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Mail::DKIM::Verifier - verifies a DKIM-signed message
use Mail::DKIM::Verifier;
# create a verifier object
my $dkim = Mail::DKIM::Verifier->new();
# read an email from a file handle
$dkim->load(*STDIN);
# or read an email and pass it into the verifier, incrementally
while (<STDIN>)
{
# remove local line terminators
chomp;
s/\015$//;
# use SMTP line terminators
$dkim->PRINT("$_\015\012");
}
$dkim->CLOSE;
# what is the result of the verify?
my $result = $dkim->result;
# there might be multiple signatures, what is the result per signature?
foreach my $signature ($dkim->signatures)
{
print "signature identity: " . $signature->identity . "\n";
print "verify result: " . $signature->result_detail . "\n";
}
# the alleged author of the email may specify how to handle email
foreach my $policy ($dkim->policies)
{
die "fraudulent message" if ($policy->apply($dkim) eq "reject");
}
The verifier object allows an email message to be scanned for DKIM and DomainKeys signatures and those signatures to be verified. The verifier tracks the state of the message as it is read into memory. When the message has been completely read, the signatures are verified and the results of the verification can be accessed.
To use the verifier, first create the verifier object. Then start "feeding" it the email message to be verified. When all the _headers_ have been read, the verifier:
1. checks whether any DomainKeys/DKIM signatures were found 2. queries for the public keys needed to verify the signatures 3. sets up the appropriate algorithms and canonicalization objects 4. canonicalizes the headers and computes the header hash
Then, when the _body_ of the message has been completely fed into the verifier, the body hash is computed and the signatures are verified.
The results of the verification can be checked with "result()" or "signatures()".
Messages that do not verify may be checked against the alleged sender's published signing policy with "policies()" and "apply()" in Mail::DKIM::Policy.
Constructs an object-oriented verifier.
my $dkim = Mail::DKIM::Verifier->new(); my $dkim = Mail::DKIM::Verifier->new(%options);
The only option supported at this time is:
if specified, the canonicalized message for the first signature is written to the referenced string or file handle.
Feeds part of the message to the verifier.
$dkim->PRINT("a line of the message\015\012");
$dkim->PRINT("more of");
$dkim->PRINT(" the message\015\012bye\015\012");
Feeds content of the message being verified into the verifier. The API is designed this way so that the entire message does NOT need to be read into memory at once.
Please note that although the PRINT() method expects you to use SMTP-style line termination characters, you should NOT use the SMTP-style dot-stuffing technique described in RFC 2821 section 4.5.2. Nor should you use a <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> sequence to terminate the message.
Call this when finished feeding in the message.
$dkim->CLOSE;
This method finishes the canonicalization process, computes a hash, and verifies the signature.
Retrieves a signing policy from DNS.
my $policy = $dkim->fetch_sender_policy; my $policy_result = $policy->apply($dkim);
The "sender" policy is the sender signing policy as described by the DomainKeys specification, now available in RFC4870(historical). I call it the "sender" policy because it is keyed to the email address in the Sender: header, or the From: header if there is no Sender header. This is the person whom the message claims as the "transmitter" of the message (not necessarily the author).
If the email being verified has no From or Sender header from which to
get an email address (which violates email standards),
then this method will die.
The result of the apply() method is one of: "accept", "reject", "neutral".
See also: "policies()".
Load the entire message from a file handle.
$dkim->load($file_handle);
Reads a complete message from the designated file handle, feeding it into the verifier. The message must use <CRLF> line terminators (same as the SMTP protocol).
Access the "From" header.
my $address = $dkim->message_originator;
Returns the "originator address" found in the message, as a Mail::Address object. This is typically the (first) name and email address found in the From: header. If there is no From: header, then an empty Mail::Address object is returned.
To get just the email address part, do:
my $email = $dkim->message_originator->address;
See also "message_sender()".
Access the "From" or "Sender" header.
my $address = $dkim->message_sender;
Returns the "sender" found in the message, as a Mail::Address object. This is typically the (first) name and email address found in the Sender: header. If there is no Sender: header, it is the first name and email address in the From: header. If neither header is present, then an empty Mail::Address object is returned.
To get just the email address part, do:
my $email = $dkim->message_sender->address;
The "sender" is the mailbox of the agent responsible for the actual transmission of the message. For example, if a secretary were to send a message for another person, the "sender" would be the secretary and the "originator" would be the actual author.
