SecurityPolicy Plugin API

typedef struct {
    UA_String uri;

    /* Verifies the signature of the message using the provided keys in the
     * context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The channelContext that contains the key to verify
     *        the supplied message with.
     * @param message The message to which the signature is supposed to belong.
     * @param signature The signature of the message, that should be verified. */
    UA_StatusCode (*verify)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                            void *channelContext, const UA_ByteString *message,
                            const UA_ByteString *signature);

    /* Signs the given message using this policys signing algorithm and the
     * provided keys in the context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The channelContext that contains the key to sign
     *        the supplied message with.
     * @param message The message to sign.
     * @param signature An output buffer to which the signature is written. The
     *        buffer needs to be allocated by the caller. The necessary size can
     *        be acquired with the signatureSize attribute of this module. */
    UA_StatusCode (*sign)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                          void *channelContext, const UA_ByteString *message,
                          UA_ByteString *signature);

    /* Gets the signature size that depends on the local (private) key.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The channelContext that contains the
     *        certificate/key.
     * @return The size of the local signature. Returns 0 if no local
     *         certificate was set. */
    size_t (*getLocalSignatureSize)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                    const void *channelContext);

    /* Gets the signature size that depends on the remote (public) key.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The size of the remote signature. Returns 0 if no
     *         remote certificate was set previousely. */
    size_t (*getRemoteSignatureSize)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                     const void *channelContext);

    /* Gets the local signing key length.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The length of the signing key in bytes. Returns 0 if no length
     *         can be found. */
    size_t (*getLocalKeyLength)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                const void *channelContext);

    /* Gets the local signing key length.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The length of the signing key in bytes. Returns 0 if no length
     *         can be found. */
    size_t (*getRemoteKeyLength)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                 const void *channelContext);
} UA_SecurityPolicySignatureAlgorithm;

typedef struct {
    UA_String uri;

    /* Encrypt the given data in place. For asymmetric encryption, the block
     * size for plaintext and cypher depend on the remote key (certificate).
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The channelContext which contains information about
     *        the keys to encrypt data.
     * @param data The data that is encrypted. The encrypted data will overwrite
     *        the data that was supplied. */
    UA_StatusCode (*encrypt)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                             void *channelContext, UA_ByteString *data);

    /* Decrypts the given ciphertext in place. For asymmetric encryption, the
     * block size for plaintext and cypher depend on the local private key.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The channelContext which contains information about
     *        the keys needed to decrypt the message.
     * @param data The data to decrypt. The decryption is done in place. */
    UA_StatusCode (*decrypt)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                             void *channelContext, UA_ByteString *data);

    /* Returns the length of the key used to encrypt messages in bits. For
     * asymmetric encryption the key length is for the local private key.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The length of the local key. Returns 0 if no
     *         key length is known. */
    size_t (*getLocalKeyLength)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                const void *channelContext);

    /* Returns the length of the key to encrypt messages in bits. Depends on the
     * key (certificate) from the remote side.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The length of the remote key. Returns 0 if no
     *         key length is known. */
    size_t (*getRemoteKeyLength)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                 const void *channelContext);

    /* Returns the size of encrypted blocks for sending. For asymmetric
     * encryption this depends on the remote key (certificate). For symmetric
     * encryption the local and remote encrypted block size are identical.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The size of encrypted blocks in bytes. Returns 0 if no key length
     *         is known. */
    size_t (*getRemoteBlockSize)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                 const void *channelContext);

    /* Returns the size of plaintext blocks for sending. For asymmetric
     * encryption this depends on the remote key (certificate). For symmetric
     * encryption the local and remote plaintext block size are identical.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to retrieve data from.
     * @return The size of plaintext blocks in bytes. Returns 0 if no key length
     *         is known. */
    size_t (*getRemotePlainTextBlockSize)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                          const void *channelContext);
} UA_SecurityPolicyEncryptionAlgorithm;

typedef enum {
    UA_SECURITYPOLICYTYPE_NONE = 0,
    UA_SECURITYPOLICYTYPE_RSA = 1,
    UA_SECURITYPOLICYTYPE_ECC = 2
} UA_SecurityPolicyType;

struct UA_SecurityPolicy {
    void *policyContext;     /* Context data */
    const UA_Logger *logger; /* Logger to be used by the plugin */
    UA_String policyUri;     /* SecurityPolicyUri */

    /* Value indicating the crypto strength of the policy, with zero for
     * deprecated or none */
    UA_Byte securityLevel;

    /* For special handling of SecurityPolicies using ECC (Elliptic Curve
     * Cryptography) */
    UA_SecurityPolicyType policyType;

    /* The local certificate is specific for each SecurityPolicy since it
     * depends on the used key length. */
    UA_ByteString localCertificate;

