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TREK/client/ios/App/App/TrekClientIdentity.swift
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Maurice 07448e662c feat(native): client certificates for servers behind mutual TLS
A proxy in front of TREK (Cloudflare, nginx, Caddy, Traefik, HAProxy) can
let in only devices that show a client certificate. The apps could not, so
such a server was unusable from them.

- Address screen: the server check runs natively and notices when the
  server asks for a certificate. Instead of "no server answered" it says so
  and offers to add a .p12/.pfx file; a wrong password asks again, an
  expired, not yet valid or keyless file is named as such.
- The certificate is shown only to the host and port it was added for.
  iOS keeps it in the keychain (this device only), Android seals the key
  with an Android Keystore key. The file's password is never stored.
- The web view answers the server's certificate request on both platforms;
  WebSocket, service worker and API requests go through with it. The
  offline copy, watch requests and the check use it too.
- When the server stops letting the app in (certificate removed, expired
  or no longer trusted) while the page still comes from the service worker
  or the offline copy, a native check sends the app to the address screen,
  which offers to add another. A server that only asks and lets everyone
  in is left alone.
- Cloudflare-style 403 and nginx-style 400 refusals without a certificate
  lead to the same screen instead of staying up as an error page.
- Settings, Account: a Client certificate card (only with one stored)
  shows subject, issuer, server and expiry, with Replace and Remove.
- Wiki: Native-Apps "Client certificates (mTLS)" with Cloudflare, nginx,
  Caddy and Traefik setup and how to make a certificate for the app.
- The app icon on the unreachable screen is black on the light surface.
2026-11-09 12:03:31 +01:00

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import Foundation
import Security
import UIKit
import UniformTypeIdentifiers
/// The client certificate a user's TREK server asks for (mutual TLS): a proxy
/// such as Cloudflare, nginx, Caddy or Traefik in front of TREK lets through
/// only devices that show one. The app holds at most one, for one server.
///
/// It comes in as a PKCS#12 file (.p12, .pfx) and its password. The password is
/// never kept; the identity goes into the keychain, this device only, readable
/// after the first unlock (so a background refresh can show it too). Only the
/// host and port it was imported for ever see it (`identity(forHost:port:)`), so a
/// sign-in page, a map tile provider or liketrek.com never learns of it.
enum TrekClientIdentity {
private static let label = "trek-client-identity"
private static let hostKey = "TrekClientIdentityHost"
private static let portKey = "TrekClientIdentityPort"
enum Failure: String, Error {
case password, format, noKey = "no_key", expired, notYetValid = "not_yet_valid", store
}
/// The last server that asked for a certificate while the app ran, and whether it got one.
struct Request {
let host: String
let port: Int
let served: Bool
}
private static let lock = NSLock()
private static var _lastRequest: Request?
static var lastRequest: Request? {
lock.lock(); defer { lock.unlock() }
return _lastRequest
}
static func noteRequest(host: String, port: Int, served: Bool) {
lock.lock(); defer { lock.unlock() }
_lastRequest = Request(host: host.lowercased(), port: port > 0 ? port : 443, served: served)
}
// MARK: Reading a file
/// Opens a PKCS#12 file: the identity and the rest of its chain.
static func read(_ data: Data, password: String, now: Date = Date()) -> Result<(SecIdentity, [SecCertificate]), Failure> {
var items: CFArray?
let status = SecPKCS12Import(data as CFData, [kSecImportExportPassphrase as String: password] as CFDictionary, &items)
switch status {
case errSecSuccess: break
case errSecAuthFailed, errSecPkcs12VerifyFailure: return .failure(.password)
default: return .failure(.format)
}
guard let first = (items as? [[String: Any]])?.first,
let value = first[kSecImportItemIdentity as String] else { return .failure(.noKey) }
let identity = value as! SecIdentity
var leaf: SecCertificate?
guard SecIdentityCopyCertificate(identity, &leaf) == errSecSuccess, let leaf else { return .failure(.noKey) }
if let validity = validity(of: leaf) {
if now > validity.notAfter { return .failure(.expired) }
if now < validity.notBefore { return .failure(.notYetValid) }
}
let leafData = SecCertificateCopyData(leaf) as Data
let chain = (first[kSecImportItemCertChain as String] as? [SecCertificate] ?? []).filter {
SecCertificateCopyData($0) as Data != leafData
}
return .success((identity, chain))
}
// MARK: Keeping it
/// Keeps the identity for this host and port, replacing any other.
