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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6573.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/7118.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/7136.misc1
-rw-r--r--docs/sample_config.yaml35
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/errors.py21
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/database.py69
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/password.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/cas_handler.py204
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/password_policy.py93
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/set_password.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py171
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/password_policy.py58
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/server.py10
-rw-r--r--tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_password_policy.py179
-rw-r--r--tox.ini1
17 files changed, 712 insertions, 177 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/6573.bugfix b/changelog.d/6573.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bb8014db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6573.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Don't attempt to use an invalid sqlite config if no database configuration is provided. Contributed by @nekatak.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7118.feature b/changelog.d/7118.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cbfd98160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7118.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow server admins to define and enforce a password policy (MSC2000).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/7136.misc b/changelog.d/7136.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f666d25fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7136.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Refactored the CAS authentication logic to a separate class.
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 2ef83646b3..1a1d061759 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -1482,6 +1482,41 @@ password_config:
    #
    #pepper: "EVEN_MORE_SECRET"
 
+   # Define and enforce a password policy. Each parameter is optional.
+   # This is an implementation of MSC2000.
+   #
+   policy:
+      # Whether to enforce the password policy.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #enabled: true
+
+      # Minimum accepted length for a password.
+      # Defaults to 0.
+      #
+      #minimum_length: 15
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one digit.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_digit: true
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one symbol.
+      # A symbol is any character that's not a number or a letter.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_symbol: true
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_lowercase: true
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_uppercase: true
+
 
 # Configuration for sending emails from Synapse.
 #
diff --git a/synapse/api/errors.py b/synapse/api/errors.py
index 616942b057..11da016ac5 100644
--- a/synapse/api/errors.py
+++ b/synapse/api/errors.py
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ class Codes(object):
     INCOMPATIBLE_ROOM_VERSION = "M_INCOMPATIBLE_ROOM_VERSION"
     WRONG_ROOM_KEYS_VERSION = "M_WRONG_ROOM_KEYS_VERSION"
     EXPIRED_ACCOUNT = "ORG_MATRIX_EXPIRED_ACCOUNT"
+    PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT = "M_PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT"
+    PASSWORD_NO_DIGIT = "M_PASSWORD_NO_DIGIT"
+    PASSWORD_NO_UPPERCASE = "M_PASSWORD_NO_UPPERCASE"
+    PASSWORD_NO_LOWERCASE = "M_PASSWORD_NO_LOWERCASE"
+    PASSWORD_NO_SYMBOL = "M_PASSWORD_NO_SYMBOL"
+    PASSWORD_IN_DICTIONARY = "M_PASSWORD_IN_DICTIONARY"
+    WEAK_PASSWORD = "M_WEAK_PASSWORD"
     INVALID_SIGNATURE = "M_INVALID_SIGNATURE"
     USER_DEACTIVATED = "M_USER_DEACTIVATED"
     BAD_ALIAS = "M_BAD_ALIAS"
@@ -439,6 +446,20 @@ class IncompatibleRoomVersionError(SynapseError):
         return cs_error(self.msg, self.errcode, room_version=self._room_version)
 
 
+class PasswordRefusedError(SynapseError):
+    """A password has been refused, either during password reset/change or registration.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        msg="This password doesn't comply with the server's policy",
+        errcode=Codes.WEAK_PASSWORD,
+    ):
+        super(PasswordRefusedError, self).__init__(
+            code=400, msg=msg, errcode=errcode,
+        )
+
+
 class RequestSendFailed(RuntimeError):
     """Sending a HTTP request over federation failed due to not being able to
     talk to the remote server for some reason.
diff --git a/synapse/config/database.py b/synapse/config/database.py
index b8ab2f86ac..c27fef157b 100644
--- a/synapse/config/database.py
+++ b/synapse/config/database.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ from synapse.config._base import Config, ConfigError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+NON_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH_WARNING = """\
+Ignoring 'database_path' setting: not using a sqlite3 database.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
 ## Database ##
 
@@ -105,6 +110,11 @@ class DatabaseConnectionConfig:
 class DatabaseConfig(Config):
     section = "database"
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self.databases = []
+
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         self.event_cache_size = self.parse_size(config.get("event_cache_size", "10K"))
 
