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authorNikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>2014-03-29 00:06:41 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-03-30 12:02:10 +0200
commite9c6c58418043f36862a798389f3a7f4253f74cc (patch)
treec356b60c18a2aa02284dc565f6671f95f86fe8fb
parent24194b6b543427510766813fdce01cfb79d00651 (diff)
downloadguix-e9c6c58418043f36862a798389f3a7f4253f74cc.tar.gz
substitute-binary: Support the Signature field of a narinfo file.
* guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm (<narinfo>): Add the 'signature'
  and 'contents' fields.
  (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp): New function.
  (narinfo-maker): Add the 'signature' argument and use it.
  (assert-valid-signature): New function.
  (read-narinfo): Support the Signature field.
  (write-narinfo): Use 'narinfo-contents'.
  (%allow-unauthenticated-substitutes?): New variable.
* guix/base64.scm, tests/base64.scm, tests/substitute-binary.scm: New files.
* Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add tests/base64.scm and
  tests/substitute-binary.scm.
  (MODULES): Add guix/base64.scm.
* test-env.in: Set 'GUIX_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_SUBSTITUTES'.
-rw-r--r--Makefile.am3
-rw-r--r--guix/base64.scm212
-rwxr-xr-xguix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm168
-rw-r--r--test-env.in5
-rw-r--r--tests/base64.scm59
-rw-r--r--tests/substitute-binary.scm197
6 files changed, 600 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0eb9a834dc..9f003c9fba 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ include gnu-system.am
 
 MODULES =					\
   guix/base32.scm				\
+  guix/base64.scm				\
   guix/records.scm				\
   guix/hash.scm					\
   guix/pk-crypto.scm				\
@@ -122,9 +123,11 @@ clean-go:
 