    UA_NodeId certificateGroupId;
    UA_NodeId certificateTypeId;

    /* Function pointers grouped into modules */
    UA_SecurityPolicySignatureAlgorithm asymSignatureAlgorithm;
    UA_SecurityPolicyEncryptionAlgorithm asymEncryptionAlgorithm;
    UA_SecurityPolicySignatureAlgorithm symSignatureAlgorithm;
    UA_SecurityPolicyEncryptionAlgorithm symEncryptionAlgorithm;
    UA_SecurityPolicySignatureAlgorithm certSignatureAlgorithm;

    /* Create a new channel context. The caller needs to call delete on the
     * received object to free allocated memory. Memory is only allocated if the
     * function succeeds so there is no need to manually free the memory pointed
     * to by *channelContext or to call delete in case of failure.
     *
     * @param policy The policy for which the channelContext is created.
     * @param remoteCertificate The remote certificate contains the remote
     *        asymmetric key. The certificate will be verified and then stored
     *        in the context so that its details may be accessed.
     * @param channelContext The initialized channelContext that is passed to
     *        functions that work on a context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*newChannelContext)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                const UA_ByteString *remoteCertificate,
                                void **channelContext);

    /* Deletes the the channel context. */
    void (*deleteChannelContext)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                 void *channelContext);

    /* Sets the local encrypting key in the supplied context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to work on.
     * @param key The local encrypting key to store in the context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setLocalSymEncryptingKey)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                              void *channelContext,
                                              const UA_ByteString *key);

    /* Sets the local signing key in the supplied context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to work on.
     * @param key The local signing key to store in the context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setLocalSymSigningKey)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                           void *channelContext,
                                           const UA_ByteString *key);

    /* Sets the local initialization vector in the supplied context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to work on.
     * @param iv The local initialization vector to store in the context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setLocalSymIv)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                   void *channelContext,
                                   const UA_ByteString *iv);

    /* Sets the remote encrypting key in the supplied context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to work on.
     * @param key The remote encrypting key to store in the context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setRemoteSymEncryptingKey)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                               void *channelContext,
                                               const UA_ByteString *key);

    /* Sets the remote signing key in the supplied context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to work on.
     * @param key The remote signing key to store in the context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setRemoteSymSigningKey)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                            void *channelContext,
                                            const UA_ByteString *key);

    /* Sets the remote initialization vector in the supplied context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context to work on.
     * @param iv The remote initialization vector to store in the context. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setRemoteSymIv)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                    void *channelContext,
                                    const UA_ByteString *iv);

    /* Compares the supplied certificate with the remote certificate stored in
     * the channel context.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The channel context data that contains the
     *        certificate to compare to.
     * @param certificate The certificate to compare to the one stored in the context.
     * @return If the certificates match UA_STATUSCODE_GOOD is returned. If they
     *         don't match or an errror occurred an error code is returned. */
    UA_StatusCode (*compareCertificate)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                        const void *channelContext,
                                        const UA_ByteString *certificate);

    /* Generate the keys for symmetric encryption. For information on what
     * parameters this function receives in what situation, refer to the OPC UA
     * specification Part 6, "Deriving keys".
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context of the SecureChannel
     * @param secret Usually from the nonce. See part 6.
     * @param seed Usually from the nonce. See part 6.
     * @param out An output to write the data to. The length defines the maximum
     *        number of output bytes that are produced. */
    UA_StatusCode (*generateKey)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                 void *channelContext, const UA_ByteString *secret,
                                 const UA_ByteString *seed, UA_ByteString *out);

    /* Random generator for generating nonces.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param channelContext The context of the SecureChannel
     * @param out Pointer to a buffer to store the nonce in. Needs to be
     *        allocated by the caller. The buffer is filled with random data. */
    UA_StatusCode (*generateNonce)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                   void *channelContext, UA_ByteString *out);

    /* The length of the nonce used in the SecureChannel */
    size_t nonceLength;

    /* Generates a thumbprint for the specified certificate.
     *
     * @param policy The policy that generates the thumbprint.
     * @param certificate The certificate to make a thumbprint of.
     * @param thumbprint an output buffer for the resulting thumbprint. */
    UA_StatusCode (*makeCertThumbprint)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                        const UA_ByteString *certificate,
                                        UA_ByteString *thumbprint);

    /* Compares the supplied certificate with the certificate in the
     * SecurityPolicy context.
     *
     * @param policy The policy data that contains the certificate
     *        to compare to.
     * @param thumbprint The certificate thumbprint to compare to the one stored
     *        in the context.
     * @return If the thumbprints match UA_STATUSCODE_GOOD is returned. If they
     *         don't match or an error occurred an error code is returned. */
    UA_StatusCode (*compareCertThumbprint)(const UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                           const UA_ByteString *thumbprint);