@@ -125,12 +135,13 @@ class DatabaseConfig(Config):
 
         multi_database_config = config.get("databases")
         database_config = config.get("database")
+        database_path = config.get("database_path")
 
         if multi_database_config and database_config:
             raise ConfigError("Can't specify both 'database' and 'datbases' in config")
 
         if multi_database_config:
-            if config.get("database_path"):
+            if database_path:
                 raise ConfigError("Can't specify 'database_path' with 'databases'")
 
             self.databases = [
@@ -138,13 +149,17 @@ class DatabaseConfig(Config):
                 for name, db_conf in multi_database_config.items()
             ]
 
-        else:
-            if database_config is None:
-                database_config = {"name": "sqlite3", "args": {}}
-
+        if database_config:
             self.databases = [DatabaseConnectionConfig("master", database_config)]
 
-            self.set_databasepath(config.get("database_path"))
+        if database_path:
+            if self.databases and self.databases[0].name != "sqlite3":
+                logger.warning(NON_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH_WARNING)
+                return
+
+            database_config = {"name": "sqlite3", "args": {}}
+            self.databases = [DatabaseConnectionConfig("master", database_config)]
+            self.set_databasepath(database_path)
 
     def generate_config_section(self, data_dir_path, **kwargs):
         return DEFAULT_CONFIG % {
@@ -152,27 +167,37 @@ class DatabaseConfig(Config):
         }
 
     def read_arguments(self, args):
-        self.set_databasepath(args.database_path)
+        """
+        Cases for the cli input:
+          - If no databases are configured and no database_path is set, raise.
+          - No databases and only database_path available ==> sqlite3 db.
+          - If there are multiple databases and a database_path raise an error.
+          - If the database set in the config file is sqlite then
+            overwrite with the command line argument.
+        """
 
-    def set_databasepath(self, database_path):
-        if database_path is None:
+        if args.database_path is None:
+            if not self.databases:
+                raise ConfigError("No database config provided")
             return
 
-        if database_path != ":memory:":
-            database_path = self.abspath(database_path)
+        if len(self.databases) == 0:
+            database_config = {"name": "sqlite3", "args": {}}
+            self.databases = [DatabaseConnectionConfig("master", database_config)]
+            self.set_databasepath(args.database_path)
+            return
+
+        if self.get_single_database().name == "sqlite3":
+            self.set_databasepath(args.database_path)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(NON_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH_WARNING)
 
-        # We only support setting a database path if we have a single sqlite3
-        # database.
-        if len(self.databases) != 1:
-            raise ConfigError("Cannot specify 'database_path' with multiple databases")
+    def set_databasepath(self, database_path):
 
-        database = self.get_single_database()
-        if database.config["name"] != "sqlite3":
-            # We don't raise here as we haven't done so before for this case.
-            logger.warn("Ignoring 'database_path' for non-sqlite3 database")
-            return
+        if database_path != ":memory:":
+            database_path = self.abspath(database_path)
 
-        database.config["args"]["database"] = database_path
+        self.databases[0].config["args"]["database"] = database_path
 
     @staticmethod
     def add_arguments(parser):
@@ -187,7 +212,7 @@ class DatabaseConfig(Config):
     def get_single_database(self) -> DatabaseConnectionConfig:
         """Returns the database if there is only one, useful for e.g. tests
         """
-        if len(self.databases) != 1:
+        if not self.databases:
             raise Exception("More than one database exists")
 
         return self.databases[0]
diff --git a/synapse/config/password.py b/synapse/config/password.py
index 2a634ac751..9c0ea8c30a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/password.py
+++ b/synapse/config/password.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class PasswordConfig(Config):
         self.password_localdb_enabled = password_config.get("localdb_enabled", True)
         self.password_pepper = password_config.get("pepper", "")
 
