telemetry: Record TLS ClientHellos by hash of key of structured data

Also improve handling of disabled metrics, and record TLS ClientHello
in association with User-Agent

caddy/caddymain/run.go

@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ func Run() {
 
 	// initialize telemetry client
 	if enableTelemetry {
-		initTelemetry()
+		err := initTelemetry()
+		if err != nil {
+			mustLogFatalf("[ERROR] Initializing telemetry: %v", err)
+		}
 	} else if disabledMetrics != "" {
 		mustLogFatalf("[ERROR] Cannot disable specific metrics because telemetry is disabled")
 	}
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ func setCPU(cpu string) error {
 }
 
 // initTelemetry initializes the telemetry engine.
-func initTelemetry() {
+func initTelemetry() error {
 	uuidFilename := filepath.Join(caddy.AssetsPath(), "uuid")
 
 	newUUID := func() uuid.UUID {
@@ -329,7 +332,34 @@ func initTelemetry() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	telemetry.Init(id, strings.Split(disabledMetrics, ","))
+	// parse and check the list of disabled metrics
+	var disabledMetricsSlice []string
+	if len(disabledMetrics) > 0 {
+		if len(disabledMetrics) > 1024 {
+			// mitigate disk space exhaustion at the collection endpoint
+			return fmt.Errorf("too many metrics to disable")
+		}
+		disabledMetricsSlice = strings.Split(disabledMetrics, ",")
+		for i, metric := range disabledMetricsSlice {
+			if metric == "instance_id" || metric == "timestamp" || metric == "disabled_metrics" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("instance_id, timestamp, and disabled_metrics cannot be disabled")
+			}
+			if metric == "" {
+				disabledMetricsSlice = append(disabledMetricsSlice[:i], disabledMetricsSlice[i+1:]...)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// initialize telemetry
+	telemetry.Init(id, disabledMetricsSlice)
+
+	// if any metrics were disabled, report it
+	if len(disabledMetricsSlice) > 0 {
+		telemetry.Set("disabled_metrics", disabledMetricsSlice)
+		log.Printf("[NOTICE] The following telemetry metrics are disabled: %s", disabledMetrics)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 const appName = "Caddy"

caddyhttp/httpserver/mitm.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/mholt/caddy/caddytls"
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/telemetry"
 )
 
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ func (h *tlsHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	ua := r.Header.Get("User-Agent")
 
+	// report this request's UA in connection with this ClientHello
+	go telemetry.AppendUnique("tls_client_hello_ua:"+info.Key(), ua)
+
 	var checked, mitm bool
 	if r.Header.Get("X-BlueCoat-Via") != "" || // Blue Coat (masks User-Agent header to generic values)
 		r.Header.Get("X-FCCKV2") != "" || // Fortinet
@@ -207,6 +211,11 @@ func (c *clientHelloConn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	c.listener.helloInfos[c.Conn.RemoteAddr().String()] = rawParsed
 	c.listener.helloInfosMu.Unlock()
 
+	// report this ClientHello to telemetry
+	chKey := rawParsed.Key()
+	go telemetry.SetNested("tls_client_hello", chKey, rawParsed)
+	go telemetry.AppendUnique("tls_client_hello_count", chKey)
+
 	c.readHello = true
 	return
 }
@@ -227,6 +236,7 @@ func parseRawClientHello(data []byte) (info rawHelloInfo) {
 	if len(data) < 42 {
 		return
 	}
+	info.Version = uint16(data[4])<<8 | uint16(data[5])
 	sessionIDLen := int(data[38])
 	if sessionIDLen > 32 || len(data) < 39+sessionIDLen {
 		return
@@ -243,9 +253,9 @@ func parseRawClientHello(data []byte) (info rawHelloInfo) {
 	}
 	numCipherSuites := cipherSuiteLen / 2
 	// read in the cipher suites
-	info.cipherSuites = make([]uint16, numCipherSuites)
+	info.CipherSuites = make([]uint16, numCipherSuites)
 	for i := 0; i < numCipherSuites; i++ {
-		info.cipherSuites[i] = uint16(data[2+2*i])<<8 | uint16(data[3+2*i])
+		info.CipherSuites[i] = uint16(data[2+2*i])<<8 | uint16(data[3+2*i])
 	}
 	data = data[2+cipherSuiteLen:]
 	if len(data) < 1 {
@@ -256,7 +266,7 @@ func parseRawClientHello(data []byte) (info rawHelloInfo) {
 	if len(data) < 1+compressionMethodsLen {
 		return
 	}
-	info.compressionMethods = data[1 : 1+compressionMethodsLen]
+	info.CompressionMethods = data[1 : 1+compressionMethodsLen]
 
