implement symmetric encryption

defaults.env

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ PORT=8537
 BASE_URL=http://localhost:8537
 DATABASE_MAXCONN=10
 
+CRYPTO_KEYS="1YrzmaGBUeFrwD9SpBOqv33a2ElGns9mUtldAmoU7hs="
+
 GRATIPAY_ASSET_URL=/assets/
 GRATIPAY_CACHE_STATIC=no
 GRATIPAY_COMPRESS_ASSETS=no

gratipay/main.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 tell_sentry = website.tell_sentry = gratipay.wireup.make_sentry_teller(env)
 website.db = gratipay.wireup.db(env)
 website.mailer = gratipay.wireup.mail(env, website.project_root)
+gratipay.wireup.crypto(env)
 gratipay.wireup.base_url(website, env)
 gratipay.wireup.secure_cookies(env)
 gratipay.wireup.billing(env)

gratipay/security/crypto.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import hashlib
+import json
 import random
 import string
 import time
 
+from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, MultiFernet
+
 
 # utils
 # =====
@@ -61,3 +64,39 @@ def constant_time_compare(val1, val2):
     for x, y in zip(val1, val2):
         result |= ord(x) ^ ord(y)
     return result == 0
+
+
+# Encrypting Packer
+# =================
+
+class EncryptingPacker(object):
+    """Implement conversion of Python objects to/from encrypted bytestrings.
+
+    :param bytes key: a Fernet key as ``bytes``, for encryption and decryption via
+        ``cryptography.fernet.MultiFernet``
+    :param list old_keys: additional Fernet keys as ``bytes`` for decryption via
+        ``cryptography.fernet.MultiFernet``
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, key, *old_keys):
+        keys = [key] + list(old_keys)
+        self.fernet = MultiFernet([Fernet(k) for k in keys])
+
+    def pack(self, obj):
+        """Given a JSON-serializable object, return an encrypted byte string.
+        """
+        obj = json.dumps(obj)           # serialize to unicode
+        obj = obj.encode('utf8')        # convert to bytes
+        obj = self.fernet.encrypt(obj)  # encrypt
+        return obj
+
+    def unpack(self, obj):
+        """Given an encrypted byte string, return a Python object.
+        """
+        if not type(obj) is bytes:
+            raise TypeError("need bytes, got {}".format(type(obj)))
+        obj = self.fernet.decrypt(obj)  # decrypt
+        obj = obj.decode('utf8')        # convert to unicode
+        obj = json.loads(obj)           # deserialize from unicode
+        return obj

gratipay/wireup.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from gratipay.models.participant import Participant
 from gratipay.models.team import Team
 from gratipay.models import GratipayDB
+from gratipay.security.crypto import EncryptingPacker
 from gratipay.utils.emails import compile_email_spt, ConsoleMailer
 from gratipay.utils.http_caching import asset_etag
 from gratipay.utils.i18n import (
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ def db(env):
 
     return db
 
+def crypto(env):
+    keys = [k.encode('ASCII') for k in env.crypto_keys.split()]
+    Participant.encrypting_packer = EncryptingPacker(*keys)
+
 def mail(env, project_root='.'):
     if env.aws_ses_access_key_id and env.aws_ses_secret_access_key and env.aws_ses_default_region:
         aspen.log_dammit("AWS SES is configured! We'll send mail through SES.")
@@ -377,6 +382,7 @@ def env():
         BASE_URL                        = unicode,
         DATABASE_URL                    = unicode,
         DATABASE_MAXCONN                = int,
+        CRYPTO_KEYS                     = unicode,
         GRATIPAY_ASSET_URL              = unicode,
         GRATIPAY_CACHE_STATIC           = is_yesish,
         GRATIPAY_COMPRESS_ASSETS        = is_yesish,

requirements.txt

@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@
 
 ./vendor/boto3-1.3.0.tar.gz
 
+    ./vendor/pycparser-2.14.tar.gz
+  ./vendor/cffi-1.6.0.tar.gz
+  ./vendor/enum34-1.1.4.tar.gz
+  ./vendor/idna-2.1.tar.gz
+  ./vendor/ipaddress-1.0.16.tar.gz
+./vendor/cryptography-1.3.1.tar.gz

tests/py/test_security.py

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 from aspen import Response
 from aspen.http.request import Request
+from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
 from gratipay import security
+from gratipay.models.participant import Participant
 from gratipay.testing import Harness
 from pytest import raises
 
@@ -42,3 +44,19 @@ def test_ahtr_sets_x_content_type_options(self):
     def test_ahtr_sets_x_xss_protection(self):
         headers = self.client.GET('/about/').headers
         assert headers['X-XSS-Protection'] == '1; mode=block'
+
+
+    # ep - EncryptingPacker
+
+    def test_ep_packs_encryptingly(self):
+        packed = Participant.encrypting_packer.pack({"foo": "bar"})
+        assert urlsafe_b64decode(packed)[0] == b'\x80'  # Frenet version
+
+    def test_ep_unpacks_decryptingly(self):
+        packed = b'gAAAAABXJMbdriJ984uMCMKfQ5p2UUNHB1vG43K_uJyzUffbu2Uwy0d71kAnqOKJ7Ww_FEQz9Dliw8'\
+                 b'7UpM5TdyoJsll5nMAicg=='
+        assert Participant.encrypting_packer.unpack(packed) == {"foo": "bar"}
+
+    def test_ep_demands_bytes(self):
+        raises(TypeError, Participant.encrypting_packer.unpack, buffer('buffer'))
+        raises(TypeError, Participant.encrypting_packer.unpack, 'unicode')