+        # Password policy
+        self.password_policy = password_config.get("policy") or {}
+        self.password_policy_enabled = self.password_policy.get("enabled", False)
+
     def generate_config_section(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
         return """\
         password_config:
@@ -48,4 +52,39 @@ class PasswordConfig(Config):
            # DO NOT CHANGE THIS AFTER INITIAL SETUP!
            #
            #pepper: "EVEN_MORE_SECRET"
+
+           # Define and enforce a password policy. Each parameter is optional.
+           # This is an implementation of MSC2000.
+           #
+           policy:
+              # Whether to enforce the password policy.
+              # Defaults to 'false'.
+              #
+              #enabled: true
+
+              # Minimum accepted length for a password.
+              # Defaults to 0.
+              #
+              #minimum_length: 15
+
+              # Whether a password must contain at least one digit.
+              # Defaults to 'false'.
+              #
+              #require_digit: true
+
+              # Whether a password must contain at least one symbol.
+              # A symbol is any character that's not a number or a letter.
+              # Defaults to 'false'.
+              #
+              #require_symbol: true
+
+              # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
+              # Defaults to 'false'.
+              #
+              #require_lowercase: true
+
+              # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
+              # Defaults to 'false'.
+              #
+              #require_uppercase: true
         """
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/cas_handler.py b/synapse/handlers/cas_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8dc274b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/handlers/cas_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from typing import AnyStr, Dict, Optional, Tuple
+
+from six.moves import urllib
+
+from twisted.web.client import PartialDownloadError
+
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, LoginError
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
+from synapse.types import UserID, map_username_to_mxid_localpart
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CasHandler:
+    """
+    Utility class for to handle the response from a CAS SSO service.
+
+    Args:
+        hs (synapse.server.HomeServer)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self._hostname = hs.hostname
+        self._auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
+        self._registration_handler = hs.get_registration_handler()
+
+        self._cas_server_url = hs.config.cas_server_url
+        self._cas_service_url = hs.config.cas_service_url
+        self._cas_displayname_attribute = hs.config.cas_displayname_attribute
+        self._cas_required_attributes = hs.config.cas_required_attributes
+
+        self._http_client = hs.get_proxied_http_client()
+
+    def _build_service_param(self, client_redirect_url: AnyStr) -> str:
+        return "%s%s?%s" % (
+            self._cas_service_url,
+            "/_matrix/client/r0/login/cas/ticket",
+            urllib.parse.urlencode({"redirectUrl": client_redirect_url}),
+        )
+
+    async def _handle_cas_response(
+        self, request: SynapseRequest, cas_response_body: str, client_redirect_url: str
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Retrieves the user and display name from the CAS response and continues with the authentication.
+
+        Args:
+            request: The original client request.
+            cas_response_body: The response from the CAS server.
+            client_redirect_url: The URl to redirect the client to when
+                everything is done.
+        """
+        user, attributes = self._parse_cas_response(cas_response_body)
+        displayname = attributes.pop(self._cas_displayname_attribute, None)
+
+        for required_attribute, required_value in self._cas_required_attributes.items():
+            # If required attribute was not in CAS Response - Forbidden
+            if required_attribute not in attributes:
+                raise LoginError(401, "Unauthorized", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
+
+            # Also need to check value
+            if required_value is not None:
+                actual_value = attributes[required_attribute]
+                # If required attribute value does not match expected - Forbidden
+                if required_value != actual_value:
+                    raise LoginError(401, "Unauthorized", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
+
+        await self._on_successful_auth(user, request, client_redirect_url, displayname)
+
+    def _parse_cas_response(
+        self, cas_response_body: str
+    ) -> Tuple[str, Dict[str, Optional[str]]]:
+        """
+        Retrieve the user and other parameters from the CAS response.
+
+        Args:
+            cas_response_body: The response from the CAS query.
+
+        Returns:
+            A tuple of the user and a mapping of other attributes.
+        """
+        user = None
+        attributes = {}
+        try:
+            root = ET.fromstring(cas_response_body)
+            if not root.tag.endswith("serviceResponse"):
+                raise Exception("root of CAS response is not serviceResponse")
+            success = root[0].tag.endswith("authenticationSuccess")
+            for child in root[0]:
+                if child.tag.endswith("user"):
+                    user = child.text
+                if child.tag.endswith("attributes"):
+                    for attribute in child:
+                        # ElementTree library expands the namespace in
+                        # attribute tags to the full URL of the namespace.
+                        # We don't care about namespace here and it will always
+                        # be encased in curly braces, so we remove them.
+                        tag = attribute.tag
+                        if "}" in tag:
+                            tag = tag.split("}")[1]
+                        attributes[tag] = attribute.text
+            if user is None:
+                raise Exception("CAS response does not contain user")
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Error parsing CAS response")
+            raise LoginError(401, "Invalid CAS response", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
+        if not success:
+            raise LoginError(
+                401, "Unsuccessful CAS response", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED
+            )
+        return user, attributes
+
+    async def _on_successful_auth(
+        self,
+        username: str,
+        request: SynapseRequest,
+        client_redirect_url: str,
