Motivation:
SslHandler owns the responsibility to flush non-application data
(e.g. handshake, renegotiation, etc.) to the socket. However when
TCP Fast Open is supported but the client_hello cannot be written
in the SYN the client_hello may not always be flushed. SslHandler
may not wrap/flush previously written/flushed data in the event
it was not able to be wrapped due to NEED_UNWRAP state being
encountered in wrap (e.g. peer initiated renegotiation).
Modifications:
- SslHandler to flush in channelActive() if TFO is enabled and
the client_hello cannot be written in the SYN.
- SslHandler to wrap application data after non-application data
wrap and handshake status is FINISHED.
- SocketSslEchoTest only flushes when writes are done, and waits
for the handshake to complete before writing.
Result:
SslHandler flushes handshake data for TFO, and previously flushed
application data after peer initiated renegotiation finishes.
Motivation:
When using the JDKs SSLEngineImpl with TLSv1.3 it sometimes returns HandshakeResult.FINISHED multiple times. This can lead to have SslHandshakeCompletionEvents to be fired multiple times.
Modifications:
- Keep track of if we notified before and if so not do so again if we use TLSv1.3
- Add unit test
Result:
Consistent usage of events
Motivation:
HTTP is a plaintext protocol which means that someone may be able
to eavesdrop the data. To prevent this, HTTPS should be used whenever
possible. However, maintaining using https:// in all URLs may be
difficult. The nohttp tool can help here. The tool scans all the files
in a repository and reports where http:// is used.
Modifications:
- Added nohttp (via checkstyle) into the build process.
- Suppressed findings for the websites
that don't support HTTPS or that are not reachable
Result:
- Prevent using HTTP in the future.
- Encourage users to use HTTPS when they follow the links they found in
the code.
Motivation:
We recently removed support for renegotiation, but there are still some hooks to attempt to allow remote initiated renegotiation to succeed. The remote initated renegotiation can be even more problematic from a security stand point and should also be removed.
Modifications:
- Remove state related to remote iniated renegotiation from OpenSslEngine
Result:
More renegotiation code removed from the OpenSslEngine code path.
Motivation:
Currently Netty utilizes BIO_new_bio_pair so we can control all FD lifetime and event notification but delegates to OpenSSL for encryption/decryption. The current implementation sets up a pair of BIO buffers to read/write encrypted/plaintext data. This approach requires copying of data from Java ByteBuffers to native memory BIO buffers, and also requires both BIO buffers to be sufficiently large to hold application data. If direct ByteBuffers are used we can avoid coyping to/from the intermediate BIO buffer and just read/write directly from the direct ByteBuffer memory. We still need an internal buffer because OpenSSL may generate write data as a result of read calls (e.g. handshake, alerts, renegotiation, etc..), but this buffer doesn't have to be be large enough to hold application data.
Modifications:
- Take advantage of the new ByteBuffer based BIO provided by netty-tcnative instead of using BIO_read and BIO_write.
Result:
Less copying and lower memory footprint requirement per TLS connection.
Motivation:
Openssl provider should behave same as JDK provider when mutual authentication is required and a specific set of trusted Certificate Authorities are specified. The SSL handshake should return back to the connected peer the same list of configured Certificate Authorities.
Modifications:
Correctly set the CA list.
Result:
Correct and same behaviour as the JDK implementation.
Motivation:
JDK SslEngine supports renegotion, so we should at least support it server-side with OpenSslEngine as well.
That said OpenSsl does not support sending messages asynchronly while the renegotiation is still in progress, so the application need to ensure there are not writes going on while the renegotiation takes place. See also https://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1019 .
Modifications:
- Add support for renegotiation when OpenSslEngine is used in server mode
- Add unit tests.
- Upgrade to netty-tcnative 1.1.33.Fork9
Result:
Better compatibility with the JDK SSLEngine implementation.