 	data = data[1+compressionMethodsLen:]
 
@@ -284,7 +294,7 @@ func parseRawClientHello(data []byte) (info rawHelloInfo) {
 		}
 
 		// record that the client advertised support for this extension
-		info.extensions = append(info.extensions, extension)
+		info.Extensions = append(info.Extensions, extension)
 
 		switch extension {
 		case extensionSupportedCurves:
@@ -297,10 +307,10 @@ func parseRawClientHello(data []byte) (info rawHelloInfo) {
 				return
 			}
 			numCurves := l / 2
-			info.curves = make([]tls.CurveID, numCurves)
+			info.Curves = make([]tls.CurveID, numCurves)
 			d := data[2:]
 			for i := 0; i < numCurves; i++ {
-				info.curves[i] = tls.CurveID(d[0])<<8 | tls.CurveID(d[1])
+				info.Curves[i] = tls.CurveID(d[0])<<8 | tls.CurveID(d[1])
 				d = d[2:]
 			}
 		case extensionSupportedPoints:
@@ -312,8 +322,8 @@ func parseRawClientHello(data []byte) (info rawHelloInfo) {
 			if length != l+1 {
 				return
 			}
-			info.points = make([]uint8, l)
-			copy(info.points, data[1:])
+			info.Points = make([]uint8, l)
+			copy(info.Points, data[1:])
 		}
 
 		data = data[length:]
@@ -364,18 +374,12 @@ func (l *tlsHelloListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
 // by Durumeric, Halderman, et. al. in
 // "The Security Impact of HTTPS Interception":
 // https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/interception-ndss17.pdf
-type rawHelloInfo struct {
-	cipherSuites       []uint16
-	extensions         []uint16
-	compressionMethods []byte
-	curves             []tls.CurveID
-	points             []uint8
-}
+type rawHelloInfo struct{ caddytls.ClientHelloInfo }
 
 // advertisesHeartbeatSupport returns true if info indicates
 // that the client supports the Heartbeat extension.
 func (info rawHelloInfo) advertisesHeartbeatSupport() bool {
-	for _, ext := range info.extensions {
+	for _, ext := range info.Extensions {
 		if ext == extensionHeartbeat {
 			return true
 		}
@@ -398,31 +402,31 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeFirefox() bool {
 	// Note: Firefox 55+ doesn't appear to advertise 0xFF03 (65283, short headers). It used to be between 5 and 13.
 	// Note: Firefox on Fedora (or RedHat) doesn't include ECC suites because of patent liability.
 	requiredExtensionsOrder := []uint16{23, 65281, 10, 11, 35, 16, 5, 13}
-	if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrder, info.extensions, true) {
+	if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrder, info.Extensions, true) {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	// We check for both presence of curves and their ordering.
 	requiredCurves := []tls.CurveID{29, 23, 24, 25}
-	if len(info.curves) < len(requiredCurves) {
+	if len(info.Curves) < len(requiredCurves) {
 		return false
 	}
 	for i := range requiredCurves {
-		if info.curves[i] != requiredCurves[i] {
+		if info.Curves[i] != requiredCurves[i] {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
-	if len(info.curves) > len(requiredCurves) {
+	if len(info.Curves) > len(requiredCurves) {
 		// newer Firefox (55 Nightly?) may have additional curves at end of list
 		allowedCurves := []tls.CurveID{256, 257}
 		for i := range allowedCurves {
-			if info.curves[len(requiredCurves)+i] != allowedCurves[i] {
+			if info.Curves[len(requiredCurves)+i] != allowedCurves[i] {
 				return false
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.cipherSuites) {
+	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.CipherSuites) {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -449,7 +453,7 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeFirefox() bool {
 		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,            // 0x35
 		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,           // 0xa
 	}
-	return assertPresenceAndOrdering(expectedCipherSuiteOrder, info.cipherSuites, false)
+	return assertPresenceAndOrdering(expectedCipherSuiteOrder, info.CipherSuites, false)
 }
 
