Add federation_domain_whitelist option (#2820)

Add federation_domain_whitelist

gives a way to restrict which domains your HS is allowed to federate with.
useful mainly for gracefully preventing a private but internet-connected HS from trying to federate to the wider public Matrix network

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
index 2b02b021ec..06c16ba4fa 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_PREFIX as PREFIX
-from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError, FederationDeniedError
 from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_json_object_from_request, parse_integer_from_args, parse_string_from_args,
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Authenticator(object):
         self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
         self.server_name = hs.hostname
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.federation_domain_whitelist = hs.config.federation_domain_whitelist
 
     # A method just so we can pass 'self' as the authenticator to the Servlets
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -92,6 +93,12 @@ class Authenticator(object):
             "signatures": {},
         }
 
+        if (
+            self.federation_domain_whitelist is not None and
+            self.server_name not in self.federation_domain_whitelist
+        ):
+            raise FederationDeniedError(self.server_name)
+
         if content is not None:
             json_request["content"] = content