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Ian Graham Martinez 9204017cf1 Give each CA its own CRL path
A verifier that cached the CRL of an earlier CA would otherwise apply it to a re-minted one.
2026-10-22 11:00:59 -04:00
ian-at-strixandIan Graham Martinez 7cafa16cc4 Hold the CA key in the TPM on Windows (#9)
* Hold the CA key in the TPM on Windows

A non-exportable machine key in the TPM, or in software where there is
none, signs as the Secure Enclave key does on macOS.

* Require the TPM for the Windows CA key

A failure to open the TPM fell back to a software key, which minted a new CA
and kept it for good. Fail instead, as macOS does without a Secure Enclave.

* Use the windows crate for the TPM key

---------

Co-authored-by: Ian Graham Martinez <[email protected]>
2026-10-22 10:53:51 -04:00
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# Strix Firewall
Stops malicious packages before they install. When a package manager downloads a package, the firewall checks its name and version against Strix's denylist and [OSV](https://osv.dev) malware advisories, and fails the download if either flags it.
It covers npm, pnpm, bun, pip, uv, pipenv, pdm, cargo, gem and go.
## Install
**Command-line tool**, with any of:
```sh
brew install usestrix/tap/strix-firewall
curl -LsSf https://github.com/usestrix/firewall/releases/latest/download/strix-firewall-installer.sh | sh
cargo install strix-firewall
```
On Windows:
```powershell
powershell -c "irm https://github.com/usestrix/firewall/releases/latest/download/strix-firewall-installer.ps1 | iex"
```
From a clone, `cargo install --path core`.
**Whole-machine firewall** (macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon):
1. Build `Firewall.pkg` (see [Building the macOS app](#building-the-macos-app)) and open it.
2. Open **StrixFirewall** from Applications and click **Install**.
3. Approve the system extension, the network configuration and the certificate when macOS asks, then restart.
It then lives in the menu bar. To remove it, choose **Setup** from the menu and click **Uninstall**.
## Use
Put `firewall` in front of a package manager command:
```sh
firewall npm install left-pad
```
Or alias the manager so every install is checked:
```sh
alias npm='firewall npm'
```
The whole-machine firewall needs no setup: it checks downloads from every process.
## Configure
Settings come from an optional `config.json`; a file only needs the keys it changes:
```json
{
"min_age_hours": 24,
"allow": { "npm": [{ "name": "left-pad", "version": "1.3.0" }] }
}
```
| Key | Default | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `fail_open` | `true` | Allow a package when it could not be checked |
| `min_age_hours` | `0` | Hold back versions newer than this; 0 turns it off |
| `allow` | `{}` | Packages never screened, by ecosystem (`npm`, `pypi`, `cargo`, `gem`, `go`); every version when `version` is absent |
| `telemetry` | `true` | Send screening events, errors and a heartbeat to Strix |
| `port` | `8080` | Port for `firewall serve` |
The command-line tool reads `~/Library/Application Support/com.usestrix.firewall/config.json` on macOS and `~/.config/firewall/config.json` on Linux. On macOS, `/Library/Application Support/Firewall/config.json` overrides it key by key (allow lists add up), and is the only file the whole-machine firewall reads.
