Implement registering with shared secret.

synapse/api/constants.py

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class LoginType(object):
     EMAIL_IDENTITY = u"m.login.email.identity"
     RECAPTCHA = u"m.login.recaptcha"
     APPLICATION_SERVICE = u"m.login.application_service"
+    SHARED_SECRET = u"org.matrix.login.shared_secret"
 
 
 class EventTypes(object):

synapse/config/registration.py

@@ -15,23 +15,37 @@
 
 from ._base import Config
 
+from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string_with_symbols
+
 
 class RegistrationConfig(Config):
 
     def __init__(self, args):
         super(RegistrationConfig, self).__init__(args)
         self.disable_registration = args.disable_registration
+        self.registration_shared_secret = args.registration_shared_secret
 
     @classmethod
     def add_arguments(cls, parser):
         super(RegistrationConfig, cls).add_arguments(parser)
         reg_group = parser.add_argument_group("registration")
+
         reg_group.add_argument(
             "--disable-registration",
-            action='store_true',
-            help="Disable registration of new users."
+            action='store_const',
+            const=True,
+            help="Disable registration of new users.",
+        )
+        reg_group.add_argument(
+            "--registration-shared-secret", type=str,
+            help="If set, allows registration by anyone who also has the shared"
+                 " secret, even if registration is otherwise disabled.",
         )
 
     @classmethod
     def generate_config(cls, args, config_dir_path):
-        args.disable_registration = True
+        if args.disable_registration is None:
+            args.disable_registration = True
+
+        if args.registration_shared_secret is None:
+            args.registration_shared_secret= random_string_with_symbols(50)

synapse/rest/client/v1/register.py

@@ -110,14 +110,22 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
             login_type = register_json["type"]
 
             is_application_server = login_type == LoginType.APPLICATION_SERVICE
-            if self.disable_registration and not is_application_server:
+            is_using_shared_secret = login_type == LoginType.SHARED_SECRET
+
+            can_register = (
+                not self.disable_registration
+                or is_application_server
+                or is_using_shared_secret
+            )
+            if not can_register:
                 raise SynapseError(403, "Registration has been disabled")
 
             stages = {
                 LoginType.RECAPTCHA: self._do_recaptcha,
                 LoginType.PASSWORD: self._do_password,
                 LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY: self._do_email_identity,
-                LoginType.APPLICATION_SERVICE: self._do_app_service
+                LoginType.APPLICATION_SERVICE: self._do_app_service,
+                LoginType.SHARED_SECRET: self._do_shared_secret,
             }
 
             session_info = self._get_session_info(request, session)
@@ -304,6 +312,51 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
             "home_server": self.hs.hostname,
         })
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _do_shared_secret(self, request, register_json, session):
+        yield run_on_reactor()
+
+        if "mac" not in register_json:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Expected mac.")
+        if "user" not in register_json:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Expected 'user' key.")
+        if "password" not in register_json:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Expected 'password' key.")
+
+        if not self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Shared secret registration is not enabled")
+
+        user = register_json["user"].encode("utf-8")
+
+        # str() because otherwise hmac complains that 'unicode' does not
+        # have the buffer interface
+        got_mac = str(register_json["mac"])
+
+        want_mac = hmac.new(
+            key=self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret,
+            msg=user,
+            digestmod=sha1,
+        ).hexdigest()
+
+        password = register_json["password"].encode("utf-8")
+
+        if compare_digest(want_mac, got_mac):
+            handler = self.handlers.registration_handler
+            user_id, token = yield handler.register(
+                localpart=user,
+                password=password,
+            )
+            self._remove_session(session)
+            defer.returnValue({
+                "user_id": user_id,
+                "access_token": token,
+                "home_server": self.hs.hostname,
+            })
+        else:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "HMAC incorrect",
+            )
+
 
 def _parse_json(request):
     try:

synapse/util/stringutils.py

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 import random
 import string
 
+_string_with_symbols = (
+    string.digits + string.ascii_letters + ".,;:^&*-_+=#~@"
+)
+
 
 def origin_from_ucid(ucid):
     return ucid.split("@", 1)[1]
@@ -23,3 +27,9 @@ def origin_from_ucid(ucid):
 
 def random_string(length):
     return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for _ in xrange(length))
+
+
+def random_string_with_symbols(length):
+    return ''.join(
+        random.choice(_string_with_symbols) for _ in xrange(length)
+    )