static func save(_ identity: SecIdentity, chain: [SecCertificate], host: String, port: Int) -> Bool {
remove()
let query: [String: Any] = [
kSecValueRef as String: identity,
kSecAttrLabel as String: label,
kSecAttrAccessible as String: kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlockThisDeviceOnly,
]
guard SecItemAdd(query as CFDictionary, nil) == errSecSuccess else { return false }
// The chain's intermediates go along so a proxy that wants them gets them.
let encoded = chain.map { SecCertificateCopyData($0) as Data }
UserDefaults.standard.set(encoded, forKey: chainKey)
UserDefaults.standard.set(host.lowercased(), forKey: hostKey)
UserDefaults.standard.set(port, forKey: portKey)
return true
}
private static let chainKey = "TrekClientIdentityChain"
static func remove() {
TrekClientCertWatch.reset()
for itemClass in [kSecClassIdentity, kSecClassCertificate, kSecClassKey] {
SecItemDelete([kSecClass as String: itemClass, kSecAttrLabel as String: label] as CFDictionary)
}
UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: hostKey)
UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: portKey)
UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: chainKey)
}
private static func storedIdentity() -> SecIdentity? {
var item: CFTypeRef?
let query: [String: Any] = [
kSecClass as String: kSecClassIdentity,
kSecAttrLabel as String: label,
kSecReturnRef as String: true,
]
guard SecItemCopyMatching(query as CFDictionary, &item) == errSecSuccess, let item else { return nil }
return (item as! SecIdentity)
}
/// Whether a request to host and port (0 or less for https' default) goes to the server the identity is for.
static func matches(host: String?, port: Int) -> Bool {
guard let host, let stored = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: hostKey) else { return false }
let storedPort = UserDefaults.standard.integer(forKey: portKey)
return host.lowercased() == stored && (port > 0 ? port : 443) == (storedPort > 0 ? storedPort : 443)
}
/// The credential for a server at host and port, or nil when the stored one is for another.
static func credential(forHost host: String, port: Int) -> URLCredential? {
guard matches(host: host, port: port), let identity = storedIdentity() else { return nil }
let chain = (UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: chainKey) as? [Data] ?? []).compactMap {
SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, $0 as CFData)
}
// Per session: a replaced certificate takes effect on the next connection.
return URLCredential(identity: identity, certificates: chain.isEmpty ? nil : chain, persistence: .forSession)
}
/// Answers a challenge if it asks for a client certificate; false leaves it to the caller.
static func answer(_ challenge: URLAuthenticationChallenge, _ completion: @escaping (URLSession.AuthChallengeDisposition, URLCredential?) -> Void) -> Bool {
guard challenge.protectionSpace.authenticationMethod == NSURLAuthenticationMethodClientCertificate else { return false }
let space = challenge.protectionSpace
let credential = credential(forHost: space.host, port: space.port)
noteRequest(host: space.host, port: space.port, served: credential != nil)
if let credential {
completion(.useCredential, credential)
} else {
// As a browser without a matching certificate: go on without one.
completion(.performDefaultHandling, nil)
}
return true
}
// MARK: What the settings show
static func info() -> [String: Any]? {
guard let host = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: hostKey), let identity = storedIdentity() else { return nil }
var leaf: SecCertificate?
guard SecIdentityCopyCertificate(identity, &leaf) == errSecSuccess, let leaf else { return nil }
let port = UserDefaults.standard.integer(forKey: portKey)
var result: [String: Any] = [
"host": host,
"port": port > 0 ? port : 443,
"subject": SecCertificateCopySubjectSummary(leaf) as String? ?? "",
"issuer": issuerName(of: leaf) ?? "",
]
if let validity = validity(of: leaf) { result["notAfter"] = Int(validity.notAfter.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000) }
return result
}
// MARK: Certificate fields
/// notBefore and notAfter from the DER: iOS has no public API for them.
static func validity(of certificate: SecCertificate) -> (notBefore: Date, notAfter: Date)? {
DER.validity(SecCertificateCopyData(certificate) as Data)
}
private static func issuerName(of certificate: SecCertificate) -> String? {
DER.issuerCommonName(SecCertificateCopyData(certificate) as Data)
}
/// Just enough DER to read an X.509 certificate's validity and a name's CN.