 // looksLikeChrome returns true if info looks like a handshake
@@ -490,20 +494,20 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeChrome() bool {
 		TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA:            {}, // 0x33
 		TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA:            {}, // 0x39
 	}
-	for _, ext := range info.cipherSuites {
+	for _, ext := range info.CipherSuites {
 		if _, ok := chromeCipherExclusions[ext]; ok {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Chrome does not include curve 25 (CurveP521) (as of Chrome 56, Feb. 2017).
-	for _, curve := range info.curves {
+	for _, curve := range info.Curves {
 		if curve == 25 {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !hasGreaseCiphers(info.cipherSuites) {
+	if !hasGreaseCiphers(info.CipherSuites) {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -521,19 +525,19 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeEdge() bool {
 	// More specifically, the OCSP status request extension appears
 	// *directly* before the other two extensions, which occur in that
 	// order. (I contacted the authors for clarification and verified it.)
-	for i, ext := range info.extensions {
+	for i, ext := range info.Extensions {
 		if ext == extensionOCSPStatusRequest {
-			if len(info.extensions) <= i+2 {
+			if len(info.Extensions) <= i+2 {
 				return false
 			}
-			if info.extensions[i+1] != extensionSupportedCurves ||
-				info.extensions[i+2] != extensionSupportedPoints {
+			if info.Extensions[i+1] != extensionSupportedCurves ||
+				info.Extensions[i+2] != extensionSupportedPoints {
 				return false
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, cs := range info.cipherSuites {
+	for _, cs := range info.CipherSuites {
 		// As of Feb. 2017, Edge does not have 0xff, but Avast adds it
 		if cs == scsvRenegotiation {
 			return false
@@ -544,7 +548,7 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeEdge() bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.cipherSuites) {
+	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.CipherSuites) {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -570,23 +574,23 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeSafari() bool {
 
 	// We check for the presence and order of the extensions.
 	requiredExtensionsOrder := []uint16{10, 11, 13, 13172, 16, 5, 18, 23}
-	if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrder, info.extensions, true) {
+	if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrder, info.Extensions, true) {
 		// Safari on iOS 11 (beta) uses different set/ordering of extensions
 		requiredExtensionsOrderiOS11 := []uint16{65281, 0, 23, 13, 5, 13172, 18, 16, 11, 10}
-		if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrderiOS11, info.extensions, true) {
+		if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrderiOS11, info.Extensions, true) {
 			return false
 		}
 	} else {
 		// For these versions of Safari, expect TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV first.
-		if len(info.cipherSuites) < 1 {
+		if len(info.CipherSuites) < 1 {
 			return false
 		}
-		if info.cipherSuites[0] != scsvRenegotiation {
+		if info.CipherSuites[0] != scsvRenegotiation {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.cipherSuites) {
+	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.CipherSuites) {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -611,19 +615,19 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeSafari() bool {
 		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,            // 0x35
 		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,            // 0x2f
 	}
-	return assertPresenceAndOrdering(expectedCipherSuiteOrder, info.cipherSuites, true)
+	return assertPresenceAndOrdering(expectedCipherSuiteOrder, info.CipherSuites, true)
 }
 