+        user_display_name: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Called once the user has successfully authenticated with the SSO.
+
+        Registers the user if necessary, and then returns a redirect (with
+        a login token) to the client.
+
+        Args:
+            username: the remote user id. We'll map this onto
+                something sane for a MXID localpath.
+
+            request: the incoming request from the browser. We'll
+                respond to it with a redirect.
+
+            client_redirect_url: the redirect_url the client gave us when
+                it first started the process.
+
+            user_display_name: if set, and we have to register a new user,
+                we will set their displayname to this.
+        """
+        localpart = map_username_to_mxid_localpart(username)
+        user_id = UserID(localpart, self._hostname).to_string()
+        registered_user_id = await self._auth_handler.check_user_exists(user_id)
+        if not registered_user_id:
+            registered_user_id = await self._registration_handler.register_user(
+                localpart=localpart, default_display_name=user_display_name
+            )
+
+        self._auth_handler.complete_sso_login(
+            registered_user_id, request, client_redirect_url
+        )
+
+    def handle_redirect_request(self, client_redirect_url: bytes) -> bytes:
+        """
+        Generates a URL to the CAS server where the client should be redirected.
+
+        Args:
+            client_redirect_url: The final URL the client should go to after the
+                user has negotiated SSO.
+
+        Returns:
+            The URL to redirect to.
+        """
+        args = urllib.parse.urlencode(
+            {"service": self._build_service_param(client_redirect_url)}
+        )
+
+        return ("%s/login?%s" % (self._cas_server_url, args)).encode("ascii")
+
+    async def handle_ticket_request(
+        self, request: SynapseRequest, client_redirect_url: str, ticket: str
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Validates a CAS ticket sent by the client for login/registration.
+
+        On a successful request, writes a redirect to the request.
+        """
+        uri = self._cas_server_url + "/proxyValidate"
+        args = {
+            "ticket": ticket,
+            "service": self._build_service_param(client_redirect_url),
+        }
+        try:
+            body = await self._http_client.get_raw(uri, args)
+        except PartialDownloadError as pde:
+            # Twisted raises this error if the connection is closed,
+            # even if that's being used old-http style to signal end-of-data
+            body = pde.response
+
+        await self._handle_cas_response(request, body, client_redirect_url)
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/password_policy.py b/synapse/handlers/password_policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d06b110269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/handlers/password_policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+import re
+
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, PasswordRefusedError
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PasswordPolicyHandler(object):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.policy = hs.config.password_policy
+        self.enabled = hs.config.password_policy_enabled
+
+        # Regexps for the spec'd policy parameters.
+        self.regexp_digit = re.compile("[0-9]")
+        self.regexp_symbol = re.compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]")
+        self.regexp_uppercase = re.compile("[A-Z]")
+        self.regexp_lowercase = re.compile("[a-z]")
+
+    def validate_password(self, password):
+        """Checks whether a given password complies with the server's policy.
+
+        Args:
+            password (str): The password to check against the server's policy.
+
+        Raises:
+            PasswordRefusedError: The password doesn't comply with the server's policy.
+        """
+
+        if not self.enabled:
+            return
+
+        minimum_accepted_length = self.policy.get("minimum_length", 0)
+        if len(password) < minimum_accepted_length:
+            raise PasswordRefusedError(
+                msg=(
+                    "The password must be at least %d characters long"
+                    % minimum_accepted_length
+                ),
+                errcode=Codes.PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT,
+            )
+
+        if (
+            self.policy.get("require_digit", False)
+            and self.regexp_digit.search(password) is None
+        ):
+            raise PasswordRefusedError(
+                msg="The password must include at least one digit",
+                errcode=Codes.PASSWORD_NO_DIGIT,
+            )
+
+        if (
+            self.policy.get("require_symbol", False)
+            and self.regexp_symbol.search(password) is None
+        ):
+            raise PasswordRefusedError(
+                msg="The password must include at least one symbol",
+                errcode=Codes.PASSWORD_NO_SYMBOL,
+            )
+
+        if (
+            self.policy.get("require_uppercase", False)
+            and self.regexp_uppercase.search(password) is None
+        ):
+            raise PasswordRefusedError(
+                msg="The password must include at least one uppercase letter",
+                errcode=Codes.PASSWORD_NO_UPPERCASE,
+            )
+
+        if (
+            self.policy.get("require_lowercase", False)
+            and self.regexp_lowercase.search(password) is None
+        ):
+            raise PasswordRefusedError(
+                msg="The password must include at least one lowercase letter",
+                errcode=Codes.PASSWORD_NO_LOWERCASE,
+            )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/set_password.py b/synapse/handlers/set_password.py
index 12657ca698..7d1263caf2 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/set_password.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/set_password.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class SetPasswordHandler(BaseHandler):
         super(SetPasswordHandler, self).__init__(hs)
         self._auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
         self._device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
+        self._password_policy_handler = hs.get_password_policy_handler()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def set_password(
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class SetPasswordHandler(BaseHandler):
         if not self.hs.config.password_localdb_enabled:
             raise SynapseError(403, "Password change disabled", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)
 
