## # Implements SFA GID. GIDs are based on certificates, and the GID class is a # descendant of the certificate class. ## ### $Id$ ### $URL$ import xmlrpclib import uuid from sfa.trust.certificate import Certificate ## # Create a new uuid. Returns the UUID as a string. def create_uuid(): return str(uuid.uuid4().int) ## # GID is a tuplie: # (uuid, hrn, public_key) # # UUID is a unique identifier and is created by the python uuid module # (or the utility function create_uuid() in gid.py). # # HRN is a human readable name. It is a dotted form similar to a backward domain # name. For example, planetlab.us.arizona.bakers. # # PUBLIC_KEY is the public key of the principal identified by the UUID/HRN. # It is a Keypair object as defined in the cert.py module. # # It is expected that there is a one-to-one pairing between UUIDs and HRN, # but it is uncertain how this would be inforced or if it needs to be enforced. # # These fields are encoded using xmlrpc into the subjectAltName field of the # x509 certificate. Note: Call encode() once the fields have been filled in # to perform this encoding. class GID(Certificate): uuid = None hrn = None ## # Create a new GID object # # @param create If true, create the X509 certificate # @param subject If subject!=None, create the X509 cert and set the subject name # @param string If string!=None, load the GID from a string # @param filename If filename!=None, load the GID from a file def __init__(self, create=False, subject=None, string=None, filename=None, uuid=None, hrn=None): Certificate.__init__(self, create, subject, string, filename) if uuid: self.uuid = uuid if hrn: self.hrn = hrn def set_uuid(self, uuid): self.uuid = uuid def get_uuid(self): if not self.uuid: self.decode() return self.uuid def set_hrn(self, hrn): self.hrn = hrn def get_hrn(self): if not self.hrn: self.decode() return self.hrn ## # Encode the GID fields and package them into the subject-alt-name field # of the X509 certificate. This must be called prior to signing the # certificate. It may only be called once per certificate. def encode(self): dict = {"uuid": self.uuid, "hrn": self.hrn} str = xmlrpclib.dumps((dict,)) self.set_data(str) ## # Decode the subject-alt-name field of the X509 certificate into the # fields of the GID. This is automatically called by the various get_*() # functions in this class. def decode(self): data = self.get_data() if data: dict = xmlrpclib.loads(self.get_data())[0][0] else: dict = {} self.uuid = dict.get("uuid", None) self.hrn = dict.get("hrn", None) ## # Dump the credential to stdout. # # @param indent specifies a number of spaces to indent the output # @param dump_parents If true, also dump the parents of the GID def dump(self, indent=0, dump_parents=False): print " "*indent, " hrn:", self.get_hrn() print " "*indent, "uuid:", self.get_uuid() if self.parent and dump_parents: print " "*indent, "parent:" self.parent.dump(indent+4) ## # Verify the chain of authenticity of the GID. First perform the checks # of the certificate class (verifying that each parent signs the child, # etc). In addition, GIDs also confirm that the parent's HRN is a prefix # of the child's HRN. # # Verifying these prefixes prevents a rogue authority from signing a GID # for a principal that is not a member of that authority. For example, # planetlab.us.arizona cannot sign a GID for planetlab.us.princeton.foo. def verify_chain(self, trusted_certs = None): # do the normal certificate verification stuff Certificate.verify_chain(self, trusted_certs) if self.parent: # make sure the parent's hrn is a prefix of the child's hrn if not self.get_hrn().startswith(self.parent.get_hrn()): raise GidParentHrn(self.parent.get_subject()) return