Remove OpenSSL-based signing

configure.ac

@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ AC_SUBST(storedir)
 
 
 # Look for OpenSSL, a required dependency.
-AC_PATH_PROG(openssl, openssl, openssl) # if not found, call openssl in $PATH
-AC_SUBST(openssl)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OPENSSL_PATH, ["$openssl"], [Path of the OpenSSL binary])
-
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([OPENSSL], [libcrypto], [CXXFLAGS="$OPENSSL_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
 
 

perl/lib/Nix/Config.pm.in

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ $storeDir = $ENV{"NIX_STORE_DIR"} || "@storedir@";
 $bzip2 = "@bzip2@";
 $xz = "@xz@";
 $curl = "@curl@";
-$openssl = "@openssl@";
 
 $useBindings = "@perlbindings@" eq "yes";
 

perl/lib/Nix/CopyClosure.pm

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use IPC::Open2;
 
 
 sub copyToOpen {
-    my ($from, $to, $sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $sign, $useSubstitutes) = @_;
+    my ($from, $to, $sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $useSubstitutes) = @_;
 
     $useSubstitutes = 0 if $dryRun || !defined $useSubstitutes;
 
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ sub copyToOpen {
 
     # Send the "import paths" command.
     syswrite($to, pack("L<x4", 4)) or die;
-    exportPaths(fileno($to), $sign, @missing);
+    exportPaths(fileno($to), @missing);
     readInt($from) == 1 or die "remote machine ‘$sshHost’ failed to import closure\n";
 }
 
 
 sub copyTo {
-    my ($sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $sign, $useSubstitutes) = @_;
+    my ($sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $useSubstitutes) = @_;
 
     # Connect to the remote host.
     my ($from, $to);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sub copyTo {
         return oldCopyTo(@_);
     }
 
-    copyToOpen($from, $to, $sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $sign, $useSubstitutes);
+    copyToOpen($from, $to, $sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $useSubstitutes);
 
     close $to;
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ sub copyTo {
 # For backwards compatibility with Nix <= 1.7. Will be removed
 # eventually.
 sub oldCopyTo {
-    my ($sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $sign, $useSubstitutes) = @_;
+    my ($sshHost, $storePaths, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $useSubstitutes) = @_;
 
     # Get the closure of this path.
     my @closure = reverse(topoSortPaths(computeFSClosure(0, $includeOutputs,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ sub oldCopyTo {
         print STDERR "copying ", scalar @missing, " missing paths to ‘$sshHost’...\n";
         unless ($dryRun) {
             open SSH, "| ssh $sshHost @globalSshOpts 'nix-store --import' > /dev/null" or die;
-            exportPaths(fileno(SSH), $sign, @missing);
+            exportPaths(fileno(SSH), @missing);
             close SSH or die "copying store paths to remote machine ‘$sshHost’ failed: $?";
         }
     }

perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs

@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ SV * followLinksToStorePath(char * path)
         RETVAL
 
 
-void exportPaths(int fd, int sign, ...)
+void exportPaths(int fd, ...)
     PPCODE:
         try {
             Paths paths;
             for (int n = 2; n < items; ++n) paths.push_back(SvPV_nolen(ST(n)));
             FdSink sink(fd);
-            store()->exportPaths(paths, sign, sink);
+            store()->exportPaths(paths, sink);
         } catch (Error & e) {
             croak("%s", e.what());
         }
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void importPaths(int fd)
     PPCODE:
         try {
             FdSource source(fd);
-            store()->importPaths(false, source, 0);
+            store()->importPaths(source, 0);
         } catch (Error & e) {
             croak("%s", e.what());
         }

scripts/build-remote.pl.in

@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@ my @inputs = split /\s/, readline(STDIN);
 my @outputs = split /\s/, readline(STDIN);
 
 
-my $maybeSign = "";
-$maybeSign = "--sign" if -e "$Nix::Config::confDir/signing-key.sec";
-
-
 # Copy the derivation and its dependencies to the build machine.  This
 # is guarded by an exclusive lock per machine to prevent multiple
 # build-remote instances from copying to a machine simultaneously.
@@ -250,7 +246,7 @@ if ($@) {
     print STDERR "somebody is hogging $uploadLock, continuing...\n";
     unlink $uploadLock;
 }
-Nix::CopyClosure::copyToOpen($from, $to, $hostName, [ $drvPath, @inputs ], 0, 0, $maybeSign ne "");
+Nix::CopyClosure::copyToOpen($from, $to, $hostName, [ $drvPath, @inputs ], 0, 0);
 close UPLOADLOCK;
 