Retrieves applicable signing policies from DNS.
my @policies = $dkim->policies;
foreach my $policy (@policies)
{
$policy_result = $policy->apply($dkim);
# $policy_result is one of "accept", "reject", "neutral"
}
This method searches for and returns any signing policies that would apply to this message. Signing policies are selected based on the domain that the message *claims* to be from. So, for example, if a message claims to be from security@bank, and forwarded by trusted@listserv, when in reality the message came from foe@evilcorp, this method would check for signing policies for security@bank and trusted@listserv. The signing policies might tell whether foe@evilcorp (the real sender) is allowed to send mail claiming to be from your bank or your listserv.
I say "might tell", because in reality this is still really hard to specify with any accuracy. In addition, most senders do not publish useful policies.
Access the result of the verification.
my $result = $dkim->result;
Gives the result of the verification. The following values are possible:
Returned if a valid DKIM-Signature header was found, and the signature contains a correct value for the message.
Returned if a valid DKIM-Signature header was found, but the signature does not contain a correct value for the message.
Returned if a DKIM-Signature could not be checked because of a problem in the signature itself or the public key record. I.e. the signature could not be processed.
Returned if a DKIM-Signature could not be checked due to some error which is likely transient in nature, such as a temporary inability to retrieve a public key. A later attempt may produce a better result.
Returned if no DKIM-Signature headers (valid or invalid) were found.
In case of multiple signatures, the "best" result will be returned. Best is defined as "pass", followed by "fail", "invalid", and "none". To examine the results of individual signatures, use the "signatures()" method to retrieve the signature objects. See "result()" in Mail::DKIM::Signature.
Access the result, plus details if available.
my $detail = $dkim->result_detail;
The detail is constructed by taking the result (e.g. "pass", "fail", "invalid" or "none") and appending any details provided by the verification process in parenthesis.
The following are possible results from the result_detail() method:
pass fail (bad RSA signature) fail (OpenSSL error: ...) fail (message has been altered) fail (body has been altered) invalid (bad identity) invalid (invalid domain in d tag) invalid (missing q tag) invalid (missing d tag) invalid (missing s tag) invalid (unsupported version 0.1) invalid (unsupported algorithm ...) invalid (unsupported canonicalization ...) invalid (unsupported query protocol ...) invalid (signature is expired) invalid (public key: not available) invalid (public key: unknown query type ...) invalid (public key: syntax error) invalid (public key: unsupported version) invalid (public key: unsupported key type) invalid (public key: missing p= tag) invalid (public key: invalid data) invalid (public key: does not support email) invalid (public key: does not support hash algorithm 'sha1') invalid (public key: does not support signing subdomains) invalid (public key: revoked) invalid (public key: granularity mismatch) invalid (public key: granularity is empty) invalid (public key: OpenSSL error: ...) none
Access the message's DKIM signature.
my $sig = $dkim->signature;
Accesses the signature found and verified in this message. The returned object is of type Mail::DKIM::Signature.
In case of multiple signatures, the signature with the "best" result will be returned. Best is defined as "pass", followed by "fail", "invalid", and "none".
Access all of this message's signatures.
my @all_signatures = $dkim->signatures;
Use $signature->result or $signature->result_detail to access the verification results of each signature. =cut
Jason Long, <jlong@messiah.edu>
Copyright (C) 2006-2009 by Messiah College
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
| Mail-DKIM documentation | Contained in the Mail-DKIM distribution. |
#!/usr/bin/perl # Copyright 2005-2009 Messiah College. All rights reserved. # Jason Long <jlong@messiah.edu> # Copyright (c) 2004 Anthony D. Urso. All rights reserved. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. use strict; use warnings; use Mail::DKIM::Signature; use Mail::DKIM::DkSignature; use Mail::Address;