    /* Updates the ApplicationInstanceCertificate and the corresponding private
     * key at runtime. This overwrites the localCertificate member of the
     * SecurityPolicy structure and updates the context internally. */
    UA_StatusCode (*updateCertificate)(UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                       const UA_ByteString certificate,
                                       const UA_ByteString privateKey);

    /* Creates a PKCS #10 DER encoded certificate request signed with the
     * server's private key.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to work on.
     * @param subjectName The subject name to use in the Certificate Request. If
     *        not specified the SubjectName from the current Certificate is
     *        used.
     * @param nonce Additional entropy that the caller can provide. It shall be
     *        at least 32 bytes long.
     * @param params A KeyVaue list that can be used for additional parameters
     *        later.
     * @param csr Returns the created CSR. If the passed byte string is not
     *        empty, nothing is created.
     * @param newPrivateKey Returns the private key if a new one needs to be
     *        generated. Alternatively, an existing key can be provided, which
     *        will be used as the CSR key in the security policy. This is
     *        necessary if the CSR was created under a different security policy
     *        and the current one only requires an update. */
    UA_StatusCode (*createSigningRequest)(UA_SecurityPolicy *policy,
                                          const UA_String *subjectName,
                                          const UA_ByteString *nonce,
                                          const UA_KeyValueMap *params,
                                          UA_ByteString *csr,
                                          UA_ByteString *newPrivateKey);

    /* Deletes the dynamic content of the policy */
    void (*clear)(UA_SecurityPolicy *policy);
};

PubSub SecurityPolicy

For PubSub encryption, the message nonce is part of the (unencrypted) SecurityHeader. The nonce is required for the de- and encryption and has to be set in the channel context before de/encrypting.

struct UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy;
typedef struct UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy;

struct UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy {
    void *policyContext;
    const UA_Logger *logger;

    UA_String policyUri; /* The policy uri that identifies the implemented
                          * algorithms */

    /* Create the context for the WriterGroup / ReaderGroup. The keys and nonce
     * can be NULL here. Then they have to be set before the first encryption or
     * signing operation. */
    UA_StatusCode (*newGroupContext)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                     const UA_ByteString *signingKey,
                                     const UA_ByteString *encryptingKey,
                                     const UA_ByteString *keyNonce,
                                     void **gContext);

    /* Delete the WriterGroup SecurityPolicy context */
    void (*deleteGroupContext)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy, void *gContext);

    /* See UA_SecurityPolicy for the following method signatures */

    UA_StatusCode (*verify)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                            void *gContext, const UA_ByteString *message,
                            const UA_ByteString *signature);

    UA_StatusCode (*sign)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                          void *gContext, const UA_ByteString *message,
                          UA_ByteString *signature);

    size_t (*getSignatureSize)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                               const void *gContext);

    size_t (*getSignatureKeyLength)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                    const void *gContext);

    size_t (*getEncryptionKeyLength)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                     const void *gContext);

    UA_StatusCode (*encrypt)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                             void *gContext, UA_ByteString *data);

    UA_StatusCode (*decrypt)(const UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                             void *gContext, UA_ByteString *data);

    /* Set the keys and nonce for the WriterGroup. This is returned from the
     * GetSecurityKeys method of a Security Key Service (SKS). Otherwise, set
     * manually via out-of-band transmission of the keys. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setSecurityKeys)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                     void *gContext,
                                     const UA_ByteString *signingKey,
                                     const UA_ByteString *encryptingKey,
                                     const UA_ByteString *keyNonce);

    /* Generate the keys for symmetric encryption.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param gContext The group context.
     * @param secret Usually from the nonce. See part 6.
     * @param seed Usually from the nonce. See part 6.
     * @param out An output to write the data to. The length defines the maximum
     *        number of output bytes that are produced. */
    UA_StatusCode (*generateKey)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                 void *gContext,
                                 const UA_ByteString *secret,
                                 const UA_ByteString *seed,
                                 UA_ByteString *out);

    /* Random generator for generating nonces.
     *
     * @param policy The SecurityPolicy to which the callback belongs.
     * @param wgContext The context of the SecureChannel
     * @param out Pointer to a buffer to store the nonce in. Needs to be
     *        allocated by the caller. The buffer is filled with random data. */
    UA_StatusCode (*generateNonce)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                   void *gContext, UA_ByteString *out);

    /* The length of the nonce used in the SecureChannel */
    size_t nonceLength;

    /* The nonce is contained in the NetworkMessage SecurityHeader. Set before
     * each en-/decryption step. */
    UA_StatusCode (*setMessageNonce)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy,
                                     void *gContext,
                                     const UA_ByteString *nonce);

    /* Deletes the dynamic content of the policy */
    void (*clear)(UA_PubSubSecurityPolicy *policy);
};