+        self._password_policy_handler.validate_password(new_password)
         password_hash = yield self._auth_handler.hash(new_password)
 
         try:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/__init__.py b/synapse/rest/__init__.py
index 4a1fc2ec2b..46e458e95b 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import (
     keys,
     notifications,
     openid,
+    password_policy,
     read_marker,
     receipts,
     register,
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ class ClientRestResource(JsonResource):
         capabilities.register_servlets(hs, client_resource)
         account_validity.register_servlets(hs, client_resource)
         relations.register_servlets(hs, client_resource)
+        password_policy.register_servlets(hs, client_resource)
 
         # moving to /_synapse/admin
         synapse.rest.admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource(
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index 56d713462a..59593cbf6e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
-from six.moves import urllib
-
-from twisted.web.client import PartialDownloadError
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, LoginError, SynapseError
 from synapse.api.ratelimiting import Ratelimiter
@@ -28,9 +23,10 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_json_object_from_request,
     parse_string,
 )
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha._base import client_patterns
 from synapse.rest.well_known import WellKnownBuilder
-from synapse.types import UserID, map_username_to_mxid_localpart
+from synapse.types import UserID
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -72,14 +68,6 @@ def login_id_thirdparty_from_phone(identifier):
     return {"type": "m.id.thirdparty", "medium": "msisdn", "address": msisdn}
 
 
-def build_service_param(cas_service_url, client_redirect_url):
-    return "%s%s?redirectUrl=%s" % (
-        cas_service_url,
-        "/_matrix/client/r0/login/cas/ticket",
-        urllib.parse.quote(client_redirect_url, safe=""),
-    )
-
-
 class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/login$", v1=True)
     CAS_TYPE = "m.login.cas"
@@ -409,7 +397,7 @@ class BaseSSORedirectServlet(RestServlet):
 
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/login/(cas|sso)/redirect", v1=True)
 
-    def on_GET(self, request):
+    def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest):
         args = request.args
         if b"redirectUrl" not in args:
             return 400, "Redirect URL not specified for SSO auth"
@@ -418,15 +406,15 @@ class BaseSSORedirectServlet(RestServlet):
         request.redirect(sso_url)
         finish_request(request)
 
-    def get_sso_url(self, client_redirect_url):
+    def get_sso_url(self, client_redirect_url: bytes) -> bytes:
         """Get the URL to redirect to, to perform SSO auth
 
         Args:
-            client_redirect_url (bytes): the URL that we should redirect the
+            client_redirect_url: the URL that we should redirect the
                 client to when everything is done
 
         Returns:
-            bytes: URL to redirect to
+            URL to redirect to
         """
         # to be implemented by subclasses
         raise NotImplementedError()
@@ -434,16 +422,10 @@ class BaseSSORedirectServlet(RestServlet):
 
 class CasRedirectServlet(BaseSSORedirectServlet):
     def __init__(self, hs):
-        super(CasRedirectServlet, self).__init__()
-        self.cas_server_url = hs.config.cas_server_url
-        self.cas_service_url = hs.config.cas_service_url
+        self._cas_handler = hs.get_cas_handler()
 
-    def get_sso_url(self, client_redirect_url):
-        args = urllib.parse.urlencode(
-            {"service": build_service_param(self.cas_service_url, client_redirect_url)}
-        )
-
-        return "%s/login?%s" % (self.cas_server_url, args)
+    def get_sso_url(self, client_redirect_url: bytes) -> bytes:
+        return self._cas_handler.handle_redirect_request(client_redirect_url)
 
