Support configuring less restrictive TLS client auth requirements

Caddyfile parameter "clients" of "tls" henceforth accepts a special
first modifier. It is one of, and effects:

 * request         = tls.RequestClientCert
 * require         = tls.RequireAnyClientCert
 * verify_if_given = tls.VerifyClientCertIfGiven
 * (none)          = tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert

The use-case for this is as follows: A middleware would serve items to the
public, but if a certificate were given the middleware would permit file
manipulation.

And, in a different plugin such as a forum or blog, not verifying a client
cert would be nice for registration: said blog would subsequently only
compare the SPKI of a client certificate.

caddy/https/setup.go

@@ -83,10 +83,30 @@ func Setup(c *setup.Controller) (middleware.Middleware, error) {
 					c.TLS.Ciphers = append(c.TLS.Ciphers, value)
 				}
 			case "clients":
-				c.TLS.ClientCerts = c.RemainingArgs()
-				if len(c.TLS.ClientCerts) == 0 {
+				clientCertList := c.RemainingArgs()
+				if len(clientCertList) == 0 {
 					return nil, c.ArgErr()
 				}
+
+				listStart, mustProvideCA := 1, true
+				switch clientCertList[0] {
+				case "request":
+					c.TLS.ClientAuth = tls.RequestClientCert
+					mustProvideCA = false
+				case "require":
+					c.TLS.ClientAuth = tls.RequireAnyClientCert
+					mustProvideCA = false
+				case "verify_if_given":
+					c.TLS.ClientAuth = tls.VerifyClientCertIfGiven
+				default:
+					c.TLS.ClientAuth = tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert
+					listStart = 0
+				}
+				if mustProvideCA && len(clientCertList) <= listStart {
+					return nil, c.ArgErr()
+				}
+
+				c.TLS.ClientCerts = clientCertList[listStart:]
 			case "load":
 				c.Args(&loadDir)
 				c.TLS.Manual = true

caddy/https/setup_test.go

@@ -189,33 +189,68 @@ func TestSetupParseWithWrongOptionalParams(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSetupParseWithClientAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test missing client cert file
 	params := `tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
-			clients client_ca.crt client2_ca.crt
+			clients
 		}`
 	c := setup.NewTestController(params)
 	_, err := Setup(c)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected no errors, got: %v", err)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected an error, but no error returned")
 	}
 
-	if count := len(c.TLS.ClientCerts); count != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected two client certs, had %d", count)
-	}
-	if actual := c.TLS.ClientCerts[0]; actual != "client_ca.crt" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected first client cert file to be '%s', but was '%s'", "client_ca.crt", actual)
-	}
-	if actual := c.TLS.ClientCerts[1]; actual != "client2_ca.crt" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected second client cert file to be '%s', but was '%s'", "client2_ca.crt", actual)
-	}
+	noCAs, twoCAs := []string{}, []string{"client_ca.crt", "client2_ca.crt"}
+	for caseNumber, caseData := range []struct {
+		params         string
+		clientAuthType tls.ClientAuthType
+		expectedErr    bool
+		expectedCAs    []string
+	}{
+		{"", tls.NoClientCert, false, noCAs},
+		{`tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
+			clients client_ca.crt client2_ca.crt
+		}`, tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert, false, twoCAs},
+		// now come modifier
+		{`tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
+			clients request
+		}`, tls.RequestClientCert, false, noCAs},
+		{`tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
+			clients require
+		}`, tls.RequireAnyClientCert, false, noCAs},
+		{`tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
+			clients verify_if_given client_ca.crt client2_ca.crt
+		}`, tls.VerifyClientCertIfGiven, false, twoCAs},
+		{`tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
+			clients verify_if_given
+		}`, tls.VerifyClientCertIfGiven, true, noCAs},
+	} {
+		c := setup.NewTestController(caseData.params)
+		_, err := Setup(c)
+		if caseData.expectedErr {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("In case %d: Expected an error, got: %v", caseNumber, err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("In case %d: Expected no errors, got: %v", caseNumber, err)
+		}
 
-	// Test missing client cert file
-	params = `tls ` + certFile + ` ` + keyFile + ` {
-			clients
-		}`
-	c = setup.NewTestController(params)
-	_, err = Setup(c)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected an error, but no error returned")
+		if caseData.clientAuthType != c.TLS.ClientAuth {
+			t.Errorf("In case %d: Expected TLS client auth type %v, got: %v",
+				caseNumber, caseData.clientAuthType, c.TLS.ClientAuth)
+		}
+
+		if count := len(c.TLS.ClientCerts); count < len(caseData.expectedCAs) {
+			t.Fatalf("In case %d: Expected %d client certs, had %d", caseNumber, len(caseData.expectedCAs), count)
+		}
+
+		for idx, expected := range caseData.expectedCAs {
+			if actual := c.TLS.ClientCerts[idx]; actual != expected {
+				t.Errorf("In case %d: Expected %dth client cert file to be '%s', but was '%s'",
+					caseNumber, idx, expected, actual)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 

server/config.go

 package server
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"net"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/middleware"
@@ -75,4 +76,5 @@ type TLSConfig struct {
 	ProtocolMaxVersion       uint16
 	PreferServerCipherSuites bool
 	ClientCerts              []string
+	ClientAuth               tls.ClientAuthType
 }

server/server.go

@@ -379,17 +379,19 @@ func DefaultErrorFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, status int) {
 // setupClientAuth sets up TLS client authentication only if
 // any of the TLS configs specified at least one cert file.
 func setupClientAuth(tlsConfigs []TLSConfig, config *tls.Config) error {
-	var clientAuth bool
+	whatClientAuth := tls.NoClientCert
 	for _, cfg := range tlsConfigs {
-		if len(cfg.ClientCerts) > 0 {
-			clientAuth = true
-			break
+		if whatClientAuth < cfg.ClientAuth { // Use the most restrictive.
+			whatClientAuth = cfg.ClientAuth
 		}
 	}
 
-	if clientAuth {
+	if whatClientAuth != tls.NoClientCert {
 		pool := x509.NewCertPool()
 		for _, cfg := range tlsConfigs {
+			if len(cfg.ClientCerts) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 			for _, caFile := range cfg.ClientCerts {
 				caCrt, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caFile) // Anyone that gets a cert from this CA can connect
 				if err != nil {
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ func setupClientAuth(tlsConfigs []TLSConfig, config *tls.Config) error {
 			}
 		}
 		config.ClientCAs = pool
-		config.ClientAuth = tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert
+		config.ClientAuth = whatClientAuth
 	}
 
 	return nil