 // looksLikeTor returns true if the info looks like a ClientHello from Tor browser
 // (based on Firefox).
 func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeTor() bool {
 	requiredExtensionsOrder := []uint16{10, 11, 16, 5, 13}
-	if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrder, info.extensions, true) {
+	if !assertPresenceAndOrdering(requiredExtensionsOrder, info.Extensions, true) {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	// check for session tickets support; Tor doesn't support them to prevent tracking
-	for _, ext := range info.extensions {
+	for _, ext := range info.Extensions {
 		if ext == 35 {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -631,12 +635,12 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeTor() bool {
 
 	// We check for both presence of curves and their ordering, including
 	// an optional curve at the beginning (for Tor based on Firefox 52)
-	infoCurves := info.curves
-	if len(info.curves) == 4 {
-		if info.curves[0] != 29 {
+	infoCurves := info.Curves
+	if len(info.Curves) == 4 {
+		if info.Curves[0] != 29 {
 			return false
 		}
-		infoCurves = info.curves[1:]
+		infoCurves = info.Curves[1:]
 	}
 	requiredCurves := []tls.CurveID{23, 24, 25}
 	if len(infoCurves) < len(requiredCurves) {
@@ -648,7 +652,7 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeTor() bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.cipherSuites) {
+	if hasGreaseCiphers(info.CipherSuites) {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -675,7 +679,7 @@ func (info rawHelloInfo) looksLikeTor() bool {
 		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,            // 0x35
 		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,           // 0xa
 	}
-	return assertPresenceAndOrdering(expectedCipherSuiteOrder, info.cipherSuites, false)
+	return assertPresenceAndOrdering(expectedCipherSuiteOrder, info.CipherSuites, false)
 }
 
 // assertPresenceAndOrdering will return true if candidateList contains

caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin.go

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ func init() {
 	caddy.RegisterParsingCallback(serverType, "root", hideCaddyfile)
 	caddy.RegisterParsingCallback(serverType, "tls", activateHTTPS)
 	caddytls.RegisterConfigGetter(serverType, func(c *caddy.Controller) *caddytls.Config { return GetConfig(c).TLS })
+
+	// disable the caddytls package reporting ClientHellos
+	// to telemetry, since our MITM detector does this but
+	// with more information than the standard lib provides
+	// (as of May 2018)
+	caddytls.ClientHelloTelemetry = false
 }
 
 // hideCaddyfile hides the source/origin Caddyfile if it is within the

caddyhttp/httpserver/server.go

@@ -349,8 +349,12 @@ func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// TODO: Somehow report UA string in conjunction with TLS handshake, if any (and just once per connection)
-	go telemetry.AppendUnique("http_user_agent", r.Header.Get("User-Agent"))
+	// record the User-Agent string (with a cap on its length to mitigate attacks)
+	ua := r.Header.Get("User-Agent")
+	if len(ua) > 512 {
+		ua = ua[:512]
+	}
+	go telemetry.AppendUnique("http_user_agent", ua)
 	go telemetry.Increment("http_request_count")
 
 	// copy the original, unchanged URL into the context

caddytls/crypto.go

@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func standaloneTLSTicketKeyRotation(c *tls.Config, ticker *time.Ticker, exitChan
 // Do not use this for cryptographic purposes.
 func fastHash(input []byte) string {
 	h := fnv.New32a()
-	h.Write([]byte(input))
+	h.Write(input)
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum32())
 }
 

