From 15a4b955dfc475a5918a2db0ab3859e17f1f99ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Hannes=20Magn=C3=BAsson?= <32143325+Hannes-Magnusson-CK@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:36:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Improve checkServerIdentity docs --- doc/api/tls.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/tls.md b/doc/api/tls.md index 334efeb86fbce7..f9ef4798ef6c82 100644 --- a/doc/api/tls.md +++ b/doc/api/tls.md @@ -792,8 +792,9 @@ changes: * `servername`: {string} Server name for the SNI (Server Name Indication) TLS extension. * `checkServerIdentity(servername, cert)` {Function} A callback function - to be used when checking the server's hostname against the certificate. - This should throw an error if verification fails. The method should return +    to be used (instead of the builtin `tls.checkServerIdentity()` function) + when checking the server's hostname against the certificate. + This should return an {Error} if verification fails. The method should return `undefined` if the `servername` and `cert` are verified. * `session` {Buffer} A `Buffer` instance, containing TLS session. * `minDHSize` {number} Minimum size of the DH parameter in bits to accept a From 5bfa449d744e9df8c3fc8ce07de1ac2dddf6ae33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hannes Magnusson Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:28:59 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Document tls.checkServerIdentity The funciton was added in eb2ca104628e415fc73c330cdd76fca77bf5ba97 --- doc/api/tls.md | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- lib/tls.js | 1 - 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/tls.md b/doc/api/tls.md index f9ef4798ef6c82..6a20493ac4d373 100644 --- a/doc/api/tls.md +++ b/doc/api/tls.md @@ -742,6 +742,55 @@ and their processing can be delayed due to packet loss or reordering. However, smaller fragments add extra TLS framing bytes and CPU overhead, which may decrease overall server throughput. +## tls.checkServerIdentity(host, cert) + + +* `host` {string} The hostname to verify the certificate against +* `cert` {Object} An object representing the peer's certificate. The returned + object has some properties corresponding to the fields of the certificate. + +Verifies the certificate `cert` is issued to host `host`. + +Returns {Error} object, populating it with the reason, host and cert on failure. +On success, returns {undefined}. + +*Note*: This function can be overwritten by providing alternative function +as part of the `options.checkServerIdentity` option passed to `tls.connect()`. +The overwriting function can call `tls.checkServerIdentity()` of course, to augment +the checks done with additional verification. + +*Note*: This function is only called if the certificate passed all other checks, such as +being issued by trusted CA (`options.ca`). + +The cert object contains the parsed certificate and will have a structure similar to: + +```text +{ subject: + { OU: [ 'Domain Control Validated', 'PositiveSSL Wildcard' ], + CN: '*.nodejs.org' }, + issuer: + { C: 'GB', + ST: 'Greater Manchester', + L: 'Salford', + O: 'COMODO CA Limited', + CN: 'COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA' }, + subjectaltname: 'DNS:*.nodejs.org, DNS:nodejs.org', + infoAccess: + { 'CA Issuers - URI': + [ 'http://crt.comodoca.com/COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt' ], + 'OCSP - URI': [ 'http://ocsp.comodoca.com' ] }, + modulus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exponent: '0x10001', + valid_from: 'Aug 14 00:00:00 2017 GMT', + valid_to: 'Nov 20 23:59:59 2019 GMT', + fingerprint: '01:02:59:D9:C3:D2:0D:08:F7:82:4E:44:A4:B4:53:C5:E2:3A:87:4D', + ext_key_usage: [ '1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1', '1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2' ], + serialNumber: '66593D57F20CBC573E433381B5FEC280', + raw: } +``` + ## tls.connect(options[, callback])