 
 class CasTicketServlet(RestServlet):
@@ -451,81 +433,15 @@ class CasTicketServlet(RestServlet):
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(CasTicketServlet, self).__init__()
-        self.cas_server_url = hs.config.cas_server_url
-        self.cas_service_url = hs.config.cas_service_url
-        self.cas_displayname_attribute = hs.config.cas_displayname_attribute
-        self.cas_required_attributes = hs.config.cas_required_attributes
-        self._sso_auth_handler = SSOAuthHandler(hs)
-        self._http_client = hs.get_proxied_http_client()
-
-    async def on_GET(self, request):
-        client_redirect_url = parse_string(request, "redirectUrl", required=True)
-        uri = self.cas_server_url + "/proxyValidate"
-        args = {
-            "ticket": parse_string(request, "ticket", required=True),
-            "service": build_service_param(self.cas_service_url, client_redirect_url),
-        }
-        try:
-            body = await self._http_client.get_raw(uri, args)
-        except PartialDownloadError as pde:
-            # Twisted raises this error if the connection is closed,
-            # even if that's being used old-http style to signal end-of-data
-            body = pde.response
-        result = await self.handle_cas_response(request, body, client_redirect_url)
-        return result
+        self._cas_handler = hs.get_cas_handler()
 
-    def handle_cas_response(self, request, cas_response_body, client_redirect_url):
-        user, attributes = self.parse_cas_response(cas_response_body)
-        displayname = attributes.pop(self.cas_displayname_attribute, None)
-
-        for required_attribute, required_value in self.cas_required_attributes.items():
-            # If required attribute was not in CAS Response - Forbidden
-            if required_attribute not in attributes:
-                raise LoginError(401, "Unauthorized", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
-
-            # Also need to check value
-            if required_value is not None:
-                actual_value = attributes[required_attribute]
-                # If required attribute value does not match expected - Forbidden
-                if required_value != actual_value:
-                    raise LoginError(401, "Unauthorized", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
-
-        return self._sso_auth_handler.on_successful_auth(
-            user, request, client_redirect_url, displayname
+    async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> None:
+        client_redirect_url = parse_string(request, "redirectUrl", required=True)
+        ticket = parse_string(request, "ticket", required=True)
+        await self._cas_handler.handle_ticket_request(
+            request, client_redirect_url, ticket
         )
 
-    def parse_cas_response(self, cas_response_body):
-        user = None
-        attributes = {}
-        try:
-            root = ET.fromstring(cas_response_body)
-            if not root.tag.endswith("serviceResponse"):
-                raise Exception("root of CAS response is not serviceResponse")
-            success = root[0].tag.endswith("authenticationSuccess")
-            for child in root[0]:
-                if child.tag.endswith("user"):
-                    user = child.text
-                if child.tag.endswith("attributes"):
-                    for attribute in child:
-                        # ElementTree library expands the namespace in
-                        # attribute tags to the full URL of the namespace.
-                        # We don't care about namespace here and it will always
-                        # be encased in curly braces, so we remove them.
-                        tag = attribute.tag
-                        if "}" in tag:
-                            tag = tag.split("}")[1]
-                        attributes[tag] = attribute.text
-            if user is None:
-                raise Exception("CAS response does not contain user")
-        except Exception:
-            logger.exception("Error parsing CAS response")
-            raise LoginError(401, "Invalid CAS response", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
-        if not success:
-            raise LoginError(
-                401, "Unsuccessful CAS response", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED
-            )
-        return user, attributes
-
 
 class SAMLRedirectServlet(BaseSSORedirectServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/login/sso/redirect", v1=True)
@@ -533,65 +449,10 @@ class SAMLRedirectServlet(BaseSSORedirectServlet):
     def __init__(self, hs):
         self._saml_handler = hs.get_saml_handler()
 
-    def get_sso_url(self, client_redirect_url):
+    def get_sso_url(self, client_redirect_url: bytes) -> bytes:
         return self._saml_handler.handle_redirect_request(client_redirect_url)
 