 SCM_TESTS =					\
   tests/base32.scm				\
+  tests/base64.scm				\
   tests/hash.scm				\
   tests/pk-crypto.scm				\
   tests/pki.scm					\
+  tests/substitute-binary.scm			\
   tests/builders.scm				\
   tests/derivations.scm				\
   tests/ui.scm					\
diff --git a/guix/base64.scm b/guix/base64.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7f7f5f4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guix/base64.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+;; -*- mode: scheme; coding: utf-8 -*-
+;;
+;; This module was renamed from (weinholt text base64 (1 0 20100612)) to
+;; (guix base64) by Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> on
+;; February 12, 2014.
+;;
+;; Copyright © 2009, 2010 Göran Weinholt <goran@weinholt.se>
+;;
+;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#!r6rs
+
+;; RFC 4648 Base-N Encodings
+
+(library (guix base64)
+  (export base64-encode
+          base64-decode
+          base64-alphabet
+          base64url-alphabet
+          get-delimited-base64
+          put-delimited-base64)
+  (import (rnrs)
+          (only (srfi :13 strings)
+                string-index
+                string-prefix? string-suffix?
+                string-concatenate string-trim-both))
+
+  (define base64-alphabet
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/")
+
+  (define base64url-alphabet
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_")
+
+  (define base64-encode
+    (case-lambda
+      ;; Simple interface. Returns a string containing the canonical
+      ;; base64 representation of the given bytevector.
+      ((bv)
+       (base64-encode bv 0 (bytevector-length bv) #f #f base64-alphabet #f))
+      ((bv start)
+       (base64-encode bv start (bytevector-length bv) #f #f base64-alphabet #f))
+      ((bv start end)
+       (base64-encode bv start end #f #f base64-alphabet #f))
+      ((bv start end line-length)
+       (base64-encode bv start end line-length #f base64-alphabet #f))
+      ((bv start end line-length no-padding)
+       (base64-encode bv start end line-length no-padding base64-alphabet #f))
+      ((bv start end line-length no-padding alphabet)
+       (base64-encode bv start end line-length no-padding alphabet #f))
+      ;; Base64 encodes the bytes [start,end[ in the given bytevector.
+      ;; Lines are limited to line-length characters (unless #f),
+      ;; which must be a multiple of four. To omit the padding
+      ;; characters (#\=) set no-padding to a true value. If port is
+      ;; #f, returns a string.
+      ((bv start end line-length no-padding alphabet port)
+       (assert (or (not line-length) (zero? (mod line-length 4))))
+       (let-values (((p extract) (if port
+                                     (values port (lambda () (values)))
+                                     (open-string-output-port))))
+         (letrec ((put (if line-length
+                           (let ((chars 0))
+                             (lambda (p c)
+                               (when (fx=? chars line-length)
+                                 (set! chars 0)
+                                 (put-char p #\linefeed))
+                               (set! chars (fx+ chars 1))
+                               (put-char p c)))
+                           put-char)))
+           (let lp ((i start))
+             (cond ((= i end))
+                   ((<= (+ i 3) end)
+                    (let ((x (bytevector-uint-ref bv i (endianness big) 3)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 18 24)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 12 18)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 6 12)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 0 6)))
+                      (lp (+ i 3))))
+                   ((<= (+ i 2) end)
+                    (let ((x (fxarithmetic-shift-left (bytevector-u16-ref bv i (endianness big)) 8)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 18 24)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 12 18)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 6 12)))
+                      (unless no-padding
+                        (put p #\=))))
+                   (else
+                    (let ((x (fxarithmetic-shift-left (bytevector-u8-ref bv i) 16)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 18 24)))
+                      (put p (string-ref alphabet (fxbit-field x 12 18)))
+                      (unless no-padding
+                        (put p #\=)
+                        (put p #\=)))))))
+         (extract)))))
+
+  ;; Decodes a base64 string. The string must contain only pure
+  ;; unpadded base64 data.
+  (define base64-decode
+    (case-lambda
+      ((str)
+       (base64-decode str base64-alphabet #f))
+      ((str alphabet)
+       (base64-decode str alphabet #f))
+      ((str alphabet port)
+       (unless (zero? (mod (string-length str) 4))
+         (error 'base64-decode
+                "input string must be a multiple of four characters"))
+       (let-values (((p extract) (if port
+                                     (values port (lambda () (values)))
+                                     (open-bytevector-output-port))))
+         (do ((i 0 (+ i 4)))
+             ((= i (string-length str))
+              (extract))
+           (let ((c1 (string-ref str i))
+                 (c2 (string-ref str (+ i 1)))
+                 (c3 (string-ref str (+ i 2)))
+                 (c4 (string-ref str (+ i 3))))
+             ;; TODO: be more clever than string-index
+             (let ((i1 (string-index alphabet c1))
+                   (i2 (string-index alphabet c2))