caddytls/handshake.go

@@ -99,25 +99,23 @@ func (cg configGroup) GetConfigForClient(clientHello *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls
 //
 // This method is safe for use as a tls.Config.GetCertificate callback.
 func (cfg *Config) GetCertificate(clientHello *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
-	// TODO: We need to collect this in a heavily de-duplicating way
-	// It would also be nice to associate a handshake with the UA string (but that is only for HTTP server type)
-	// go telemetry.Append("tls_client_hello", struct {
-	// 	NoSNI             bool                  `json:"no_sni,omitempty"`
-	// 	CipherSuites      []uint16              `json:"cipher_suites,omitempty"`
-	// 	SupportedCurves   []tls.CurveID         `json:"curves,omitempty"`
-	// 	SupportedPoints   []uint8               `json:"points,omitempty"`
-	// 	SignatureSchemes  []tls.SignatureScheme `json:"sig_scheme,omitempty"`
-	// 	ALPN              []string              `json:"alpn,omitempty"`
-	// 	SupportedVersions []uint16              `json:"versions,omitempty"`
-	// }{
-	// 	NoSNI:             clientHello.ServerName == "",
-	// 	CipherSuites:      clientHello.CipherSuites,
-	// 	SupportedCurves:   clientHello.SupportedCurves,
-	// 	SupportedPoints:   clientHello.SupportedPoints,
-	// 	SignatureSchemes:  clientHello.SignatureSchemes,
-	// 	ALPN:              clientHello.SupportedProtos,
-	// 	SupportedVersions: clientHello.SupportedVersions,
-	// })
+	if ClientHelloTelemetry {
+		// If no other plugin (such as the HTTP server type) is implementing ClientHello telemetry, we do it.
+		// NOTE: The values in the Go standard lib's ClientHelloInfo aren't guaranteed to be in order.
+		info := ClientHelloInfo{
+			Version:                   clientHello.SupportedVersions[0], // report the highest
+			CipherSuites:              clientHello.CipherSuites,
+			ExtensionsUnknown:         true, // no extension info... :(
+			CompressionMethodsUnknown: true, // no compression methods... :(
+			Curves: clientHello.SupportedCurves,
+			Points: clientHello.SupportedPoints,
+			// We also have, but do not yet use: SignatureSchemes, ServerName, and SupportedProtos (ALPN)
+			// because the standard lib parses some extensions, but our MITM detector generally doesn't.
+		}
+		go telemetry.SetNested("tls_client_hello", info.Key(), info)
+	}
+
+	// get the certificate and serve it up
 	cert, err := cfg.getCertDuringHandshake(strings.ToLower(clientHello.ServerName), true, true)
 	if err == nil {
 		go telemetry.Increment("tls_handshake_count") // TODO: This is a "best guess" for now, we need something listener-level
@@ -487,6 +485,42 @@ func (cfg *Config) renewDynamicCertificate(name string, currentCert Certificate)
 	return cfg.getCertDuringHandshake(name, true, false)
 }
 
+// ClientHelloInfo is our own version of the standard lib's
+// tls.ClientHelloInfo. As of May 2018, any fields populated
+// by the Go standard library are not guaranteed to have their
+// values in the original order as on the wire.
+type ClientHelloInfo struct {
+	Version            uint16        `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	CipherSuites       []uint16      `json:"cipher_suites,omitempty"`
+	Extensions         []uint16      `json:"extensions,omitempty"`
+	CompressionMethods []byte        `json:"compression,omitempty"`
+	Curves             []tls.CurveID `json:"curves,omitempty"`
+	Points             []uint8       `json:"points,omitempty"`
+
+	// Whether a couple of fields are unknown; if not, the key will encode
+	// differently to reflect that, as opposed to being known empty values.
+	// (some fields may be unknown depending on what package is being used;
+	// i.e. the Go standard lib doesn't expose some things)
+	// (very important to NOT encode these to JSON)
+	ExtensionsUnknown         bool `json:"-"`
+	CompressionMethodsUnknown bool `json:"-"`
+}
+
+// Key returns a standardized string form of the data in info,
+// useful for identifying duplicates.
+func (info ClientHelloInfo) Key() string {
+	extensions, compressionMethods := "?", "?"
+	if !info.ExtensionsUnknown {
+		extensions = fmt.Sprintf("%x", info.Extensions)
+	}
+	if !info.CompressionMethodsUnknown {
+		compressionMethods = fmt.Sprintf("%x", info.CompressionMethods)
+	}
+	return fastHash([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%x-%x-%s-%s-%x-%x",
+		info.Version, info.CipherSuites, extensions,
+		compressionMethods, info.Curves, info.Points)))
+}
+
 // obtainCertWaitChans is used to coordinate obtaining certs for each hostname.
 var obtainCertWaitChans = make(map[string]chan struct{})
 var obtainCertWaitChansMu sync.Mutex
@@ -501,3 +535,8 @@ var failedIssuanceMu sync.RWMutex
 // If this value is recent, do not make any on-demand certificate requests.
 var lastIssueTime time.Time
 var lastIssueTimeMu sync.Mutex
+
+// ClientHelloTelemetry determines whether to report
+// TLS ClientHellos to telemetry. Disable if doing
+// it from a different package.
+var ClientHelloTelemetry = true

