review feedback + tests

Signed-off-by: Mohammed Al Sahaf <msaa1990@gmail.com>
2025-04-16 16:19:15 +08:00 · 2025-04-16 02:34:32 +03:00 · 2025-04-16 02:34:32 +03:00 · e82dcf8094
commit e82dcf8094
parent 01fa65ad56
8 changed files with 475 additions and 5 deletions
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_file_loader_block.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_file_loader_block.caddyfiletest
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tls {
 			trust_der 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
 		}
 		verifier leaf {
-			load_file ../caddy.ca.cer
+			file ../caddy.ca.cer
 		}
 	}
 }
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_file_loader_inline.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_file_loader_inline.caddyfiletest
@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+localhost
+
+respond "hello from localhost"
+tls {
+	client_auth {
+		mode request
+		trust_pool inline {
+			trust_der 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
+		}
+		verifier leaf file ../caddy.ca.cer
+	}
+}
+----------
+{
+	"apps": {
+		"http": {
+			"servers": {
+				"srv0": {
+					"listen": [
+						":443"
+					],
+					"routes": [
+						{
+							"match": [
+								{
+									"host": [
+										"localhost"
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"body": "hello from localhost",
+													"handler": "static_response"
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						}
+					],
+					"tls_connection_policies": [
+						{
+							"match": {
+								"sni": [
+									"localhost"
+								]
+							},
+							"client_authentication": {
+								"ca": {
+									"provider": "inline",
+									"trusted_ca_certs": [
+										"MIIDSzCCAjOgAwIBAgIUfIRObjWNUA4jxQ/0x8BOCvE2Vw4wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwFjEUMBIGA1UEAwwLRWFzeS1SU0EgQ0EwHhcNMTkwODI4MTYyNTU5WhcNMjkwODI1MTYyNTU5WjAWMRQwEgYDVQQDDAtFYXN5LVJTQSBDQTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAK5m5elxhQfMp/3aVJ4JnpN9PUSz6LlP6LePAPFU7gqohVVFVtDkChJAG3FNkNQNlieVTja/bgH9IcC6oKbROwdY1h0MvNV8AHHigvl03WuJD8g2ReVFXXwsnrPmKXCFzQyMI6TYk3m2gYrXsZOU1GLnfMRC3KAMRgE2F45twOs9hqG169YJ6mM2eQjzjCHWI6S2/iUYvYxRkCOlYUbLsMD/AhgAf1plzg6LPqNxtdlwxZnA0ytgkmhK67HtzJu0+ovUCsMv0RwcMhsEo9T8nyFAGt9XLZ63X5WpBCTUApaAUhnG0XnerjmUWb6eUWw4zev54sEfY5F3x002iQaW6cECAwEAAaOBkDCBjTAdBgNVHQ4EFgQU4CBUbZsS2GaNIkGRz/cBsD5ivjswUQYDVR0jBEowSIAU4CBUbZsS2GaNIkGRz/cBsD5ivjuhGqQYMBYxFDASBgNVBAMMC0Vhc3ktUlNBIENBghR8hE5uNY1QDiPFD/THwE4K8TZXDjAMBgNVHRMEBTADAQH/MAsGA1UdDwQEAwIBBjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAKB3V4HIzoiO/Ch6WMj9bLJ2FGbpkMrcb/Eq01hT5zcfKD66lVS1MlK+cRL446Z2b2KDP1oFyVs+qmrmtdwrWgD+nfe2sBmmIHo9m9KygMkEOfG3MghGTEcS+0cTKEcoHYWYyOqQh6jnedXY8Cdm4GM1hAc9MiL3/sqV8YCVSLNnkoNysmr06/rZ0MCUZPGUtRmfd0heWhrfzAKw2HLgX+RAmpOE2MZqWcjvqKGyaRiaZks4nJkP6521aC2Lgp0HhCz1j8/uQ5ldoDszCnu/iro0NAsNtudTMD+YoLQxLqdleIh6CW+illc2VdXwj7mn6J04yns9jfE2jRjW/yTLFuQ=="
+									]
+								},
+								"verifiers": [
+									{
+										"leaf_certs_loaders": [
+											{
+												"files": [
+													"../caddy.ca.cer"
+												],
+												"loader": "file"
+											}
+										],
+										"verifier": "leaf"
+									}
+								],
+								"mode": "request"
+							}
+						},
+						{}
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_file_loader_multi-in-block.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_file_loader_multi-in-block.caddyfiletest
@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+localhost
+
+respond "hello from localhost"
+tls {
+	client_auth {
+		mode request
+		trust_pool inline {
+			trust_der 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
+		}
+		verifier leaf {
+			file ../caddy.ca.cer
+			file ../caddy.ca.cer
+		}
+	}
+}
+----------
+{
+	"apps": {
+		"http": {
+			"servers": {
+				"srv0": {
+					"listen": [
+						":443"
+					],
+					"routes": [
+						{
+							"match": [
+								{
+									"host": [
+										"localhost"
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"body": "hello from localhost",
+													"handler": "static_response"
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						}
+					],
+					"tls_connection_policies": [
+						{
+							"match": {
+								"sni": [
+									"localhost"
+								]
+							},
+							"client_authentication": {
+								"ca": {
+									"provider": "inline",
+									"trusted_ca_certs": [
+										"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"
+									]
+								},
+								"verifiers": [
+									{
+										"leaf_certs_loaders": [
+											{
+												"files": [
+													"../caddy.ca.cer"
+												],
+												"loader": "file"
+											},
+											{
+												"files": [
+													"../caddy.ca.cer"
+												],
+												"loader": "file"
+											}
+										],
+										"verifier": "leaf"
+									}
+								],
+								"mode": "request"
+							}
+						},
+						{}
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_folder_loader_block.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_folder_loader_block.caddyfiletest
@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+localhost
+
+respond "hello from localhost"
+tls {
+	client_auth {
+		mode request
+		trust_pool inline {
+			trust_der 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
+		}
+		verifier leaf {
+			folder ../
+		}
+	}
+}
+----------
+{
+	"apps": {
+		"http": {
+			"servers": {
+				"srv0": {
+					"listen": [
+						":443"
+					],
+					"routes": [
+						{
+							"match": [
+								{
+									"host": [
+										"localhost"
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"body": "hello from localhost",
+													"handler": "static_response"
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						}
+					],
+					"tls_connection_policies": [
+						{
+							"match": {
+								"sni": [
+									"localhost"
+								]
+							},
+							"client_authentication": {
+								"ca": {
