Havuz TC Reverse Proxy

An app that verifies Havuz users' license tokens and reverse proxies requests to Vekilio's Tunnel Collector.

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Configuration

Environment Variables

// Google Sheets URL, exported as CSV. Must be public.
// Must have CSV headers corresponding to type User.
// Location headers are followed by HTTP client.
// Example: https://bit.ly/2IndTaa
"SHEET_URL": "",

// NaCl crypto_sign public key to verify and decrypt the digest.
// Must be encoded with base64std, not url variant.
"PUB_KEY": "",

// HTTP URL of TC for reverse proxying.
// User-Pass may be omitted. Only relative root dir ("/") will be hit.
// Example: https://usern:[email protected]
//          https://collector.another.com/another-path
"TC_URL": "",

// The TCP port to listen on. Default is 8090, as given below.
"PORT": "8090"

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Generating Keypair

NaCl's crypto_sign utility is used for generating keys, creating license codes and verifying them on the server-side. I myself use Step CLI tool to generate crypto_sign keypairs and signing data (in this app, data = user ID). Verification is done by x/crypto/nacl/sign package of Go.

1. Generate a keypair.
   • step crypto nacl sign keypair pub-file priv-file
     • Remember to keep the private pair secure and offline. The public pair can be distributed anywhere.
2. Give the public key to app.
   • cat pub-file | base64
     • This will print the base64std encoding of pub-file. This final output can be set to PUB_KEY env var.
     • With the public key, the app will be able to verify and decrypt the digested license code and extract the ID to compare it against the Sheet.
3. Create a license code.
   • step crypto nacl sign sign priv-file
     • Enter the intended user ID as message. Afterwards, you will be given a message digest encoded in Base64. See the usage below.

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Authenticating to Reverse Proxy

Now that the client has their license code, either they or a mediator can access the reverse proxy by using HTTP Basic Auth.

$ curl -I -XGET --user "_:<DIGEST/LICENSE_CODE>" https://tc-reverse-proxy:8090
$ # curl will take care of Authorization header when used with `--user` flag.
$ # now we do it ourselves:
$ echo "_:<DIGEST/LICENSE_CODE>" | base64
Xzo8RElHRVNUL0xJQ0VOU0U+Cg==
$ curl -I -XGET -H "Authorization: Xzo8RElHRVNUL0xJQ0VOU0U+Cg==" https://tc-reverse-proxy:8090