package Mail::DKIM::Verifier; use base "Mail::DKIM::Common"; use Carp; our $VERSION = 0.39; our $MAX_SIGNATURES_TO_PROCESS = 50; sub init { my $self = shift; $self->SUPER::init; $self->{signatures} = []; } # @{$dkim->{signatures}} # array of L<Mail::DKIM::Signature> objects, representing all # parseable signatures found in the header, # ordered from the top of the header to the bottom. # # $dkim->{signature_reject_reason} # simple string listing a reason, if any, for not using a signature. # This may be a helpful diagnostic if there is a signature in the header, # but was found not to be valid. It will be ambiguous if there are more # than one signatures that could not be used. # # $dkim->{signature} # the L<Mail::DKIM::Signature> selected as the "best" signature. # # @{$dkim->{headers}} # array of strings, each member is one header, in its original format. # # $dkim->{algorithms} # array of algorithms, one for each signature being verified. # # $dkim->{result} # string; the result of the verification (see the result() method) # sub handle_header { my $self = shift; my ($field_name, $contents, $line) = @_; $self->SUPER::handle_header($field_name, $contents); if (lc($field_name) eq "dkim-signature") { eval { my $signature = Mail::DKIM::Signature->parse($line); $self->add_signature($signature); $signature->fetch_public_key; }; if ($@) { # the only reason an error should be thrown is if the # signature really is unparse-able # otherwise, invalid signatures are caught in finish_header() chomp (my $E = $@); $self->{signature_reject_reason} = $E; } } if (lc($field_name) eq "domainkey-signature") { eval { my $signature = Mail::DKIM::DkSignature->parse($line); $self->add_signature($signature); $signature->fetch_public_key; }; if ($@) { # the only reason an error should be thrown is if the # signature really is unparse-able # otherwise, invalid signatures are caught in finish_header() chomp (my $E = $@); $self->{signature_reject_reason} = $E; } } } sub add_signature { my $self = shift; croak "wrong number of arguments" unless (@_ == 1); my ($signature) = @_; # ignore signature headers once we've seen 50 or so # this protects against abuse. return if (@{$self->{signatures}} > $MAX_SIGNATURES_TO_PROCESS); push @{$self->{signatures}}, $signature; unless ($self->check_signature($signature)) { $signature->result("invalid", $self->{signature_reject_reason}); return; } # create a canonicalization filter and algorithm my $algorithm_class = $signature->get_algorithm_class( $signature->algorithm); my $algorithm = $algorithm_class->new( Signature => $signature, Debug_Canonicalization => $self->{Debug_Canonicalization}, ); # push through the headers parsed prior to the signature header if ($algorithm->wants_pre_signature_headers) { # Note: this will include the signature header that led to this # "algorithm"... foreach my $head (@{$self->{headers}}) { $algorithm->add_header($head); } } # save the algorithm $self->{algorithms} ||= []; push @{$self->{algorithms}}, $algorithm; } sub check_signature { my $self = shift; croak "wrong number of arguments" unless (@_ == 1); my ($signature) = @_; unless ($signature->check_version) { # unsupported version if (defined $signature->version) { $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "unsupported version " . $signature->version; } else { $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "missing v tag"; } return 0; } unless ($signature->algorithm && $signature->get_algorithm_class($signature->algorithm)) { # unsupported algorithm $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "unsupported algorithm"; if (defined $signature->algorithm) { $self->{signature_reject_reason} .= " " . $signature->algorithm; } return 0; } unless ($signature->check_canonicalization) { # unsupported canonicalization method $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "unsupported canonicalization"; if (defined $signature->canonicalization) { $self->{signature_reject_reason} .= " " . $signature->canonicalization; } return 0; } unless ($signature->check_protocol) { # unsupported query protocol $self->{signature_reject_reason} = !defined($signature->protocol) ? "missing q tag" : "unsupported query protocol, q=" . $signature->protocol; return 0; } unless ($signature->check_expiration) { # signature has expired $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "signature is expired"; return 0; } unless ($signature->domain ne '') { # no domain specified $self->{signature_reject_reason} = !defined($signature->domain) ? "missing d tag" : "invalid domain in d tag"; return 0; } unless ($signature->selector) { # no selector specified $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "missing s tag"; return 0; } return 1; } sub check_public_key { my $self = shift; croak "wrong number of arguments" unless (@_ == 2); my ($signature, $public_key) = @_; my $result = 0; eval { $@ = undef; # HACK- I'm indecisive here about whether I want the # check_foo functions to return false or to "die" # on failure # check public key's allowed hash algorithms $result = $public_key->check_hash_algorithm( $signature->hash_algorithm); # HACK- DomainKeys signatures are allowed to have an empty g= # tag