fix(core-p2p): Restrict internal routes to whitelisted IPs #3853
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Summary
This PR introduces a plugin to restrict internal p2p route access to whitelisted IPs only. It returns a 403 forbidden response for all other IP addresses.
These changes lead to enhanced security.
A
WhitelistForgerPlugin
has been added which hooks into Hapi'sonPreHandler
hook and which utilises the core-kernel Util'sisWhitelisted
method, to check against all configuredremoteAccess
IPs. As per #3838Checklist