 

scripts/nix-copy-closure.in

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ binmode STDERR, ":encoding(utf8)";
 
 if (scalar @ARGV < 1) {
     print STDERR <<EOF
-Usage: nix-copy-closure [--from | --to] HOSTNAME [--sign] [--gzip] [--bzip2] [--xz] PATHS...
+Usage: nix-copy-closure [--from | --to] HOSTNAME [--gzip] [--bzip2] [--xz] PATHS...
 EOF
     ;
     exit 1;
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ EOF
 
 # Get the target host.
 my $sshHost;
-my $sign = 0;
 my $toMode = 1;
 my $includeOutputs = 0;
 my $dryRun = 0;
@@ -38,9 +37,6 @@ while (@ARGV) {
     if ($arg eq "--help") {
         exec "man nix-copy-closure" or die;
     }
-    elsif ($arg eq "--sign") {
-        $sign = 1;
-    }
     elsif ($arg eq "--gzip" || $arg eq "--bzip2" || $arg eq "--xz") {
         warn "$0: ‘$arg’ is not implemented\n" if $arg ne "--gzip";
         push @globalSshOpts, "-C";
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ die "$0: you did not specify a host name\n" unless defined $sshHost;
 if ($toMode) { # Copy TO the remote machine.
     Nix::CopyClosure::copyTo(
         $sshHost, [ @storePaths ],
-        $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $sign, $useSubstitutes);
+        $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $useSubstitutes);
 }
 
 else { # Copy FROM the remote machine.
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ else { # Copy FROM the remote machine.
     if (scalar @missing > 0) {
         print STDERR "copying ", scalar @missing, " missing paths from ‘$sshHost’...\n";
         writeInt(5, $to); # == cmdExportPaths
-        writeInt($sign ? 1 : 0, $to);
+        writeInt(0, $to); # obsolete
         writeStrings(\@missing, $to);
         importPaths(fileno($from));
     }

src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -156,10 +156,8 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::narFromPath(const Path & storePath, Sink & sink)
     sink((unsigned char *) nar->c_str(), nar->size());
 }
 
-void BinaryCacheStore::exportPath(const Path & storePath, bool sign, Sink & sink)
+void BinaryCacheStore::exportPath(const Path & storePath, Sink & sink)
 {
-    assert(!sign);
-
     auto res = queryPathInfo(storePath);
 
     narFromPath(storePath, sink);
@@ -169,10 +167,9 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::exportPath(const Path & storePath, bool sign, Sink & sink
     sink << exportMagic << storePath << res->references << res->deriver << 0;
 }
 
-Paths BinaryCacheStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+Paths BinaryCacheStore::importPaths(Source & source,
     std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor)
 {
-    assert(!requireSignature);
     Paths res;
     while (true) {
         unsigned long long n = readLongLong(source);
@@ -346,7 +343,7 @@ struct BinaryCacheStoreAccessor : public FSAccessor
         if (i != nars.end()) return {i->second, restPath};
 
         StringSink sink;
-        store->exportPath(storePath, false, sink);
+        store->exportPath(storePath, sink);
 
         auto accessor = makeNarAccessor(sink.s);
         nars.emplace(storePath, accessor);

src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh

@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ public:
 
     void narFromPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) override;
 
-    void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign, Sink & sink) override;
+    void exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) override;
 
-    Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+    Paths importPaths(Source & source,
         std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override;
 
     Path importPath(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor);

src/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -1035,18 +1035,7 @@ struct HashAndWriteSink : Sink
 };
 
 
-static void checkSecrecy(const Path & path)
+void LocalStore::exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-    if (stat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting status of ‘%1%’") % path);
-    if ((st.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) != 0)
-        throw Error(format("file ‘%1%’ should be secret (inaccessible to everybody else)!") % path);
-}
-
-
-void LocalStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
-    Sink & sink)
 {
     assertStorePath(path);
 
@@ -1068,30 +1057,7 @@ void LocalStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
 
     hashAndWriteSink << exportMagic << path << info->references << info->deriver;
 