## Building the macOS app
It needs [XcodeGen](https://github.com/yonaskolb/XcodeGen), a Developer ID certificate, and Developer ID profiles for `com.usestrix.firewall` and `com.usestrix.firewall.extension`:
```sh
echo TEAM=<Apple team ID> > macos/.env
echo NOTARY_PROFILE=<notarytool keychain profile> >> macos/.env
macos/build.sh # builds and notarizes macos/build/Firewall.pkg
macos/build.sh debug # signs with Apple Development and skips notarization
```
## License
Apache 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
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"tracing",
"tracing-subscriber",
"which",
"windows",
]
[[package]]
@@ -3709,12 +3710,89 @@ version = "0.4.0"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
[[package]]
name = "windows"
version = "0.62.2"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "527fadee13e0c05939a6a05d5bd6eec6cd2e3dbd648b9f8e447c6518133d8580"
dependencies = [
"windows-collections",
"windows-core",
"windows-future",
"windows-numerics",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-collections"
version = "0.3.2"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "23b2d95af1a8a14a3c7367e1ed4fc9c20e0a26e79551b1454d72583c97cc6610"
dependencies = [
"windows-core",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-core"
version = "0.62.2"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "b8e83a14d34d0623b51dce9581199302a221863196a1dde71a7663a4c2be9deb"
dependencies = [
"windows-implement",
"windows-interface",
"windows-link",
"windows-result",
"windows-strings",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-future"
version = "0.3.2"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "e1d6f90251fe18a279739e78025bd6ddc52a7e22f921070ccdc67dde84c605cb"
dependencies = [
"windows-core",
"windows-link",
"windows-threading",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-implement"
version = "0.60.2"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "053e2e040ab57b9dc951b72c264860db7eb3b0200ba345b4e4c3b14f67855ddf"
dependencies = [
"proc-macro2",
"quote",
"syn 2.0.119",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-interface"
version = "0.59.3"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "3f316c4a2570ba26bbec722032c4099d8c8bc095efccdc15688708623367e358"
dependencies = [
"proc-macro2",
"quote",
"syn 2.0.119",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-link"
version = "0.2.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
[[package]]
name = "windows-numerics"
version = "0.3.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "6e2e40844ac143cdb44aead537bbf727de9b044e107a0f1220392177d15b0f26"
dependencies = [
"windows-core",
"windows-link",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-result"
version = "0.4.1"
@@ -3724,6 +3802,15 @@ dependencies = [
"windows-link",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-strings"
version = "0.5.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "7837d08f69c77cf6b07689544538e017c1bfcf57e34b4c0ff58e6c2cd3b37091"
dependencies = [
"windows-link",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-sys"
version = "0.52.0"
@@ -3758,6 +3845,15 @@ dependencies = [
"windows_x86_64_msvc",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows-threading"
version = "0.2.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "3949bd5b99cafdf1c7ca86b43ca564028dfe27d66958f2470940f73d86d75b37"
dependencies = [
"windows-link",
]
[[package]]
name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
version = "0.52.6"
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@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ path = "tests/age.rs"
name = "mitm"
path = "tests/mitm.rs"
[[test]]
name = "tpm"
path = "tests/tpm.rs"
[[test]]
name = "managers"
path = "tests/managers.rs"
@@ -79,6 +83,9 @@ rama = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["net-apple-networkextension"] }
security-framework = "3.7.0"
security-framework-sys = "2.17.0"
[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
windows = { version = "0.62", features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Security_Cryptography"] }
[dev-dependencies]
tokio = { version = "1.53.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
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use rama::error::BoxError;
use rama::tls::boring::core::sha::sha256;
use rama::tls::boring::core::x509::X509;
use rcgen::{
BasicConstraints, CertificateParams, CertificateRevocationListParams, DistinguishedName,
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ use rcgen::{
use std::sync::Arc;
use time::{Duration, OffsetDateTime};
/// Held in the Secure Enclave on macOS, in memory elsewhere.
/// Held in the Secure Enclave on macOS, the TPM on Windows, in memory elsewhere.
pub type CaSigner = Arc<dyn SigningKey + Send + Sync>;
pub struct CertificateAuthority {
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ impl CertificateAuthority {
(held == signer.subject_public_key_info()).then_some(ca)
}
/// Unique to this CA, so a verifier's cached CRL from an earlier one never applies to it.
