server that will serve gRPC web to the browser
 	// and translate all incoming gRPC web calls into native gRPC that are
@@ -515,16 +537,30 @@ func buildGrpcWebProxyServer(lndAddr string,
 
 // newDirector returns a new director function that fixes some common known
 // issues when using gRPC web from the browser.
-func newDirector(backendConn *grpc.ClientConn) proxy.StreamDirector {
+func newDirector(backendConn *grpc.ClientConn,
+	basicAuth string) proxy.StreamDirector {
+
 	return func(ctx context.Context, fullMethodName string) (context.Context,
 		*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 
 		md, _ := metadata.FromIncomingContext(ctx)
-		mdCopy := md.Copy()
+
+		authHeaders := md.Get("authorization")
+		if len(authHeaders) == 0 {
+			return nil, nil, authError
+		}
+		authHeaderParts := strings.Split(authHeaders[0], " ")
+		if len(authHeaderParts) != 2 {
+			return nil, nil, authError
+		}
+		if authHeaderParts[1] != basicAuth {
+			return nil, nil, authError
+		}
 
 		// If this header is present in the request from the web client,
 		// the actual connection to the backend will not be established.
 		// https://github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web/issues/568
+		mdCopy := md.Copy()
 		delete(mdCopy, "connection")
 
 		outCtx := metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, mdCopy)