-    if (sign) {
+    hashAndWriteSink << 0; // backwards compatibility
-        Hash hash = hashAndWriteSink.currentHash();
-
-        Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
-        AutoDelete delTmp(tmpDir);
-        Path hashFile = tmpDir + "/hash";
-        writeFile(hashFile, printHash(hash));
-
-        Path secretKey = settings.nixConfDir + "/signing-key.sec";
-        checkSecrecy(secretKey);
-
-        Strings args;
-        args.push_back("rsautl");
-        args.push_back("-sign");
-        args.push_back("-inkey");
-        args.push_back(secretKey);
-        args.push_back("-in");
-        args.push_back(hashFile);
-        string signature = runProgram(OPENSSL_PATH, true, args);
-
-        hashAndWriteSink << 1 << signature;
-
-    } else
-        hashAndWriteSink << 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1129,7 +1095,7 @@ Path LocalStore::createTempDirInStore()
 }
 
 
-Path LocalStore::importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
+Path LocalStore::importPath(Source & source)
 {
     HashAndReadSource hashAndReadSource(source);
 
@@ -1160,36 +1126,9 @@ Path LocalStore::importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
 
     bool haveSignature = readInt(hashAndReadSource) == 1;
 
-    if (requireSignature && !haveSignature)
+    if (haveSignature)
-        throw Error(format("imported archive of ‘%1%’ lacks a signature") % dstPath);
+        // Ignore legacy signature.
-
+        readString(hashAndReadSource);
-    if (haveSignature) {
-        string signature = readString(hashAndReadSource);
-
-        if (requireSignature) {
-            Path sigFile = tmpDir + "/sig";
-            writeFile(sigFile, signature);
-
-            Strings args;
-            args.push_back("rsautl");
-            args.push_back("-verify");
-            args.push_back("-inkey");
-            args.push_back(settings.nixConfDir + "/signing-key.pub");
-            args.push_back("-pubin");
-            args.push_back("-in");
-            args.push_back(sigFile);
-            string hash2 = runProgram(OPENSSL_PATH, true, args);
-
-            /* Note: runProgram() throws an exception if the signature
-               is invalid. */
-
-            if (printHash(hash) != hash2)
-                throw Error(
-                    "signed hash doesn't match actual contents of imported "
-                    "archive; archive could be corrupt, or someone is trying "
-                    "to import a Trojan horse");
-        }
-    }
 
     /* Do the actual import. */
 
@@ -1239,7 +1178,7 @@ Path LocalStore::importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
 }
 
 
-Paths LocalStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+Paths LocalStore::importPaths(Source & source,
     std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor)
 {
     Paths res;
@@ -1247,7 +1186,7 @@ Paths LocalStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
         unsigned long long n = readLongLong(source);
         if (n == 0) break;
         if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by ‘nix-store --export’");
-        res.push_back(importPath(requireSignature, source));
+        res.push_back(importPath(source));
     }
     return res;
 }

src/libstore/local-store.hh

@@ -126,10 +126,9 @@ public:
     Path addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
         const PathSet & references, bool repair = false) override;
 
-    void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+    void exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) override;
-        Sink & sink) override;
 
-    Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+    Paths importPaths(Source & source,
         std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override;
 
     void buildPaths(const PathSet & paths, BuildMode buildMode) override;
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ private:
 
     Path createTempDirInStore();
 
-    Path importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source);
+    Path importPath(Source & source);
 
     void checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation & drv);
 

src/libstore/remote-store.cc

@@ -373,23 +373,20 @@ Path RemoteStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
 }
 
 
-void RemoteStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+void RemoteStore::exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink)
-    Sink & sink)
 {
     auto conn(connections->get());
-    conn->to << wopExportPath << path << (sign ? 1 : 0);
+    conn->to << wopExportPath << path << 0;
     conn->processStderr(&sink); /* sink receives the actual data */
     readInt(conn->from);
 }
 
 
-Paths RemoteStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+Paths RemoteStore::importPaths(Source & source,
     std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor)
 {
     auto conn(connections->get());
     conn->to << wopImportPaths;
-    /* We ignore requireSignature, since the worker forces it to true
-       anyway. */
     conn->processStderr(0, &source);
     return readStorePaths<Paths>(conn->from);
 }

src/libstore/remote-store.hh

@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ public:
     Path addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
         const PathSet & references, bool repair = false) override;
 
-    void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+    void exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) override;
-        Sink & sink) override;
 
-    Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+    Paths importPaths(Source & source,
         std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override;
 
     void buildPaths(const PathSet & paths, BuildMode buildMode) override;

src/libstore/store-api.cc

@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ void copyStorePath(ref<Store> srcStore, ref<Store> dstStore,
     auto info = srcStore->queryPathInfo(storePath);
 