pub fn crl_path(&self) -> String {
let digest = sha256(self.pem.as_bytes());
format!("/{}.crl", digest[..8].iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect::<String>())
}
fn new(pem: String) -> Result<Self, BoxError> {
Ok(Self { crt: X509::from_pem(pem.as_bytes())?, pem })
}
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#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
pub mod macos;
#[cfg(windows)]
pub mod windows;
#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
pub use macos::{system_config, uninstall};
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mod tpm;
pub use tpm::CaKey;
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use rama::error::BoxError;
use rama::tls::boring::core::bn::BigNum;
use rama::tls::boring::core::ecdsa::EcdsaSig;
use rama::tls::boring::core::sha::sha256;
use rcgen::{Error, PublicKeyData, SignatureAlgorithm, SigningKey, PKCS_ECDSA_P256_SHA256};
use windows::core::{Owned, Result as WinResult, HSTRING};
use windows::Win32::Foundation::{NTE_BAD_KEY, NTE_BAD_KEYSET};
use windows::Win32::Security::Cryptography::*;
const KEY_NAME: &str = "Strix Firewall CA";
/// A P-256 key held by the TPM. Signing asks the TPM to sign, so the private key never leaves it.
pub struct CaKey {
// Fields drop in order, so the key handle closes before its provider's.
key_handle: Owned<NCRYPT_KEY_HANDLE>,
_provider_handle: Owned<NCRYPT_PROV_HANDLE>,
/// 0x04 || X || Y, the form rcgen writes into a certificate's SubjectPublicKeyInfo.
public_point: Vec<u8>,
}
impl CaKey {
/// A machine key, so the service and an elevated installer share it.
pub fn load_or_create() -> Result<Self, BoxError> {
match open_key(KEY_NAME, NCRYPT_MACHINE_KEY_FLAG)? {
Some(key) => Ok(key),
None => Ok(create_key(KEY_NAME, NCRYPT_MACHINE_KEY_FLAG)?),
}
}
/// A per-user key under a random name, which needs no elevation; `delete_from_tpm` it after.
pub fn create_test_key() -> WinResult<Self> {
let name = format!("Strix Firewall test {:016x}", rand::random::<u64>());
create_key(&name, NCRYPT_FLAGS(0))
}
/// Deletes the key from the TPM, not just this handle to it.
pub fn delete_from_tpm(mut self) -> WinResult<()> {
// NCryptDeleteKey also frees the handle, so the Owned mustn't free it again.
let key_handle = std::mem::take(&mut *self.key_handle);
unsafe { NCryptDeleteKey(key_handle, 0) }
}
/// Takes both handles and reads the key's public point once, for rcgen.
fn from_handles(
provider_handle: Owned<NCRYPT_PROV_HANDLE>,
key_handle: Owned<NCRYPT_KEY_HANDLE>,
) -> WinResult<Self> {
// A BCRYPT_ECCKEY_BLOB header, then X and Y.
const HEADER_LEN: usize = size_of::<BCRYPT_ECCKEY_BLOB>();
let mut blob = [0u8; HEADER_LEN + 64];
let mut blob_len = 0;
unsafe {
NCryptExportKey(
*key_handle,
None,
BCRYPT_ECCPUBLIC_BLOB,
None,
Some(&mut blob),
&mut blob_len,
NCRYPT_FLAGS(0),
)?
};
let (header, x_and_y) = blob.split_at(HEADER_LEN);
let is_p256 = header[..4] == BCRYPT_ECDSA_PUBLIC_P256_MAGIC.to_le_bytes();
if !is_p256 || blob_len as usize != blob.len() {
return Err(windows::core::Error::new(NTE_BAD_KEY, "key is not an ECDSA P-256 key"));
}
let public_point = [&[0x04], x_and_y].concat();
Ok(CaKey { key_handle, _provider_handle: provider_handle, public_point })
}
}
impl PublicKeyData for CaKey {
fn der_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
&self.public_point
}
fn algorithm(&self) -> &'static SignatureAlgorithm {
&PKCS_ECDSA_P256_SHA256
}
}
impl SigningKey for CaKey {
fn sign(&self, msg: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
let mut r_and_s = [0u8; 64];
let mut signature_len = 0;
let signed = unsafe {
NCryptSignHash(
*self.key_handle,
None,
&sha256(msg),
Some(&mut r_and_s),
&mut signature_len,
NCRYPT_SILENT_FLAG,
)
};
signed.map_err(|_| Error::RemoteKeyError)?;
// NCrypt returns r || s, each half the length; X.509 wants DER SEQUENCE { r, s }.
let (r, s) = r_and_s[..signature_len as usize].split_at(signature_len as usize / 2);
let der = BigNum::from_slice(r)
.and_then(|r| EcdsaSig::from_private_components(r, BigNum::from_slice(s)?))