telemetry/collection.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package telemetry
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
@@ -117,17 +118,58 @@ func Set(key string, val interface{}) {
 		return
 	}
 	bufferMu.Lock()
+	if _, ok := buffer[key]; !ok {
 		if bufferItemCount >= maxBufferItems {
 			bufferMu.Unlock()
 			return
 		}
-	if _, ok := buffer[key]; !ok {
 		bufferItemCount++
 	}
 	buffer[key] = val
 	bufferMu.Unlock()
 }
 
+// SetNested puts a value in the buffer to be included
+// in the next emission, nested under the top-level key
+// as subkey. It overwrites any previous value.
+//
+// This function is safe for multiple goroutines,
+// and it is recommended to call this using the
+// go keyword after the call to SendHello so it
+// doesn't block crucial code.
+func SetNested(key, subkey string, val interface{}) {
+	if !enabled || isDisabled(key) {
+		return
+	}
+	bufferMu.Lock()
+	if topLevel, ok1 := buffer[key]; ok1 {
+		topLevelMap, ok2 := topLevel.(map[string]interface{})
+		if !ok2 {
+			bufferMu.Unlock()
+			log.Printf("[PANIC] Telemetry: key %s is already used for non-nested-map value", key)
+			return
+		}
+		if _, ok3 := topLevelMap[subkey]; !ok3 {
+			// don't exceed max buffer size
+			if bufferItemCount >= maxBufferItems {
+				bufferMu.Unlock()
+				return
+			}
+			bufferItemCount++
+		}
+		topLevelMap[subkey] = val
+	} else {
+		// don't exceed max buffer size
+		if bufferItemCount >= maxBufferItems {
+			bufferMu.Unlock()
+			return
+		}
+		bufferItemCount++
+		buffer[key] = map[string]interface{}{subkey: val}
+	}
+	bufferMu.Unlock()
+}
+
 // Append appends value to a list named key.
 // If key is new, a new list will be created.
 // If key maps to a type that is not a list,
@@ -161,7 +203,8 @@ func Append(key string, value interface{}) {
 // AppendUnique adds value to a set named key.
 // Set items are unordered. Values in the set
 // are unique, but how many times they are
-// appended is counted.
+// appended is counted. The value must be
+// hashable.
 //
 // If key is new, a new set will be created for
 // values with that key. If key maps to a type
@@ -238,8 +281,16 @@ func atomicAdd(key string, amount int) {
 // functions should call this and not
 // save the value if this returns true.
 func isDisabled(key string) bool {
+	// for keys that are augmented with data, such as
+	// "tls_client_hello_ua:<hash>", just
+	// check the prefix "tls_client_hello_ua"
+	checkKey := key
+	if idx := strings.Index(key, ":"); idx > -1 {
+		checkKey = key[:idx]
+	}
+
 	disabledMetricsMu.RLock()
-	_, ok := disabledMetrics[key]
+	_, ok := disabledMetrics[checkKey]
 	disabledMetricsMu.RUnlock()
 	return ok
 }