     StringSink sink;
-    srcStore->exportPaths({storePath}, false, sink);
+    srcStore->exportPaths({storePath}, sink);
 
     StringSource source(*sink.s);
-    dstStore->importPaths(false, source, 0);
+    dstStore->importPaths(source, 0);
 }
 
 
@@ -406,12 +406,11 @@ string showPaths(const PathSet & paths)
 }
 
 
-void Store::exportPaths(const Paths & paths,
+void Store::exportPaths(const Paths & paths, Sink & sink)
-    bool sign, Sink & sink)
 {
     for (auto & i : paths) {
         sink << 1;
-        exportPath(i, sign, sink);
+        exportPath(i, sink);
     }
     sink << 0;
 }

src/libstore/store-api.hh

@@ -270,21 +270,18 @@ public:
     virtual void narFromPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) = 0;
 
     /* Export a store path, that is, create a NAR dump of the store
-       path and append its references and its deriver.  Optionally, a
+       path and append its references and its deriver. */
-       cryptographic signature (created by OpenSSL) of the preceding
+    virtual void exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) = 0;
-       data is attached. */
-    virtual void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
-        Sink & sink) = 0;
 
     /* Export multiple paths in the format expected by ‘nix-store
        --import’. */
-    void exportPaths(const Paths & paths, bool sign, Sink & sink);
+    void exportPaths(const Paths & paths, Sink & sink);
 
     /* Import a sequence of NAR dumps created by exportPaths() into
        the Nix store. Optionally, the contents of the NARs are
        preloaded into the specified FS accessor to speed up subsequent
        access. */
-    virtual Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source,
+    virtual Paths importPaths(Source & source,
         std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) = 0;
 
     /* For each path, if it's a derivation, build it.  Building a

src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc

@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@ static void performOp(ref<LocalStore> store, bool trusted, unsigned int clientVe
 
     case wopExportPath: {
         Path path = readStorePath(from);
-        bool sign = readInt(from) == 1;
+        readInt(from); // obsolete
         startWork();
         TunnelSink sink(to);
-        store->exportPath(path, sign, sink);
+        store->exportPath(path, sink);
         stopWork();
         to << 1;
         break;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void performOp(ref<LocalStore> store, bool trusted, unsigned int clientVe
     case wopImportPaths: {
         startWork();
         TunnelSource source(from);
-        Paths paths = store->importPaths(!trusted, source, 0);
+        Paths paths = store->importPaths(source, 0);
         stopWork();
         to << paths;
         break;

src/nix-store/nix-store.cc

@@ -699,29 +699,25 @@ static void opRestore(Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
 
 static void opExport(Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
 {
-    bool sign = false;
     for (auto & i : opFlags)
-        if (i == "--sign") sign = true;
+        throw UsageError(format("unknown flag ‘%1%’") % i);
-        else throw UsageError(format("unknown flag ‘%1%’") % i);
 
     FdSink sink(STDOUT_FILENO);
     Paths sorted = store->topoSortPaths(PathSet(opArgs.begin(), opArgs.end()));
     reverse(sorted.begin(), sorted.end());
-    store->exportPaths(sorted, sign, sink);
+    store->exportPaths(sorted, sink);
 }
 
 
 static void opImport(Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
 {
-    bool requireSignature = false;
     for (auto & i : opFlags)
-        if (i == "--require-signature") requireSignature = true;
+        throw UsageError(format("unknown flag ‘%1%’") % i);
-        else throw UsageError(format("unknown flag ‘%1%’") % i);
 
     if (!opArgs.empty()) throw UsageError("no arguments expected");
 
     FdSource source(STDIN_FILENO);
-    Paths paths = store->importPaths(requireSignature, source, 0);
+    Paths paths = store->importPaths(source, 0);
 
     for (auto & i : paths)
         cout << format("%1%\n") % i << std::flush;
@@ -909,16 +905,16 @@ static void opServe(Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
 
             case cmdImportPaths: {
                 if (!writeAllowed) throw Error("importing paths is not allowed");
-                store->importPaths(false, in, 0);
+                store->importPaths(in, 0);
                 out << 1; // indicate success
                 break;
             }
 
             case cmdExportPaths: {
-                bool sign = readInt(in);
+                readInt(in); // obsolete
                 Paths sorted = store->topoSortPaths(readStorePaths<PathSet>(in));
                 reverse(sorted.begin(), sorted.end());
-                store->exportPaths(sorted, sign, out);
+                store->exportPaths(sorted, out);
                 break;
             }