.and_then(|signature| signature.to_der());
der.map_err(|_| Error::RemoteKeyError)
}
}
/// `None` if the TPM holds no key by that name.
/// `scope` is `NCRYPT_MACHINE_KEY_FLAG`, or empty for the current user's keys.
fn open_key(name: &str, scope: NCRYPT_FLAGS) -> WinResult<Option<CaKey>> {
let provider_handle = open_tpm_provider()?;
let mut key_handle = NCRYPT_KEY_HANDLE::default();
let opened = unsafe {
NCryptOpenKey(
*provider_handle,
&mut key_handle,
&HSTRING::from(name),
CERT_KEY_SPEC::default(), // legacy, unused by the TPM provider
scope | NCRYPT_SILENT_FLAG,
)
};
match opened {
Err(error) if error.code() == NTE_BAD_KEYSET => Ok(None),
Err(error) => Err(error),
Ok(()) => CaKey::from_handles(provider_handle, unsafe { Owned::new(key_handle) }).map(Some),
}
}
/// Generates the key inside the TPM, which never lets it out.
fn create_key(name: &str, scope: NCRYPT_FLAGS) -> WinResult<CaKey> {
let provider_handle = open_tpm_provider()?;
let mut key_handle = NCRYPT_KEY_HANDLE::default();
unsafe {
NCryptCreatePersistedKey(
*provider_handle,
&mut key_handle,
NCRYPT_ECDSA_P256_ALGORITHM,
&HSTRING::from(name),
CERT_KEY_SPEC::default(), // legacy, unused by the TPM provider
scope,
)?
};
let key_handle = unsafe { Owned::new(key_handle) };
// Until finalized the key is only a handle; this generates and stores it.
unsafe { NCryptFinalizeKey(*key_handle, NCRYPT_SILENT_FLAG)? };
CaKey::from_handles(provider_handle, key_handle)
}
/// The Microsoft Platform Crypto Provider, which keeps its keys in the TPM.
fn open_tpm_provider() -> WinResult<Owned<NCRYPT_PROV_HANDLE>> {
let mut provider_handle = NCRYPT_PROV_HANDLE::default();
unsafe { NCryptOpenStorageProvider(&mut provider_handle, MS_PLATFORM_CRYPTO_PROVIDER, 0)? };
Ok(unsafe { Owned::new(provider_handle) })
}
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let crl = mitm::crl(&["registry.npmjs.org", "pypi.org"], &signer()).expect("sign a crl");
assert_eq!(crl[0], 0x30, "a DER SEQUENCE");
}
/// A re-minted CA must not inherit the old one's CRL from a verifier's cache.
#[test]
fn each_ca_names_its_own_crl() {
let signer = signer();
let npm = mitm::CertificateAuthority::generate(&["registry.npmjs.org"], &signer).expect("mint a ca");
let pypi = mitm::CertificateAuthority::generate(&["pypi.org"], &signer).expect("mint a ca");
assert_ne!(npm.crl_path(), pypi.crl_path());
}
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#![cfg(windows)]
use firewall::mitm::CertificateAuthority;
use firewall::os::windows::CaKey;
use rcgen::PublicKeyData;
/// Skipped on machines without a TPM.
#[test]
fn key_signs_a_verifiable_ca() {
let key = match CaKey::create_test_key() {
Ok(key) => key,
Err(error) => return eprintln!("skipping, no TPM key: {error}"),
};
let ca = CertificateAuthority::generate(&["registry.npmjs.org"], &key);
let spki = key.subject_public_key_info();
key.delete_from_tpm().expect("delete the test key");
let ca = ca.expect("mint a ca");
let public = ca.crt.public_key().expect("ca public key");
assert!(ca.crt.verify(&public).expect("verify the ca"));
assert_eq!(public.public_key_to_der().unwrap(), spki);
}