// Package mtastsdb stores MTA-STS policies for later use. // // An MTA-STS policy can specify how long it may be cached. By storing a // policy, it does not have to be fetched again during email delivery, which // makes it harder for attackers to intervene. package mtastsdb import ( "context" "errors" "fmt" "os" "path/filepath" "sync" "time" "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus" "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto" "github.com/mjl-/bstore" "github.com/mjl-/mox/dns" "github.com/mjl-/mox/mlog" "github.com/mjl-/mox/mox-" "github.com/mjl-/mox/mtasts" ) var xlog = mlog.New("mtastsdb") var ( metricGet = promauto.NewCounterVec( prometheus.CounterOpts{ Name: "mox_mtastsdb_get_total", Help: "Number of Get by result.", }, []string{"result"}, ) ) var timeNow = time.Now // Tests override this. // PolicyRecord is a cached policy or absence of a policy. type PolicyRecord struct { Domain string // Domain name, with unicode characters. Inserted time.Time `bstore:"default now"` ValidEnd time.Time LastUpdate time.Time // Policies are refreshed on use and periodically. LastUse time.Time `bstore:"index"` Backoff bool RecordID string // As retrieved from DNS. mtasts.Policy // As retrieved from the well-known HTTPS url. } var ( // No valid non-expired policy in database. ErrNotFound = errors.New("mtastsdb: policy not found") // Indicates an MTA-STS TXT record was fetched recently, but fetching the policy // failed and should not yet be retried. ErrBackoff = errors.New("mtastsdb: policy fetch failed recently") ) var mtastsDB *bstore.DB var mutex sync.Mutex func database() (rdb *bstore.DB, rerr error) { mutex.Lock() defer mutex.Unlock() if mtastsDB == nil { p := mox.DataDirPath("mtasts.db") os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(p), 0770) db, err := bstore.Open(p, &bstore.Options{Timeout: 5 * time.Second, Perm: 0660}, PolicyRecord{}) if err != nil { return nil, err } mtastsDB = db } return mtastsDB, nil } // Init opens the database and starts a goroutine that refreshes policies in // the database, and keeps doing so periodically. func Init(refresher bool) error { _, err := database() if err != nil { return err } if refresher { // todo: allow us to shut down cleanly? go refresh() } return nil } // Close closes the database. func Close() { mutex.Lock() defer mutex.Unlock() if mtastsDB != nil { mtastsDB.Close() mtastsDB = nil } } // Lookup looks up a policy for the domain in the database. // // Only non-expired records are returned. func lookup(ctx context.Context, domain dns.Domain) (*PolicyRecord, error) { log := xlog.WithContext(ctx) db, err := database() if err != nil { return nil, err } if domain.IsZero() { return nil, fmt.Errorf("empty domain") } now := timeNow() q := bstore.QueryDB[PolicyRecord](db) q.FilterNonzero(PolicyRecord{Domain: domain.Name()}) q.FilterGreater("ValidEnd", now) pr, err := q.Get() if err == bstore.ErrAbsent { return nil, ErrNotFound } else if err != nil { return nil, err } pr.LastUse = now if err := db.Update(&pr); err != nil { log.Errorx("marking cached mta-sts policy as used in database", err) } if pr.Backoff { return nil, ErrBackoff } return &pr, nil } // Upsert adds the policy to the database, overwriting an existing policy for the domain. // Policy can be nil, indicating a failure to fetch the policy. func Upsert(domain dns.Domain, recordID string, policy *mtasts.Policy) error { db, err := database() if err != nil { return err } return db.Write(func(tx *bstore.Tx) error { pr := PolicyRecord{Domain: domain.Name()} err := tx.Get(&pr) if err != nil && err != bstore.ErrAbsent { return err } now := timeNow() var p mtasts.Policy if policy != nil { p = *policy } else { // ../rfc/8461:552 p.Mode = mtasts.ModeNone p.MaxAgeSeconds = 5 * 60 } backoff := policy == nil validEnd := now.Add(time.Duration(p.MaxAgeSeconds) * time.Second) if err == bstore.ErrAbsent { pr = PolicyRecord{domain.Name(), now, validEnd, now, now, backoff, recordID, p} return tx.Insert(&pr) } pr.ValidEnd = validEnd pr.LastUpdate = now pr.LastUse = now pr.Backoff = backoff pr.RecordID = recordID pr.Policy = p return tx.Update(&pr) }) } // PolicyRecords returns all policies in the database, sorted descending by last // use, domain. func PolicyRecords(ctx