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mod_rest: Add support for HTTP Basic username and password authentication
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1 # mod_auth_token
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3 This module enables Prosody to authenticate time-based one-time-pin (TOTP) HMAC tokens.
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5 This is an alternative to "external authentication" which avoids the need to
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6 make a blocking HTTP call to the external authentication service (usually a web application backend).
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8 Instead, the application generates the HMAC token, which is then sent to
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9 Prosody via the XMPP client and Prosody verifies the authenticity of this
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10 token.
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12 If the token is verified, then the user is authenticated.
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14 ## Luarocks dependencies
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16 You'll need to install the following luarocks
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18 otp 0.1-5
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19 luatz 0.3-1
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20
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21 ## How to generate the TOTP seed and shared signing secret
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23 You'll need a shared OTP_SEED value for generating time-based one-time-pin
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24 (TOTP) values and a shared private key for signing the HMAC token.
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26 You can generate the OTP_SEED value with Python, like so:
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28 >>> import pyotp
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29 >>> pyotp.random_base32()
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30 u'XVGR73KMZH2M4XMY'
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32 and the shared secret key as follows:
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34 >>> import pyotp
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35 >>> pyotp.random_base32(length=32)
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36 u'JYXEX4IQOEYFYQ2S3MC5P4ZT4SDHYEA7'
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38 ## Configuration
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39
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40 Firest you need to enable the relevant modules to your Prosody.cfg file.
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41
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42 Look for the line `modules_enabled` (either globally or for your
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43 particular `VirtualHost`), and then add the following to tokens:
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45 modules_enabled = {
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46 -- Token authentication
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47 "auth_token";
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48 "sasl_token";
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49 }
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50
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51 The previously generated token values also need to go into your Prosody.cfg file:
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52
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53 authentication = "token";
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54 token_secret = "JYXEX4IQOEYFYQ2S3MC5P4ZT4SDHYEA7";
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55 otp_seed = "XVGR73KMZH2M4XMY";
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57 The application that generates the tokens also needs access to these values.
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59 For an example on how to generate a token, take a look at the `generate_token`
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60 function in the `test_token_auth.lua` file inside this directory.
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61
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62 ## Custom SASL auth
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64 This module depends on a custom SASL auth mechanism called X-TOKEN and which
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65 is provided by the file `mod_sasl_token.lua`.
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67 Prosody doesn't automatically pick up this file, so you'll need to update your
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68 configuration file's `plugin_paths` to link to this subdirectory (for example
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69 to `/usr/lib/prosody-modules/mod_auth_token/`).
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71 ## Generating the token
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73 Here's a Python snippet showing how you can generate the token that Prosody
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74 will then verify:
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76 import base64
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77 import pyotp
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78 import random
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80 # Constants
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81 OTP_INTERVAL = 30
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82 OTP_DIGITS = 8
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83
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84 jid = '{}@{}'.format(username, domain)
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85
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86 otp_service = pyotp.TOTP(
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87 OTP_SEED, # OTP_SEED must be set to the value generated previously (see above)
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88 digits=OTP_DIGITS,
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89 interval=OTP_INTERVAL
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90 )
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91 otp = otp_service.generate_otp(otp_service.timecode(datetime.utcnow()))
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93 nonce = ''.join([str(random.randint(0, 9)) for i in range(32)])
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94 string_to_sign = otp + nonce + jid
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95 signature = hmac.new(token_secret, string_to_sign, hashlib.sha256).digest()
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96 token = u"{} {}".format(otp+nonce, base64.b64encode(signature))
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