enum DER {
private struct Node {
let tag: UInt8
let body: Range<Int>
let end: Int
}
private static func node(_ bytes: [UInt8], at offset: Int) -> Node? {
guard offset + 2 <= bytes.count else { return nil }
let tag = bytes[offset]
var length = Int(bytes[offset + 1])
var start = offset + 2
if length & 0x80 != 0 {
let count = length & 0x7f
guard count > 0, count <= 4, start + count <= bytes.count else { return nil }
length = bytes[start..<start + count].reduce(0) { $0 << 8 | Int($1) }
start += count
}
guard start + length <= bytes.count else { return nil }
return Node(tag: tag, body: start..<start + length, end: start + length)
}
private static func children(_ bytes: [UInt8], in range: Range<Int>) -> [Node] {
var result: [Node] = []
var offset = range.lowerBound
while offset < range.upperBound, let child = node(bytes, at: offset) {
result.append(child)
offset = child.end
}
return result
}
/// The fields of the TBSCertificate after the version: serial, signature algorithm, issuer, validity, ...
private static func tbsFields(_ bytes: [UInt8]) -> [Node]? {
guard let certificate = node(bytes, at: 0), let tbs = children(bytes, in: certificate.body).first else { return nil }
var fields = children(bytes, in: tbs.body)
if fields.first?.tag == 0xa0 { fields.removeFirst() }
return fields.count > 3 ? fields : nil
}
static func validity(_ data: Data) -> (notBefore: Date, notAfter: Date)? {
let bytes = [UInt8](data)
guard let fields = tbsFields(bytes) else { return nil }
let times = children(bytes, in: fields[3].body)
guard times.count == 2, let from = time(bytes, times[0]), let to = time(bytes, times[1]) else { return nil }
return (from, to)
}
private static func time(_ bytes: [UInt8], _ node: Node) -> Date? {
guard let text = String(bytes: bytes[node.body], encoding: .ascii) else { return nil }
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "UTC")
formatter.dateFormat = node.tag == 0x17 ? "yyMMddHHmmss'Z'" : "yyyyMMddHHmmss'Z'"
return formatter.date(from: text)
}
/// The CN of the issuer's Name (a SEQUENCE of SETs of type and value), or nil.
static func issuerCommonName(_ data: Data) -> String? {
let bytes = [UInt8](data)
guard let fields = tbsFields(bytes) else { return nil }
for set in children(bytes, in: fields[2].body) {
for pair in children(bytes, in: set.body) {
let parts = children(bytes, in: pair.body)
guard parts.count == 2, Array(bytes[parts[0].body]) == [0x55, 0x04, 0x03] else { continue }
return String(bytes: bytes[parts[1].body], encoding: .utf8)
}
}
return nil
}
}
}
/// Notices when the user's server stops letting the app in for want of a
/// client certificate (one removed, expired, or no longer trusted). The page can
/// still be the stored offline copy while every request fails, so when the server
/// asks for a certificate the app checks once natively whether TREK answers with
/// what it holds. Only a check that fails at the certificate (the handshake broke
/// off, or the proxy's own 4xx) calls `onRefused`; a server that merely asks and
/// lets everyone in answers TREK's 200. At most once a minute.
enum TrekClientCertWatch {
private static let lock = NSLock()
private static var lastCheck = Date.distantPast
/// A new or removed certificate is worth a check of its own, whenever the last one ran.
static func reset() {
lock.lock(); defer { lock.unlock() }
lastCheck = .distantPast
}
static func serverAsked(host: String, port: Int, onRefused: @escaping () -> Void) {
guard let raw = TrekServerStore.url, let server = URL(string: raw), server.scheme == "https",
server.host?.lowercased() == host.lowercased(), (server.port ?? 443) == (port > 0 ? port : 443),
let features = URL(string: raw.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "/")) + "/api/health/features") else { return }
lock.lock()
let due = Date().timeIntervalSince(lastCheck) >= 60
if due { lastCheck = Date() }
lock.unlock()
guard due else { return }
var request = URLRequest(url: features, cachePolicy: .reloadIgnoringLocalCacheData, timeoutInterval: 8)
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
var task: URLSessionDataTask?