+									"provider": "inline",
+									"trusted_ca_certs": [
+										"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"
+									]
+								},
+								"verifiers": [
+									{
+										"leaf_certs_loaders": [
+											{
+												"folders": [
+													"../"
+												],
+												"loader": "folder"
+											}
+										],
+										"verifier": "leaf"
+									}
+								],
+								"mode": "request"
+							}
+						},
+						{}
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_folder_loader_inline.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_folder_loader_inline.caddyfiletest
@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+localhost
+
+respond "hello from localhost"
+tls {
+	client_auth {
+		mode request
+		trust_pool inline {
+			trust_der 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
+		}
+		verifier leaf folder ../
+	}
+}
+----------
+{
+	"apps": {
+		"http": {
+			"servers": {
+				"srv0": {
+					"listen": [
+						":443"
+					],
+					"routes": [
+						{
+							"match": [
+								{
+									"host": [
+										"localhost"
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"body": "hello from localhost",
+													"handler": "static_response"
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						}
+					],
+					"tls_connection_policies": [
+						{
+							"match": {
+								"sni": [
+									"localhost"
+								]
+							},
+							"client_authentication": {
+								"ca": {
+									"provider": "inline",
+									"trusted_ca_certs": [
+										"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"
+									]
+								},
+								"verifiers": [
+									{
+										"leaf_certs_loaders": [
+											{
+												"folders": [
+													"../"
+												],
+												"loader": "folder"
+											}
+										],
+										"verifier": "leaf"
+									}
+								],
+								"mode": "request"
+							}
+						},
+						{}
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_folder_loader_multi-in-block.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/tls_client_auth_leaf_verifier_folder_loader_multi-in-block.caddyfiletest
@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+localhost
+
+respond "hello from localhost"
+tls {
+	client_auth {
+		mode request
+		trust_pool inline {
+			trust_der 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
+		}
+		verifier leaf {
+			folder ../
+			folder ../
+		}
+	}
+}
+----------
+{
+	"apps": {
+		"http": {
+			"servers": {
+				"srv0": {
+					"listen": [
+						":443"
+					],
+					"routes": [
+						{
+							"match": [
+								{
+									"host": [
+										"localhost"
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"body": "hello from localhost",
+													"handler": "static_response"
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						}
+					],
+					"tls_connection_policies": [
+						{
+							"match": {
+								"sni": [
+									"localhost"
+								]
+							},
+							"client_authentication": {
+								"ca": {
+									"provider": "inline",
+									"trusted_ca_certs": [
+										"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"
+									]
+								},
+								"verifiers": [
+									{
+										"leaf_certs_loaders": [
+											{
+												"folders": [
+													"../"
+												],
+												"loader": "folder"
+											},
+											{
+												"folders": [
+													"../"
+												],
+												"loader": "folder"
+											}
+										],
+										"verifier": "leaf"
+									}
+								],
+								"mode": "request"
+							}
+						},
+						{}
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/modules/caddytls/connpolicy.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/connpolicy.go
@ -988,12 +988,29 @@ func (l *LeafCertClientAuth) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 // UnmarshalCaddyfile implements caddyfile.Unmarshaler.
 func (l *LeafCertClientAuth) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) error {
 	d.NextArg()
+
+	// accommodate the use of one-liners
+	if d.CountRemainingArgs() > 1 {
+		d.NextArg()
+		modName := d.Val()
+		mod, err := caddyfile.UnmarshalModule(d, "tls.leaf_cert_loader."+modName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return d.WrapErr(err)
+		}
+		vMod, ok := mod.(LeafCertificateLoader)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("leaf module '%s' is not a leaf certificate loader", vMod)
+		}
+		l.LeafCertificateLoadersRaw = append(
+			l.LeafCertificateLoadersRaw,
+			caddyconfig.JSONModuleObject(vMod, "loader", modName, nil),
+		)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// accommodate the use of nested blocks
 	for nesting := d.Nesting(); d.NextBlock(nesting); {
 		modName := d.Val()
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(modName, "load_") {
-			return d.Err("expected a leaf certificate loader module name prefixed with `load_`")
-		}
-		modName = strings.TrimPrefix(modName, "load_")
 		mod, err := caddyfile.UnmarshalModule(d, "tls.leaf_cert_loader."+modName)
 		if err != nil {
 			return d.WrapErr(err)
--- a/modules/caddytls/leafpemloader.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/leafpemloader.go
@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"

 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/caddyfile"
 )

 func init() {
@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ func (LeafPEMLoader) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 	}
 }

+// UnmarshalCaddyfile implements caddyfile.Unmarshaler.
+func (fl *LeafPEMLoader) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) error {
+	d.NextArg()
+	fl.Certificates = append(fl.Certificates, d.RemainingArgs()...)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // LoadLeafCertificates returns the certificates contained in pl.
 func (pl LeafPEMLoader) LoadLeafCertificates() ([]*x509.Certificate, error) {
 	certs := make([]*x509.Certificate, 0, len(pl.Certificates))