Ensure the use SecureRandom when creating authentication token

briar-headless/README.md

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ By default, Briar creates a folder `~/.briar` where it stores its database and o
 There you also find the authentication token which is required to interact with the API:
 
     $ cat ~/.briar/auth_token
-    e175b010-e647-4440-ae8a-638d92ecfc8a
+    DZbfoUie8sjap7CSDR9y6cgJCojV+xUITTIFbgtAgqk=
 
 You can test that things work as expected by running:
 
-    $ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer e175b010-e647-4440-ae8a-638d92ecfc8a" http://127.0.0.1:7000/v1/contacts
+    $ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer DZbfoUie8sjap7CSDR9y6cgJCojV+xUITTIFbgtAgqk=" http://127.0.0.1:7000/v1/contacts
     []
 
 The answer is an empty JSON array, because you don't have any contacts.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ You can test connecting to the websocket with curl:
            --header "Upgrade: websocket" \
            --header "Sec-WebSocket-Key: SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ==" \
            --header "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13" \
-           http://e175b010-e647-4440-ae8a-638d92ecfc8a@127.0.0.1:7000/v1/ws
+           http://DZbfoUie8sjap7CSDR9y6cgJCojV+xUITTIFbgtAgqk=@127.0.0.1:7000/v1/ws
 
 ### Receiving new private messages
 

briar-headless/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/BriarHeadlessApp.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.account.AccountModule
 import org.briarproject.bramble.system.DesktopSecureRandomModule
 import org.briarproject.briar.BriarCoreEagerSingletons
 import org.briarproject.briar.BriarCoreModule
+import java.security.SecureRandom
 import javax.inject.Singleton
 
 @Component(
@@ -20,5 +21,7 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton
 )
 @Singleton
 internal interface BriarHeadlessApp : BrambleCoreEagerSingletons, BriarCoreEagerSingletons {
-    fun router(): Router
+    fun getRouter(): Router
+
+    fun getSecureRandom(): SecureRandom
 }

briar-headless/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/Main.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.github.ajalt.clikt.parameters.types.int
 import org.briarproject.bramble.BrambleCoreModule
 import org.briarproject.briar.BriarCoreModule
 import org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger.DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL_KEY
+import org.spongycastle.util.encoders.Base64.toBase64String
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.File.separator
 import java.io.IOException
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import java.lang.System.setProperty
 import java.nio.file.Files.setPosixFilePermissions
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission.*
-import java.util.UUID.randomUUID
+import java.security.SecureRandom
 import java.util.logging.Level.*
 import java.util.logging.LogManager
 
@@ -65,8 +66,6 @@ private class Main : CliktCommand(
         LogManager.getLogManager().getLogger("").level = level
 
         val dataDir = getDataDir()
-        val authToken = getOrCreateAuthToken(dataDir)
-
         val app =
             DaggerBriarHeadlessApp.builder().headlessModule(HeadlessModule(dataDir)).build()
         // We need to load the eager singletons directly after making the
@@ -74,7 +73,9 @@ private class Main : CliktCommand(
         BrambleCoreModule.initEagerSingletons(app)
         BriarCoreModule.initEagerSingletons(app)
 
-        app.router().start(authToken, port, debug)
+        val authToken = getOrCreateAuthToken(dataDir, app.getSecureRandom())
+
+        app.getRouter().start(authToken, port, debug)
     }
 
     private fun getDataDir(): File {
@@ -92,18 +93,23 @@ private class Main : CliktCommand(
         return file
     }
 
-    private fun getOrCreateAuthToken(dataDir: File): String {
+    private fun getOrCreateAuthToken(dataDir: File, secureRandom: SecureRandom): String {
         val tokenFile = File(dataDir, "auth_token")
         return if (tokenFile.isFile) {
             tokenFile.readText()
         } else {
-            // TODO use better way of getting random token?
+            val authToken = createAuthToken(secureRandom)
-            val authToken = randomUUID().toString()
             tokenFile.writeText(authToken)
             authToken
         }
     }
 
+    private fun createAuthToken(secureRandom: SecureRandom): String {
+        val bytes = ByteArray(32)
+        secureRandom.nextBytes(bytes)
+        return toBase64String(bytes)
+    }
+
 }
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) = Main().main(args)