 
-class SSOAuthHandler(object):
-    """
-    Utility class for Resources and Servlets which handle the response from a SSO
-    service
-
-    Args:
-        hs (synapse.server.HomeServer)
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, hs):
-        self._hostname = hs.hostname
-        self._auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
-        self._registration_handler = hs.get_registration_handler()
-        self._macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
-
-        # cast to tuple for use with str.startswith
-        self._whitelisted_sso_clients = tuple(hs.config.sso_client_whitelist)
-
-    async def on_successful_auth(
-        self, username, request, client_redirect_url, user_display_name=None
-    ):
-        """Called once the user has successfully authenticated with the SSO.
-
-        Registers the user if necessary, and then returns a redirect (with
-        a login token) to the client.
-
-        Args:
-            username (unicode|bytes): the remote user id. We'll map this onto
-                something sane for a MXID localpath.
-
-            request (SynapseRequest): the incoming request from the browser. We'll
-                respond to it with a redirect.
-
-            client_redirect_url (unicode): the redirect_url the client gave us when
-                it first started the process.
-
-            user_display_name (unicode|None): if set, and we have to register a new user,
-                we will set their displayname to this.
-
-        Returns:
-            Deferred[none]: Completes once we have handled the request.
-        """
-        localpart = map_username_to_mxid_localpart(username)
-        user_id = UserID(localpart, self._hostname).to_string()
-        registered_user_id = await self._auth_handler.check_user_exists(user_id)
-        if not registered_user_id:
-            registered_user_id = await self._registration_handler.register_user(
-                localpart=localpart, default_display_name=user_display_name
-            )
-
-        self._auth_handler.complete_sso_login(
-            registered_user_id, request, client_redirect_url
-        )
-
-
 def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     LoginRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     if hs.config.cas_enabled:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/password_policy.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/password_policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..968403cca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/password_policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+
+from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet
+
+from ._base import client_patterns
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PasswordPolicyServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/password_policy$")
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        """
+        Args:
+            hs (synapse.server.HomeServer): server
+        """
+        super(PasswordPolicyServlet, self).__init__()
+
+        self.policy = hs.config.password_policy
+        self.enabled = hs.config.password_policy_enabled
+
+    def on_GET(self, request):
+        if not self.enabled or not self.policy:
+            return (200, {})
+
+        policy = {}
+
+        for param in [
+            "minimum_length",
+            "require_digit",
+            "require_symbol",
+            "require_lowercase",
+            "require_uppercase",
+        ]:
+            if param in self.policy:
+                policy["m.%s" % param] = self.policy[param]
+
+        return (200, policy)
+
+
+def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
+    PasswordPolicyServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index 6963d79310..66fc8ec179 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         self.room_member_handler = hs.get_room_member_handler()
         self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
         self.ratelimiter = hs.get_registration_ratelimiter()
+        self.password_policy_handler = hs.get_password_policy_handler()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
 
         self._registration_flows = _calculate_registration_flows(
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 or len(body["password"]) > 512
             ):
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid password")
+            self.password_policy_handler.validate_password(body["password"])
 
         desired_username = None
         if "username" in body:
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index 9426eb1672..c7ca2bda0d 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ from synapse.handlers.account_validity import AccountValidityHandler
 from synapse.handlers.acme import AcmeHandler
 from synapse.handlers.appservice import ApplicationServicesHandler
 from synapse.handlers.auth import AuthHandler, MacaroonGenerator
+from synapse.handlers.cas_handler import CasHandler
 from synapse.handlers.deactivate_account import DeactivateAccountHandler
 from synapse.handlers.device import DeviceHandler, DeviceWorkerHandler
 from synapse.handlers.devicemessage import DeviceMessageHandler
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ from synapse.handlers.groups_local import GroupsLocalHandler, GroupsLocalWorkerH
 from synapse.handlers.initial_sync import InitialSyncHandler
 from synapse.handlers.message import EventCreationHandler, MessageHandler
 from synapse.handlers.pagination import PaginationHandler
+from synapse.handlers.password_policy import PasswordPolicyHandler
 from synapse.handlers.presence import PresenceHandler
 from synapse.handlers.profile import BaseProfileHandler, MasterProfileHandler
 from synapse.handlers.read_marker import ReadMarkerHandler
@@ -197,8 +199,10 @@ class HomeServer(object):
         "sendmail",
         "registration_handler",
         "account_validity_handler",
+        "cas_handler",
         "saml_handler",
         "event_client_serializer",
+        "password_policy_handler",
         "storage",
         "replication_streamer",
     ]
@@ -527,6 +531,9 @@ class HomeServer(object):
     def build_account_validity_handler(self):
         return AccountValidityHandler(self)
 
+    def build_cas_handler(self):
+        return CasHandler(self)
+
     def build_saml_handler(self):
         from synapse.handlers.saml_handler import SamlHandler
 
@@ -535,6 +542,9 @@ class HomeServer(object):
     def build_event_client_serializer(self):
         return EventClientSerializer(self)
 
+    def build_password_policy_handler(self):
+        return PasswordPolicyHandler(self)
+
     def build_storage(self) -> Storage:
         return Storage(self, self.datastores)
 
