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Home » U++ Library support » U++ Core » Add CA certificate authentication to TcpSocket Class
Add CA certificate authentication to TcpSocket Class [message #60542] Sun, 14 April 2024 12:17 Go to previous message
zouql is currently offline  zouql
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Hello Mirek:
I found the HttpRequest and TcpSocket can not support CA certificate function, this may be have the mitm issue. So I add some code to TcpSocket and SSL class for slove this problem.
The steps are as flows:
1. At Core/Inet.h and Core/Socket.cpp
String                  CAcert;
void            SSLCAcert(const String& cert, bool asn1 = false);

void TcpSocket::SSLCAcert(const String& cert, bool asn1_)
{
    CAcert = cert;
    asn1 = asn1_;
}



2. At Core/SSL/SSL.h and Core/SSL/Socket.cpp
class SslContext
{
public:
	SslContext(SSL_CTX *c = NULL);
	~SslContext()                              { Clear(); }

	bool     IsEmpty() const                   { return !ssl_ctx; }

	bool     Set(SSL_CTX *c)                   { Clear(); return !!(ssl_ctx = c); }
	bool     Create(SSL_METHOD *meth)          { return Set(SSL_CTX_new(meth)); }
	void     Clear()                           { if(ssl_ctx) { SSL_CTX_free(ssl_ctx); ssl_ctx = NULL; } }
	SSL_CTX *Detach()                          { SSL_CTX *c = ssl_ctx; ssl_ctx = NULL; return c; }

	operator SSL_CTX * () const                { return ssl_ctx; }

	bool     CipherList(const char *list);
	bool     UseCertificate(String certificate, String private_key, bool cert_asn1 = false);
	void     VerifyPeer(bool verify = true, int depth = 2);
	
	
	//add by zouql 20240413
	bool     UseCAcert(String CAcert, bool cert_asn1 = false);

private:
	SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx;
};


bool SslContext::UseCAcert(String CAcert, bool cert_asn1)
{
    ASSERT(ssl_ctx);
    if(IsNull(CAcert))
        return false;
    SslCertificate ca;
    if(!ca.Load(CAcert, cert_asn1))
        return false;
    
    X509_STORE * castore = SSL_CTX_get_cert_store(ssl_ctx);
    if(castore == NULL)
        return false;
    
    if(!X509_STORE_add_cert(castore, ca))
        return false;
    
    
    return true;
}



bool TcpSocket::SSLImp::Start()
{
	LLOG("SSL Start");
       
        ...

	//add by zouql 20240413
	if(socket.CAcert.GetCount())
	{
	    context.VerifyPeer(true);
	    context.UseCAcert(socket.CAcert, socket.asn1);
	}
	
	return true;
}


dword TcpSocket::SSLImp::Handshake()
{
	int res;
	ERR_clear_error();
	if(socket.mode == ACCEPT)
		res = SSL_accept(ssl);
	else
	if(socket.mode == CONNECT)
		res = SSL_connect(ssl);
	else
		return 0;
	if(res <= 0) {
		int code = GetErrorCode(res);
		if(code == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ)
			return WAIT_READ;
		if(code == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE)
			return WAIT_WRITE;
	#ifdef PLATFORM_WIN32
		if(code == SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL && socket.GetErrorCode() == WSAENOTCONN)
	#else
		if(code == SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL && socket.GetErrorCode() == ENOTCONN)
	#endif
			return WAIT_WRITE;
		SetSSLResError("SSL handshake", res);
		return 0;
	}
	socket.mode = SSL_CONNECTED;
	cert.Set(SSL_get_peer_certificate(ssl));
	SSLInfo& f = socket.sslinfo.Create();
	f.cipher = SSL_get_cipher(ssl);
	if(!cert.IsEmpty()) {
		f.cert_avail = true;
		f.cert_subject = cert.GetSubjectName();
		f.cert_issuer = cert.GetIssuerName();
		f.cert_serial = cert.GetSerialNumber();
		f.cert_notbefore = cert.GetNotBefore();
		f.cert_notafter = cert.GetNotAfter();
		f.cert_version = cert.GetVersion();
		f.cert_verified = SSL_get_verify_result(ssl) == X509_V_OK;
	}
	
	if(socket.CAcert.GetCount() > 0)
	{
	    if(f.cert_verified == false)
	    {
	        SetSSLError("SSL CA invalid");
	    }
	}
	
	return 0;
}





3. After the change, we can use the HttpRequest like this:
HttpRequest http;
http.Host(m_ip).Port(m_port).Post(strRequest);
http.SSL(true);
	
String cacrt = "xxxx"; //a string of PEM CA myca.crt
http.SSLCAcert(cacrt);
String strContent =  http.Execute();


if the CA cert is not the server.cert's CA ,then report an error.



The CA and Server cert steps:
//1. Gen CA file. myca.key, myca.cert
openssl genrsa -aes256 -out myca.key 2048
openssl rsa -in myca.key -out myca.key
openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key myca.key -out myca.crt -subj "/C=CN/ST=SD/L=YT/O=xx/OU=CA/CN=MYCA/emailAddress=youremail@xxx.com"

//2.	gen server.key and server.crt
openssl genrsa -aes256 -out server.key 2048
openssl rsa in server.key -out server.key

openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr -subj 
"/C=CN/ST=SD/L=YT/O=xxx/OU=RD/CN=xxx/emailAddress=youremail@xxx.com"

openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in server.csr -CA myca.crt -CAkey myca.key -CAcreateserial -out server.crt


If you think it's suitable, can you merge it into Upp?

[Updated on: Sun, 14 April 2024 12:43]

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