From 0338e9db423042e3301646152ffaaf9aeaf87999 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Bauch Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 17:13:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document hello version 2.0 authentication. --- docs/standalone-signaling-api-v1.md | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/standalone-signaling-api-v1.md b/docs/standalone-signaling-api-v1.md index ed54800..ca41211 100644 --- a/docs/standalone-signaling-api-v1.md +++ b/docs/standalone-signaling-api-v1.md @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Message format (Client -> Server): "id": "unique-request-id", "type": "hello", "hello": { - "version": "the-protocol-version-must-be-1.0", + "version": "the-protocol-version", "auth": { "url": "the-url-to-the-auth-backend", "params": { @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Message format (Server -> Client): "sessionid": "the-unique-session-id", "resumeid": "the-unique-resume-id", "userid": "the-user-id-for-known-users", - "version": "the-protocol-version-must-be-1.0", + "version": "the-protocol-version", "server": { "features": ["optional", "list, "of", "feature", "ids"], ...additional information about the server... @@ -172,12 +172,82 @@ future version. Clients should use the data from the [`welcome` message](#welcome-message) instead. +### Protocol version "1.0" + +For protocol version `1.0` in the `hello` request, the `params` from the `auth` +field are sent to the Nextcloud backend for [validation](#backend-validation). + + +### Protocol version "2.0" + +For protocol version `2.0` in the `hello` request, the `params` from the `auth` +field must contain a `token` entry containing a [JWT](https://jwt.io/). + +The JWT must contain the following fields: +- `iss`: URL of the Nextcloud server that issued the token. +- `iat`: Timestamp when the token has been issued. +- `exp`: Timestamp of the token expiration. +- `sub`: User Id (if known). +- `userdata`: Optional JSON containing more user data. + +It must be signed with an RSA, ECDSA or Ed25519 key. + +Example token: +``` +eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL25leHRjbG91ZC1tYXN0ZXIubG9jYWwvIiwiaWF0IjoxNjU0ODQyMDgwLCJleHAiOjE2NTQ4NDIzODAsInN1YiI6ImFkbWluIiwidXNlcmRhdGEiOnsiZGlzcGxheW5hbWUiOiJBZG1pbmlzdHJhdG9yIn19.5rV0jh89_0fG2L-BUPtciu1q49PoYkLboj33EOdD0qQeYcvE7_di2r5WXM1WmKUCOGeX3hzn6qldDMrJBNuxvQ +``` + +Example public key: +``` +-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- +MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEIoCsNSCXyxK25zvSKRio0uiBzwub +ONq3tiGTPZo3p2Ogn6wAhhsuSxbFuUQDWMX7Tsu9fDzVdwpRHPT4y3V9cA== +-----END PUBLIC KEY----- +``` + +Example payload: +``` +{ + "iss": "https://nextcloud-master.local/", + "iat": 1654842080, + "exp": 1654842380, + "sub": "admin", + "userdata": { + "displayname": "Administrator" + } +} +``` + +The public key is retrieved from the capabilities of the Nextcloud instance +in `config` key `hello-v2-token-key` inside `signaling`. + +``` + "spreed": { + "features": [ + "audio", + "video", + "chat-v2", + "conversation-v4", + ... + ], + "config": { + … + "signaling": { + "hello-v2-token-key": "-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- ..." + } + } + }, +``` + + ### Backend validation -The server validates the connection request against the passed auth backend -(needs to make sure the passed url / hostname is in a whitelist). It performs -a POST request and passes the provided `params` as JSON payload in the body -of the request. +For `hello` protocol version `1.0`, the server validates the connection request +against the passed auth backend (needs to make sure the passed url / hostname +is in a whitelist). + +It performs a POST request and passes the provided `params` as JSON payload in +the body of the request. Message format (Server -> Auth backend): @@ -236,7 +306,7 @@ Message format (Client -> Server): "id": "unique-request-id", "type": "hello", "hello": { - "version": "the-protocol-version-must-be-1.0", + "version": "the-protocol-version", "auth": { "type": "the-client-type", ...other attributes depending on the client type... @@ -294,7 +364,7 @@ Message format (Client -> Server): "id": "unique-request-id", "type": "hello", "hello": { - "version": "the-protocol-version-must-be-1.0", + "version": "the-protocol-version", "resumeid": "the-resume-id-from-the-original-hello-response" } } @@ -306,7 +376,7 @@ Message format (Server -> Client): "type": "hello", "hello": { "sessionid": "the-unique-session-id", - "version": "the-protocol-version-must-be-1.0" + "version": "the-protocol-version" } }