in the public key my $empty_g_means_wildcard = $signature->isa("Mail::DKIM::DkSignature"); # check public key's granularity $result &&= $public_key->check_granularity( $signature->identity, $empty_g_means_wildcard); die $@ if $@; }; if ($@) { my $E = $@; chomp $E; $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "public key: $E"; } return $result; } # returns true if the i= tag is an address with a domain matching or # a subdomain of the d= tag # sub check_signature_identity { my ($signature) = @_; my $d = $signature->domain; my $i = $signature->identity; if (defined($i) && $i =~ /\@([^@]*)$/) { return match_subdomain($1, $d); } return 0; } sub match_subdomain { croak "wrong number of arguments" unless (@_ == 2); my ($subdomain, $superdomain) = @_; my $tmp = substr(".$subdomain", -1 - length($superdomain)); return (lc ".$superdomain" eq lc $tmp); } # # called when the verifier has received the last of the message headers # (body is still to come) # sub finish_header { my $self = shift; # Signatures we found and were successfully parsed are stored in # $self->{signatures}. If none were found, our result is "none". if (@{$self->{signatures}} == 0 && !defined($self->{signature_reject_reason})) { $self->{result} = "none"; return; } foreach my $algorithm (@{$self->{algorithms}}) { $algorithm->finish_header(Headers => $self->{headers}); } # stop processing signatures that are already known to be invalid @{$self->{algorithms}} = grep { my $sig = $_->signature; !($sig->result && $sig->result eq "invalid"); } @{$self->{algorithms}}; if (@{$self->{algorithms}} == 0 && @{$self->{signatures}} > 0) { $self->{result} = $self->{signatures}->[0]->result; $self->{details} = $self->{signatures}->[0]->{verify_details}; return; } } sub _check_and_verify_signature { my $self = shift; my ($algorithm) = @_; # check signature my $signature = $algorithm->signature; unless (check_signature_identity($signature)) { $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "bad identity"; return ("invalid", $self->{signature_reject_reason}); } # get public key my $pkey; eval { $pkey = $signature->get_public_key; }; if ($@) { my $E = $@; chomp $E; $self->{signature_reject_reason} = "public key: $E"; return ("invalid", $self->{signature_reject_reason}); } unless ($self->check_public_key($signature, $pkey)) { return ("invalid", $self->{signature_reject_reason}); } # verify signature my $result; my $details; local $@ = undef; eval { $result = $algorithm->verify() ? "pass" : "fail"; $details = $algorithm->{verification_details} || $@; }; if ($@) { # see also add_signature chomp (my $E = $@); if ($E =~ /(OpenSSL error: .*?) at /) { $E = $1; } elsif ($E =~ /^(panic:.*?) at /) { $E = "OpenSSL $1"; } $result = "fail"; $details = $E; } return ($result, $details); } sub finish_body { my $self = shift; foreach my $algorithm (@{$self->{algorithms}}) { # finish canonicalizing $algorithm->finish_body; my ($result, $details) = $self->_check_and_verify_signature($algorithm); # save the results of this signature verification $algorithm->{result} = $result; $algorithm->{details} = $details; $algorithm->signature->result($result, $details); # collate results ... ignore failed signatures if we already got # one to pass if (!$self->{result} || $result eq "pass") { $self->{signature} = $algorithm->signature; $self->{result} = $result; $self->{details} = $details; } } }
sub fetch_author_domain_policies { my $self = shift; use Mail::DKIM::AuthorDomainPolicy; return () unless $self->{headers_by_name}->{from}; my @list = Mail::Address->parse( $self->{headers_by_name}->{from} ); my @authors = map { $_->address } @list; # fetch the policies return map { Mail::DKIM::AuthorDomainPolicy->fetch( Protocol => "dns", Author => $_, ) } @authors; }
sub fetch_author_policy { my $self = shift; my ($author) = @_; use Mail::DKIM::DkimPolicy; # determine address found in the "From" $author ||= $self->message_originator->address; # fetch the policy return Mail::DKIM::DkimPolicy->fetch( Protocol => "dns", Author => $author, ); }
sub fetch_sender_policy { my $self = shift; use Mail::DKIM::DkPolicy; # determine addresses found in the "From" and "Sender" headers my $author = $self->message_originator->address; my $sender = $self->message_sender->address; # fetch the policy return Mail::DKIM::DkPolicy->fetch( Protocol => "dns", Author => $author, Sender => $sender, ); }
sub policies { my $self = shift; my $sender_policy = eval { $self->fetch_sender_policy() }; my $author_policy = eval { $self->fetch_author_policy() }; return ( $sender_policy ? $sender_policy : (), $author_policy ? $author_policy : (), $self->fetch_author_domain_policies(), ); }
sub signatures { my $self = shift; croak "unexpected argument" if @_; return @{$self->{signatures}}; }
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