From 723288a32fb5773899790f22ea028db8e3c3d05b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Kadianakis Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:39:34 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Improve v3 client auth documentation in the man page. --- doc/tor.1.txt | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 6ba23ac62a..e8d0fd2cbd 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if information) to port 80. [[HidServAuth]] **HidServAuth** __onion-address__ __auth-cookie__ [__service-name__]:: - Client authorization for a hidden service. Valid onion addresses contain 16 + Client authorization for a v2 hidden service. Valid onion addresses contain 16 characters in a-z2-7 plus ".onion", and valid auth cookies contain 22 characters in A-Za-z0-9+/. The service name is only used for internal purposes, e.g., for Tor controllers. This option may be used multiple times @@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ The next section describes the per service options that can only be set service. Currently, versions 2 and 3 are supported. (Default: 3) [[HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient]] **HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient** __auth-type__ __client-name__,__client-name__,__...__:: - If configured, the hidden service is accessible for authorized clients + If configured, the v2 hidden service is accessible for authorized clients only. The auth-type can either be \'basic' for a general-purpose authorization protocol or \'stealth' for a less scalable protocol that also hides service activity from unauthorized clients. Only clients that are @@ -3105,31 +3105,42 @@ Client Authorization (Version 3 only) -To configure client authorization on the service side, the -"/authorized_clients/" directory needs to exist. Each file -in that directory should be suffixed with ".auth" (i.e. "alice.auth"; the -file name is irrelevant) and its content format MUST be: +Service side: - :: + To configure client authorization on the service side, the + "/authorized_clients/" directory needs to exist. Each file + in that directory should be suffixed with ".auth" (i.e. "alice.auth"; the + file name is irrelevant) and its content format MUST be: -The supported are: "descriptor". The supported are: -"x25519". The is the base32 representation of -the raw key bytes only (32 bytes for x25519). + :: -Each file MUST contain one line only. Any malformed file will be -ignored. Client authorization will only be enabled for the service if tor -successfully loads at least one authorization file. + The supported are: "descriptor". The supported are: + "x25519". The is the base32 representation of + the raw key bytes only (32 bytes for x25519). -Note that once you've configured client authorization, anyone else with the -address won't be able to access it from this point on. If no authorization is -configured, the service will be accessible to anyone with the onion address. + Each file MUST contain one line only. Any malformed file will be + ignored. Client authorization will only be enabled for the service if tor + successfully loads at least one authorization file. -Revoking a client can be done by removing their ".auth" file, however the -revocation will be in effect only after the tor process gets restarted even if -a SIGHUP takes place. + Note that once you've configured client authorization, anyone else with the + address won't be able to access it from this point on. If no authorization is + configured, the service will be accessible to anyone with the onion address. -See the Appendix G in the rend-spec-v3.txt file of -https://spec.torproject.org/[torspec] for more information. + Revoking a client can be done by removing their ".auth" file, however the + revocation will be in effect only after the tor process gets restarted even if + a SIGHUP takes place. + +Client side: + + To access a v3 onion service with client authorization as a client, make sure + you have ClientOnionAuthDir set in your torrc. Then, in the + directory, create an .auth_private file for the onion + service corresponding to this key (i.e. 'bob_onion.auth_private'). The + contents of the /.auth_private file should look like: + + <56-char-onion-addr-without-.onion-part>:descriptor:x25519: + +For more information, please see https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-onion-service.html.en#ClientAuthorization . TESTING NETWORK OPTIONS -----------------------