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-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/tls.py95
-rw-r--r--synapse/crypto/context_factory.py33
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py2
4 files changed, 121 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index c5e5679d52..cdf1e4d286 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -114,11 +114,13 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # FIXME: federation_domain_whitelist needs sytests
         self.federation_domain_whitelist = None
         federation_domain_whitelist = config.get(
-            "federation_domain_whitelist", None
+            "federation_domain_whitelist", None,
         )
-        # turn the whitelist into a hash for speed of lookup
+
         if federation_domain_whitelist is not None:
+            # turn the whitelist into a hash for speed of lookup
             self.federation_domain_whitelist = {}
+
             for domain in federation_domain_whitelist:
                 self.federation_domain_whitelist[domain] = True
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/tls.py b/synapse/config/tls.py
index f0014902da..72dd5926f9 100644
--- a/synapse/config/tls.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tls.py
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import six
 from unpaddedbase64 import encode_base64
 
 from OpenSSL import crypto
+from twisted.internet._sslverify import Certificate, trustRootFromCertificates
 
 from synapse.config._base import Config, ConfigError
+from synapse.util import glob_to_regex
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -70,6 +72,53 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
 
         self.tls_fingerprints = list(self._original_tls_fingerprints)
 
+        # Whether to verify certificates on outbound federation traffic
+        self.federation_verify_certificates = config.get(
+            "federation_verify_certificates", False,
+        )
+
+        # Whitelist of domains to not verify certificates for
+        fed_whitelist_entries = config.get(
+            "federation_certificate_verification_whitelist", [],
+        )
+
+        # Support globs (*) in whitelist values
+        self.federation_certificate_verification_whitelist = []
+        for entry in fed_whitelist_entries:
+            # Convert globs to regex
+            entry_regex = glob_to_regex(entry)
+            self.federation_certificate_verification_whitelist.append(entry_regex)
+
+        # List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic validation
+        custom_ca_list = config.get(
+            "federation_custom_ca_list", None,
+        )
+
+        # Read in and parse custom CA certificates
+        self.federation_ca_trust_root = None
+        if custom_ca_list is not None:
+            if len(custom_ca_list) == 0:
+                # A trustroot cannot be generated without any CA certificates.
+                # Raise an error if this option has been specified without any
+                # corresponding certificates.
+                raise ConfigError("federation_custom_ca_list specified without "
+                                  "any certificate files")
+
+            certs = []
+            for ca_file in custom_ca_list:
+                logger.debug("Reading custom CA certificate file: %s", ca_file)
+                content = self.read_file(ca_file)
+
+                # Parse the CA certificates
+                try:
+                    cert_base = Certificate.loadPEM(content)
+                    certs.append(cert_base)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    raise ConfigError("Error parsing custom CA certificate file %s: %s"
+                                      % (ca_file, e))
+
+            self.federation_ca_trust_root = trustRootFromCertificates(certs)
+
         # This config option applies to non-federation HTTP clients
         # (e.g. for talking to recaptcha, identity servers, and such)
         # It should never be used in production, and is intended for
@@ -99,15 +148,15 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
         try:
             with open(self.tls_certificate_file, 'rb') as f:
                 cert_pem = f.read()
-        except Exception:
-            logger.exception("Failed to read existing certificate off disk!")
-            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ConfigError("Failed to read existing certificate file %s: %s"
+                              % (self.tls_certificate_file, e))
 
         try:
             tls_certificate = crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, cert_pem)
-        except Exception:
-            logger.exception("Failed to parse existing certificate off disk!")
-            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ConfigError("Failed to parse existing certificate file %s: %s"
+                              % (self.tls_certificate_file, e))
 
         if not allow_self_signed:
             if tls_certificate.get_subject() == tls_certificate.get_issuer():
@@ -192,6 +241,40 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
         #
         #tls_private_key_path: "%(tls_private_key_path)s"
 
+        # Whether to verify TLS certificates when sending federation traffic.
+        #
+        # This currently defaults to `false`, however this will change in
+        # Synapse 1.0 when valid federation certificates will be required.
+        #
+        #federation_verify_certificates: true
+
+        # Skip federation certificate verification on the following whitelist
+        # of domains.
+        #
+        # This setting should only be used in very specific cases, such as
+        # federation over Tor hidden services and similar. For private networks
+        # of homeservers, you likely want to use a private CA instead.
+        #
+        # Only effective if federation_verify_certicates is `true`.
+        #
+        #federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
+        #  - lon.example.com
+        #  - *.domain.com
+        #  - *.onion
+
+        # List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic.
+        #
+        # This setting should only normally be used within a private network of
+        # homeservers.
+        #
+        # Note that this list will replace those that are provided by your
+        # operating environment. Certificates must be in PEM format.
+        #
+        #federation_custom_ca_list:
+        #  - myCA1.pem
+        #  - myCA2.pem
+        #  - myCA3.pem
+
         # ACME support: This will configure Synapse to request a valid TLS certificate
         # for your configured `server_name` via Let's Encrypt.
         #
diff --git a/synapse/crypto/context_factory.py b/synapse/crypto/context_factory.py
index 49cbc7098f..59ea087e66 100644
--- a/synapse/crypto/context_factory.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/context_factory.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import logging
 from zope.interface import implementer
 
 from OpenSSL import SSL, crypto
-from twisted.internet._sslverify import _defaultCurveName
+from twisted.internet._sslverify import ClientTLSOptions, _defaultCurveName
 from twisted.internet.abstract import isIPAddress, isIPv6Address
 from twisted.internet.interfaces import IOpenSSLClientConnectionCreator
-from twisted.internet.ssl import CertificateOptions, ContextFactory
+from twisted.internet.ssl import CertificateOptions, ContextFactory, platformTrust
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def _tolerateErrors(wrapped):
 
 
 @implementer(IOpenSSLClientConnectionCreator)
-class ClientTLSOptions(object):
+class ClientTLSOptionsNoVerify(object):
     """
     Client creator for TLS without certificate identity verification. This is a
     copy of twisted.internet._sslverify.ClientTLSOptions with the identity
@@ -127,9 +127,30 @@ class ClientTLSOptionsFactory(object):
     to remote servers for federation."""
 
     def __init__(self, config):
-        # We don't use config options yet
-        self._options = CertificateOptions(verify=False)
+        self._config = config
+        self._options_noverify = CertificateOptions()
+
+        # Check if we're using a custom list of a CA certificates
+        trust_root = config.federation_ca_trust_root
+        if trust_root is None:
+            # Use CA root certs provided by OpenSSL
+            trust_root = platformTrust()
+
+        self._options_verify = CertificateOptions(trustRoot=trust_root)
 
     def get_options(self, host):
         # Use _makeContext so that we get a fresh OpenSSL CTX each time.
-        return ClientTLSOptions(host, self._options._makeContext())
+
+        # Check if certificate verification has been enabled
+        should_verify = self._config.federation_verify_certificates
+
+        # Check if we've disabled certificate verification for this host
+        if should_verify:
+            for regex in self._config.federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
+                if regex.match(host):
+                    should_verify = False
+                    break
+
+        if should_verify:
+            return ClientTLSOptions(host, self._options_verify._makeContext())
+        return ClientTLSOptionsNoVerify(host, self._options_noverify._makeContext())
diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
index 1334c630cc..b4cbe97b41 100644
--- a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class MatrixFederationAgent(object):
             tls_options = None
         else:
             tls_options = self._tls_client_options_factory.get_options(
-                res.tls_server_name.decode("ascii")
+                res.tls_server_name.decode("ascii"),
             )
 
         # make sure that the Host header is set correctly