+                   (i3 (string-index alphabet c3))
+                   (i4 (string-index alphabet c4)))
+               (cond ((and i1 i2 i3 i4)
+                      (let ((x (fxior (fxarithmetic-shift-left i1 18)
+                                      (fxarithmetic-shift-left i2 12)
+                                      (fxarithmetic-shift-left i3 6)
+                                      i4)))
+                        (put-u8 p (fxbit-field x 16 24))
+                        (put-u8 p (fxbit-field x 8 16))
+                        (put-u8 p (fxbit-field x 0 8))))
+                     ((and i1 i2 i3 (char=? c4 #\=)
+                           (= i (- (string-length str) 4)))
+                      (let ((x (fxior (fxarithmetic-shift-left i1 18)
+                                      (fxarithmetic-shift-left i2 12)
+                                      (fxarithmetic-shift-left i3 6))))
+                        (put-u8 p (fxbit-field x 16 24))
+                        (put-u8 p (fxbit-field x 8 16))))
+                     ((and i1 i2 (char=? c3 #\=) (char=? c4 #\=)
+                           (= i (- (string-length str) 4)))
+                      (let ((x (fxior (fxarithmetic-shift-left i1 18)
+                                      (fxarithmetic-shift-left i2 12))))
+                        (put-u8 p (fxbit-field x 16 24))))
+                     (else
+                      (error 'base64-decode "invalid input"
+                             (list c1 c2 c3 c4)))))))))))
+
+  (define (get-line-comp f port)
+    (if (port-eof? port)
+        (eof-object)
+        (f (get-line port))))
+
+  ;; Reads the common -----BEGIN/END type----- delimited format from
+  ;; the given port. Returns two values: a string with the type and a
+  ;; bytevector containing the base64 decoded data. The second value
+  ;; is the eof object if there is an eof before the BEGIN delimiter.
+  (define (get-delimited-base64 port)
+    (define (get-first-data-line port)
+      ;; Some MIME data has header fields in the same format as mail
+      ;; or http. These are ignored.
+      (let ((line (get-line-comp string-trim-both port)))
+        (cond ((eof-object? line) line)
+              ((string-index line #\:)
+               (let lp ()               ;read until empty line
+                 (let ((line (get-line-comp string-trim-both port)))
+                   (if (string=? line "")
+                       (get-line-comp string-trim-both port)
+                       (lp)))))
+              (else line))))
+    (let ((line (get-line-comp string-trim-both port)))
+      (cond ((eof-object? line)
+             (values "" (eof-object)))
+            ((string=? line "")
+             (get-delimited-base64 port))
+            ((and (string-prefix? "-----BEGIN " line)
+                  (string-suffix? "-----" line))
+             (let* ((type (substring line 11 (- (string-length line) 5)))
+                    (endline (string-append "-----END " type "-----")))
+               (let-values (((outp extract) (open-bytevector-output-port)))
+                 (let lp ((line (get-first-data-line port)))
+                   (cond ((eof-object? line)
+                          (error 'get-delimited-base64
+                                 "unexpected end of file"))
+                         ((string-prefix? "-" line)
+                          (unless (string=? line endline)
+                            (error 'get-delimited-base64
+                                   "bad end delimiter" type line))
+                          (values type (extract)))
+                         (else
+                          (unless (and (= (string-length line) 5)
+                                       (string-prefix? "=" line)) ;Skip Radix-64 checksum
+                            (base64-decode line base64-alphabet outp))
+                          (lp (get-line-comp string-trim-both port))))))))
+            (else ;skip garbage (like in openssl x509 -in foo -text output).
+             (get-delimited-base64 port)))))
+
+  (define put-delimited-base64
+    (case-lambda
+      ((port type bv line-length)
+       (display (string-append "-----BEGIN " type "-----\n") port)
+       (base64-encode bv 0 (bytevector-length bv)
+                      line-length #f base64-alphabet port)
+       (display (string-append "\n-----END " type "-----\n") port))
+      ((port type bv)
+       (put-delimited-base64 port type bv 76)))))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm b/guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm
index 4e49b0c3ac..de22ebaf58 100755
--- a/guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
   #:use-module (guix config)
   #:use-module (guix records)
   #:use-module (guix nar)
+  #:use-module (guix hash)
+  #:use-module (guix base64)
+  #:use-module (guix pk-crypto)
+  #:use-module (guix pki)
   #:use-module ((guix build utils) #:select (mkdir-p))
   #:use-module ((guix build download)
                 #:select (progress-proc uri-abbreviation))
@@ -33,15 +38,21 @@
   #:use-module (ice-9 format)
   #:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
   #:use-module (ice-9 binary-ports)
+  #:use-module (rnrs io ports)
+  #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-19)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-35)
   #:use-module (web uri)
   #:use-module (guix http-client)
-  #:export (guix-substitute-binary))
+  #:export (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp
+            read-narinfo
+            write-narinfo
+            guix-substitute-binary))
 
