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vmod_digest

Varnish Digest Module

Manual section:3
Author: Kristian Lyngstøl
Date: 2011-09-22
Version: 0.3

SYNOPSIS

import digest;

digest.hmac_md5(<key>,<message>);
digest.hmac_sha1(<key>, <message>);
digest.hmac_sha256(<key>, <message));

digest.base64(<string>);
digest.base64url(<string>);
digest.base64url_nopad(<string>);
digest.base64_decode(<string>);
digest.base64url_decode(<string>);
digest.base64url_nopad_decode(<string>);

digest.version()

digest.hash_sha1(<string>);
digest.hash_sha224(<string>);
digest.hash_sha256(<string>);
digest.hash_sha384(<string>);
digest.hash_sha512(<string>);
digest.hash_gost(<string>);
digest.hash_md2(<string>);
digest.hash_md4(<string>);
digest.hash_md5(<string>);
digest.hash_crc32(<string>);
digest.hash_crc32b(<string>);
digest.hash_adler32(<string>);
digest.hash_haval128(<string>);
digest.hash_haval160(<string>);
digest.hash_haval192(<string>);
digest.hash_haval224(<string>);
digest.hash_haval256(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd128(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd160(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd256(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd320(<string>);
digest.hash_tiger(<string>);
digest.hash_tiger128(<string>);
digest.hash_tiger160(<string>);
digest.hash_snefru128(<string>);
digest.hash_snefru256(<string>);

DESCRIPTION

Varnish Module (vmod) for computing HMAC, message digests and working with base64.

All HMAC- and hash-functionality is provided by libmhash, while base64 is implemented locally.

FUNCTIONS

Example VCL:

backend foo { ... };

import digest;

sub vcl_recv {
        if (digest.hmac_sha256("key",req.http.x-some-header) !=
                digest.hmac_sha256("key",req.http.x-some-header-signed))
        {
                error 401 "Naughty user!";
        }
}

hmac_(hash)

Prototype
digest.hmac_md5(<key>,<message>);
digest.hmac_sha1(<key>, <message>);
digest.hmac_sha256(<key>, <message));
Returns
String. Hex-encoded prepended with 0x.
Description
All the various hmac-functions work the same, but use a different hash mechanism.
Example
set resp.http.x-data-sig =
        digest.hmac_sha256("secretkey",resp.http.x-data);

base64, base64url, base64url_nopad

Prototype
digest.base64(<string>);
digest.base64url(<string>);
digest.base64url_nopad(<string>);
Returns
String
Description
Returns the base64-encoded version of the input-string. The base64url-variant uses base64 url-encoding (+/ replaced by -_) and the base64url_nopad does the same, but avoids adding padding. The latter is more commonly used, though an (allowed) exception to the RFC4648.
Example
set resp.http.x-data-sig =
        digest.base64({"content with
        newline in it"});

hash_(algorithm)

Prototype
digest.hash_sha1(<string>);
digest.hash_sha224(<string>);
digest.hash_sha256(<string>);
digest.hash_sha384(<string>);
digest.hash_sha512(<string>);
digest.hash_gost(<string>);
digest.hash_md2(<string>);
digest.hash_md4(<string>);
digest.hash_md5(<string>);
digest.hash_crc32(<string>);
digest.hash_crc32b(<string>);
digest.hash_adler32(<string>);
digest.hash_haval128(<string>);
digest.hash_haval160(<string>);
digest.hash_haval192(<string>);
digest.hash_haval224(<string>);
digest.hash_haval256(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd128(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd160(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd256(<string>);
digest.hash_ripemd320(<string>);
digest.hash_tiger(<string>);
digest.hash_tiger128(<string>);
digest.hash_tiger160(<string>);
digest.hash_snefru128(<string>);
digest.hash_snefru256(<string>);
Returns
String
Description
Computes the digest/hash of the supplied, using the specified hash algorithm. If in doubt as to which to pick, use SHA256. For detailed discussions, see The Internet.
Example
set resp.http.x-data-md5 =
        digest.hash_md5(resp.http.x-data);

base64_decode, base64url_decode, base64url_nopad_decode

Prototype
digest.base64_decode(<string>);
digest.base64url_decode(<string>);
digest.base64url_nopad_decode(<string>);
Returns
String
Description
Decodes the bas64 and base64url-encoded strings. All functions treat padding the same, meaning base64url_decode and base64url_nopad_decode are identical, but available for consistency and practicality.
Example
::
synthetic(digest.base64_decode(req.http.x-parrot));

version

Prototype
digest.version()
Returns
string
Description
Returns the string constant version-number of the digest vmod.
Example
set resp.http.X-digest-version = digest.version();

INSTALLATION

Installation requires the Varnish source tree (only the source matching the binary installation).

  1. ./autogen.sh (for git-installation)
  2. ./configure VARNISHSRC=/path/to/your/varnish/source/varnish-cache
  3. make
  4. make install (may require root: sudo make install)
  5. make check (Optional for regression tests)

VARNISHSRCDIR is the directory of the Varnish source tree for which to compile your vmod. Both the VARNISHSRCDIR and VARNISHSRCDIR/include will be added to the include search paths for your module.

Optionally you can also set the vmod install dir by adding VMODDIR=DIR (defaults to the pkg-config discovered directory from your Varnish installation).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Author: Kristian Lyngstøl <[email protected]>, Varnish Software AS

This Vmod was written for Media Norge, Schibsted and others.

The bulk of the functionality is acquired through libmhash

Bug reports by: Magnus Hagander

HISTORY

Version 0.1: Initial version, mostly feature-complete

Version 0.2: Mainly build-related cleanups, no feature-changes

Version 0.3: Handle empty/NULL strings for hashes and keys.

BUGS

No bugs at all!

If the key is NULL for hmac-functions, the function will fail and return NULL itself, and do no hmac-computation at all. This should be used as an indication of some greater flaw in your software/VCL. (I.e.: Your key should be under your control, not user-supplied without verification).

The base64url_nopad_decode() and base64url_decode() functions do not differ much. The exception is that nopad_decode() does not know about padding at all, and might get confused if the input actually is padded.

SEE ALSO

COPYRIGHT

This document is licensed under the same license as the libvmod-digest project. See LICENSE for details.

  • Copyright (c) 2011 Varnish Software

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