diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py
index e05defd7d8..e2f40ee65a 100644
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Auth(object):
"user_id = ",
])
- def check(self, event, auth_events):
+ def check(self, event, auth_events, do_sig_check=True):
""" Checks if this event is correctly authed.
Args:
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ class Auth(object):
if not hasattr(event, "room_id"):
raise AuthError(500, "Event has no room_id: %s" % event)
+
+ sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
+
+ # Check the sender's domain has signed the event
+ if do_sig_check and not event.signatures.get(sender_domain):
+ raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sending server")
+
if auth_events is None:
# Oh, we don't know what the state of the room was, so we
# are trusting that this is allowed (at least for now)
@@ -87,7 +94,6 @@ class Auth(object):
if event.type == EventTypes.Create:
room_id_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
- sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
if room_id_domain != sender_domain:
raise AuthError(
403,
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