 ;;; Comment:
 ;;;
@@ -60,6 +71,16 @@
              (cut string-append <> "/guix/substitute-binary"))
       (string-append %state-directory "/substitute-binary/cache")))
 
+(define %allow-unauthenticated-substitutes?
+  ;; Whether to allow unchecked substitutes.  This is useful for testing
+  ;; purposes, and should be avoided otherwise.
+  (and (and=> (getenv "GUIX_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_SUBSTITUTES")
+              (cut string-ci=? <> "yes"))
+       (begin
+         (warning (_ "authentication and authorization of substitutes \
+disabled!~%"))
+         #t)))
+
 (define %narinfo-ttl
   ;; Number of seconds during which cached narinfo lookups are considered
   ;; valid.
@@ -194,7 +215,7 @@ failure."
 
 (define-record-type <narinfo>
   (%make-narinfo path uri compression file-hash file-size nar-hash nar-size
-                 references deriver system)
+                 references deriver system signature contents)
   narinfo?
   (path         narinfo-path)
   (uri          narinfo-uri)
@@ -205,15 +226,38 @@ failure."
   (nar-size     narinfo-size)
   (references   narinfo-references)
   (deriver      narinfo-deriver)
-  (system       narinfo-system))
-
-(define (narinfo-maker cache-url)
-  "Return a narinfo constructor for narinfos originating from CACHE-URL."
+  (system       narinfo-system)
+  (signature    narinfo-signature)      ; canonical sexp
+  ;; The original contents of a narinfo file.  This field is needed because we
+  ;; want to preserve the exact textual representation for verification purposes.
+  ;; See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-02/msg00340.html>
+  ;; for more information.
+  (contents     narinfo-contents))
+
+(define (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp str)
+  "Return the value of a narinfo's 'Signature' field as a canonical sexp."
+  (match (string-split str #\;)
+    ((version _ sig)
+     (let ((maybe-number (string->number version)))
+       (cond ((not (number? maybe-number))
+              (leave (_ "signature version must be a number: ~a~%")
+                     version))
+             ;; Currently, there are no other versions.
+             ((not (= 1 maybe-number))
+              (leave (_ "unsupported signature version: ~a~%")
+                     maybe-number))
+             (else (string->canonical-sexp
+                    (utf8->string (base64-decode sig)))))))
+    (x
+     (leave (_ "invalid format of the signature field: ~a~%") x))))
+
+(define (narinfo-maker str cache-url)
+  "Return a narinfo constructor for narinfos originating from CACHE-URL.  STR
+must contain the original contents of a narinfo file."
   (lambda (path url compression file-hash file-size nar-hash nar-size
-                references deriver system)
+                references deriver system signature)
     "Return a new <narinfo> object."
     (%make-narinfo path
-
                    ;; Handle the case where URL is a relative URL.
                    (or (string->uri url)
                        (string->uri (string-append cache-url "/" url)))
@@ -226,45 +270,81 @@ failure."
                    (match deriver
                      ((or #f "") #f)
                      (_ deriver))
-                   system)))
-
-(define* (read-narinfo port #:optional url)
-  "Read a narinfo from PORT in its standard external form.  If URL is true, it
-must be a string used to build full URIs from relative URIs found while
-reading PORT."
-  (alist->record (fields->alist port)
-                 (narinfo-maker url)
-                 '("StorePath" "URL" "Compression"
-                   "FileHash" "FileSize" "NarHash" "NarSize"
-                   "References" "Deriver" "System")))
+                   system
+                   (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp signature)
+                   str)))
+
+;;; XXX: The following function is nearly an exact copy of the one from
+;;; 'guix/nar.scm'.  Factorize as soon as we know how to make the latter
+;;; public (see <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-03/msg00097.html>).
+;;; Keep this one private to avoid confusion.
+(define* (assert-valid-signature signature hash port
+                                 #:optional (acl (current-acl)))
+  "Bail out if SIGNATURE, a string (as produced by 'canonical-sexp->string'),
+doesn't match HASH, a bytevector containing the expected hash for FILE."
+  (let* ((&nar-signature-error    (@@ (guix nar) &nar-signature-error))
+         (&nar-invalid-hash-error (@@ (guix nar) &nar-invalid-hash-error))
+         ;; XXX: This is just to keep the errors happy; get a sensible
+         ;; filename.
+         (file      #f)
+         (signature (catch 'gcry-error
+                      (lambda ()
+                        (string->canonical-sexp signature))
+                      (lambda (err . _)
+                        (raise (condition
+                                (&message
+                                 (message "signature is not a valid \
+s-expression"))
+                                (&nar-signature-error
+                                 (file file)
+                                 (signature signature) (port port)))))))
+         (subject   (signature-subject signature))
+         (data      (signature-signed-data signature)))
+    (if (and data subject)
+        (if (authorized-key? subject acl)
+            (if (equal? (hash-data->bytevector data) hash)
+                (unless (valid-signature? signature)
+                  (raise (condition
+                          (&message (message "invalid signature"))
+                          (&nar-signature-error
+                           (file file) (signature signature) (port port)))))
+                (raise (condition (&message (message "invalid hash"))
+                                  (&nar-invalid-hash-error
+                                   (port port) (file file)
+                                   (signature signature)
+                                   (expected (hash-data->bytevector data))
+                                   (actual hash)))))
+            (raise (condition (&message (message "unauthorized public key"))
+                              (&nar-signature-error
+                               (signature signature) (file file) (port port)))))
+        (raise (condition
+                (&message (message "corrupt signature data"))
+                (&nar-signature-error
+                 (signature signature) (file file) (port port)))))))
+
+(define* (read-narinfo port #:optional url (acl (current-acl)))
+  "Read a narinfo from PORT.  If URL is true, it must be a string used to
+build full URIs from relative URIs found while reading PORT."
+  (let* ((str       (utf8->string (get-bytevector-all port)))
+         (rx        (make-regexp "(.+)^[[:blank:]]*Signature:[[:blank:]].+$"))
+         (res       (or (regexp-exec rx str)
+                        (leave (_ "cannot find the Signature line: ~a~%")
+                               str)))
+         (hash      (sha256 (string->utf8 (match:substring res 1))))
+         (narinfo   (alist->record (fields->alist (open-input-string str))
+                                   (narinfo-maker str url)
+                                   '("StorePath" "URL" "Compression"
+                                     "FileHash" "FileSize" "NarHash" "NarSize"
+                                     "References" "Deriver" "System"
+                                     "Signature")))
+         (signature (canonical-sexp->string (narinfo-signature narinfo))))
+    (unless %allow-unauthenticated-substitutes?
+      (assert-valid-signature signature hash port acl))
+    narinfo))
 