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_password_policy.py b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_password_policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c57072f50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_password_policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json
+
+from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes
+from synapse.rest import admin
+from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login
+from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import account, password_policy, register
+
+from tests import unittest
+
+
+class PasswordPolicyTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+    """Tests the password policy feature and its compliance with MSC2000.
+
+    When validating a password, Synapse does the necessary checks in this order:
+
+        1. Password is long enough
+        2. Password contains digit(s)
+        3. Password contains symbol(s)
+        4. Password contains uppercase letter(s)
+        5. Password contains lowercase letter(s)
+
+    For each test below that checks whether a password triggers the right error code,
+    that test provides a password good enough to pass the previous tests, but not the
+    one it is currently testing (nor any test that comes afterward).
+    """
+
+    servlets = [
+        admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource,
+        login.register_servlets,
+        register.register_servlets,
+        password_policy.register_servlets,
+        account.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+        self.register_url = "/_matrix/client/r0/register"
+        self.policy = {
+            "enabled": True,
+            "minimum_length": 10,
+            "require_digit": True,
+            "require_symbol": True,
+            "require_lowercase": True,
+            "require_uppercase": True,
+        }
+
+        config = self.default_config()
+        config["password_config"] = {
+            "policy": self.policy,
+        }
+
+        hs = self.setup_test_homeserver(config=config)
+        return hs
+
+    def test_get_policy(self):
+        """Tests if the /password_policy endpoint returns the configured policy."""
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET", "/_matrix/client/r0/password_policy"
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body,
+            {
+                "m.minimum_length": 10,
+                "m.require_digit": True,
+                "m.require_symbol": True,
+                "m.require_lowercase": True,
+                "m.require_uppercase": True,
+            },
+            channel.result,
+        )
+
+    def test_password_too_short(self):
+        request_data = json.dumps({"username": "kermit", "password": "shorty"})
+        request, channel = self.make_request("POST", self.register_url, request_data)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["errcode"], Codes.PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT, channel.result,
+        )
+
+    def test_password_no_digit(self):
+        request_data = json.dumps({"username": "kermit", "password": "longerpassword"})
+        request, channel = self.make_request("POST", self.register_url, request_data)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["errcode"], Codes.PASSWORD_NO_DIGIT, channel.result,
+        )
+
+    def test_password_no_symbol(self):
+        request_data = json.dumps({"username": "kermit", "password": "l0ngerpassword"})
+        request, channel = self.make_request("POST", self.register_url, request_data)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["errcode"], Codes.PASSWORD_NO_SYMBOL, channel.result,
+        )
+
+    def test_password_no_uppercase(self):
+        request_data = json.dumps({"username": "kermit", "password": "l0ngerpassword!"})
+        request, channel = self.make_request("POST", self.register_url, request_data)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["errcode"], Codes.PASSWORD_NO_UPPERCASE, channel.result,
+        )
+
+    def test_password_no_lowercase(self):
+        request_data = json.dumps({"username": "kermit", "password": "L0NGERPASSWORD!"})
+        request, channel = self.make_request("POST", self.register_url, request_data)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["errcode"], Codes.PASSWORD_NO_LOWERCASE, channel.result,
+        )
+
+    def test_password_compliant(self):
+        request_data = json.dumps({"username": "kermit", "password": "L0ngerpassword!"})
+        request, channel = self.make_request("POST", self.register_url, request_data)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        # Getting a 401 here means the password has passed validation and the server has
+        # responded with a list of registration flows.
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 401, channel.result)
+
+    def test_password_change(self):
+        """This doesn't test every possible use case, only that hitting /account/password
+        triggers the password validation code.
+        """
+        compliant_password = "C0mpl!antpassword"
+        not_compliant_password = "notcompliantpassword"
+
+        user_id = self.register_user("kermit", compliant_password)
+        tok = self.login("kermit", compliant_password)
+
+        request_data = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "new_password": not_compliant_password,
+                "auth": {
+                    "password": compliant_password,
+                    "type": LoginType.PASSWORD,
+                    "user": user_id,
+                },
+            }
+        )
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            "/_matrix/client/r0/account/password",
+            request_data,
+            access_token=tok,
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["errcode"], Codes.PASSWORD_NO_DIGIT)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8e3f09e638..a79fc93b57 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ commands = mypy \
             synapse/federation/sender \
             synapse/federation/transport \
             synapse/handlers/auth.py \
+            synapse/handlers/cas_handler.py \
             synapse/handlers/directory.py \
             synapse/handlers/presence.py \
             synapse/handlers/sync.py \