context.Context) ([]PolicyRecord, error) { db, err := database() if err != nil { return nil, err } return bstore.QueryDB[PolicyRecord](db).SortDesc("LastUse", "Domain").List() } // Get retrieves an MTA-STS policy for domain and whether it is fresh. // // If an error is returned, it should be considered a transient error, e.g. a // temporary DNS lookup failure. // // The returned policy can be nil also when there is no error. In this case, the // domain does not implement MTA-STS. // // If a policy is present in the local database, it is refreshed if needed. If no // policy is present for the domain, an attempt is made to fetch the policy and // store it in the local database. // // Some errors are logged but not otherwise returned, e.g. if a new policy is // supposedly published but could not be retrieved. func Get(ctx context.Context, resolver dns.Resolver, domain dns.Domain) (policy *mtasts.Policy, fresh bool, err error) { log := xlog.WithContext(ctx) defer func() { result := "ok" if err != nil && errors.Is(err, ErrBackoff) { result = "backoff" } else if err != nil && errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) { result = "notfound" } else if err != nil { result = "error" } metricGet.WithLabelValues(result).Inc() log.Debugx("mtastsdb get result", err, mlog.Field("domain", domain), mlog.Field("fresh", fresh)) }() cachedPolicy, err := lookup(ctx, domain) if err != nil && errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) { // We don't have a policy for this domain, not even a record that we tried recently // and should backoff. So attempt to fetch policy. nctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute) defer cancel() record, p, err := mtasts.Get(nctx, resolver, domain) if err != nil { switch { case errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrNoRecord) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrMultipleRecords) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrRecordSyntax) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrNoPolicy) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrPolicyFetch) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrPolicySyntax): // Remote is not doing MTA-STS, continue below. ../rfc/8461:333 ../rfc/8461:574 default: // Interpret as temporary error, e.g. mtasts.ErrDNS, try again later. return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("lookup up mta-sts policy: %w", err) } } // Insert policy into database. If we could not fetch the policy itself, we back // off for 5 minutes. ../rfc/8461:555 if err == nil || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrNoPolicy) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrPolicyFetch) || errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrPolicySyntax) { var recordID string if record != nil { recordID = record.ID } if err := Upsert(domain, recordID, p); err != nil { log.Errorx("inserting policy into cache, continuing", err) } } return p, true, nil } else if err != nil && errors.Is(err, ErrBackoff) { // ../rfc/8461:552 // We recently failed to fetch a policy, act as if MTA-STS is not implemented. return nil, false, nil } else if err != nil { return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("looking up mta-sts policy in cache: %w", err) } // Policy was found in database. Check in DNS it is still fresh. policy = &cachedPolicy.Policy ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second) defer cancel() record, _, _, err := mtasts.LookupRecord(ctx, resolver, domain) if err != nil { if !errors.Is(err, mtasts.ErrNoRecord) { // Could be a temporary DNS or configuration error. log.Errorx("checking for freshness of cached mta-sts dns txt record for domain, continuing with previously cached policy", err) } return policy, false, nil } else if record.ID == cachedPolicy.RecordID { return policy, true, nil } // New policy should be available. ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second) defer cancel() p, _, err := mtasts.FetchPolicy(ctx, domain) if err != nil { log.Errorx("fetching updated policy for domain, continuing with previously cached policy", err) return policy, false, nil } if err := Upsert(domain, record.ID, p); err != nil { log.Errorx("inserting refreshed policy into cache, continuing with fresh policy", err) } return p, true, nil }