task = TrekClientCertSessionDelegate.session.dataTask(with: request) { _, response, _ in
let asked = task.flatMap { TrekClientCertSessionDelegate.shared.ask(for: $0) } != nil
let status = (response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode ?? 0
if asked && (status == 0 || (400..<500).contains(status)) {
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: onRefused)
}
}
task?.resume()
}
}
/// A URLSession delegate for the app's own requests to the user's server: it
/// shows the client certificate where the server asks for it and notes the ask.
final class TrekClientCertSessionDelegate: NSObject, URLSessionTaskDelegate {
static let shared = TrekClientCertSessionDelegate()
/// The app's session for the user's server (offline copy, watch, address check).
static let session = URLSession(configuration: .default, delegate: shared, delegateQueue: nil)
/// Per task: whether the server asked, and whether it got a certificate (address check only).
private let lock = NSLock()
private var asks: [Int: Bool] = [:]
func ask(for task: URLSessionTask) -> Bool? {
lock.lock(); defer { lock.unlock() }
return asks.removeValue(forKey: task.taskIdentifier)
}
func urlSession(_ session: URLSession, task: URLSessionTask, didReceive challenge: URLAuthenticationChallenge,
completionHandler: @escaping (URLSession.AuthChallengeDisposition, URLCredential?) -> Void) {
let handled = TrekClientIdentity.answer(challenge) { disposition, credential in
self.lock.lock()
self.asks[task.taskIdentifier] = credential != nil
self.lock.unlock()
completionHandler(disposition, credential)
}
if !handled { completionHandler(.performDefaultHandling, nil) }
}
}
/// The file picker and password prompt of an import, in the UI's words.
final class TrekClientCertImporter: NSObject, UIDocumentPickerDelegate {
private let presenter: UIViewController
private let labels: [String: String]
private let host: String
private let port: Int
private let done: ([String: Any]) -> Void
private var keepAlive: TrekClientCertImporter?
init(presenter: UIViewController, labels: [String: String], host: String, port: Int, done: @escaping ([String: Any]) -> Void) {
self.presenter = presenter
self.labels = labels
self.host = host
self.port = port
self.done = done
}
func start() {
keepAlive = self
let types = [UTType(filenameExtension: "p12"), UTType(filenameExtension: "pfx"), UTType("com.rsa.pkcs-12")].compactMap { $0 }
let picker = UIDocumentPickerViewController(forOpeningContentTypes: types.isEmpty ? [.data] : types, asCopy: true)
picker.delegate = self
presenter.present(picker, animated: true)
}
func documentPickerWasCancelled(_ controller: UIDocumentPickerViewController) {
finish(["result": "cancelled"])
}
func documentPicker(_ controller: UIDocumentPickerViewController, didPickDocumentsAt urls: [URL]) {
guard let url = urls.first,
let attributes = try? FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: url.path),
(attributes[.size] as? Int ?? 0) <= 256 * 1024,
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url) else {
finish(["result": "failed", "failure": TrekClientIdentity.Failure.format.rawValue])
return
}
try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: url)
askPassword(for: data, wrong: false)
}
private func askPassword(for data: Data, wrong: Bool) {
let alert = UIAlertController(title: labels["title"], message: wrong ? labels["wrongPassword"] : labels["message"], preferredStyle: .alert)
alert.addTextField { field in
field.isSecureTextEntry = true
field.placeholder = self.labels["placeholder"]
field.textContentType = .password
}
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: labels["cancel"] ?? "Cancel", style: .cancel) { _ in
self.finish(["result": "cancelled"])
})
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: labels["ok"] ?? "OK", style: .default) { _ in
self.open(data, password: alert.textFields?.first?.text ?? "")
})
presenter.present(alert, animated: true)
}
private func open(_ data: Data, password: String) {
switch TrekClientIdentity.read(data, password: password) {
case .failure(.password):
askPassword(for: data, wrong: true)
case .failure(let failure):
finish(["result": "failed", "failure": failure.rawValue])
case .success(let (identity, chain)):
guard TrekClientIdentity.save(identity, chain: chain, host: host, port: port) else {
finish(["result": "failed", "failure": TrekClientIdentity.Failure.store.rawValue])
return
}
var result: [String: Any] = ["result": "imported"]
if let info = TrekClientIdentity.info() { result["certificate"] = info }
finish(result)
}
}
private func finish(_ result: [String: Any]) {
done(result)
keepAlive = nil
}
}