 (define (write-narinfo narinfo port)
   "Write NARINFO to PORT."
-  (define (empty-string-if-false x)
-    (or x ""))
-
-  (define (number-or-empty-string x)
-    (if (number? x)
-        (number->string x)
-        ""))
-
-  (object->fields narinfo
-                  `(("StorePath" . ,narinfo-path)
-                    ("URL" . ,(compose uri->string narinfo-uri))
-                    ("Compression" . ,narinfo-compression)
-                    ("FileHash" . ,(compose empty-string-if-false
-                                            narinfo-file-hash))
-                    ("FileSize" . ,(compose number-or-empty-string
-                                            narinfo-file-size))
-                    ("NarHash" . ,(compose empty-string-if-false
-                                           narinfo-hash))
-                    ("NarSize" . ,(compose number-or-empty-string
-                                           narinfo-size))
-                    ("References" . ,(compose string-join narinfo-references))
-                    ("Deriver" . ,(compose empty-string-if-false
-                                           narinfo-deriver))
-                    ("System" . ,narinfo-system))
-                  port))
+  (put-bytevector port (string->utf8 (narinfo-contents narinfo))))
 
 (define (narinfo->string narinfo)
   "Return the external representation of NARINFO."
diff --git a/test-env.in b/test-env.in
index 3853ce91ef..a3b3536145 100644
--- a/test-env.in
+++ b/test-env.in
@@ -58,12 +58,17 @@ then
     rm -rf "$NIX_STATE_DIR/substituter-data"
     mkdir -p "$NIX_STATE_DIR/substituter-data"
 
+    # For a number of tests, we want to allow unsigned narinfos, for
+    # simplicity.
+    GUIX_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_SUBSTITUTES=yes
+
     # Place for the substituter's cache.
     XDG_CACHE_HOME="$NIX_STATE_DIR/cache-$$"
 
     export NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE NIX_STORE_DIR			\
 	NIX_LOCALSTATE_DIR NIX_LOG_DIR NIX_STATE_DIR NIX_DB_DIR		\
 	NIX_ROOT_FINDER NIX_SETUID_HELPER GUIX_BINARY_SUBSTITUTE_URL	\
+        GUIX_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_SUBSTITUTES				\
         NIX_CONF_DIR XDG_CACHE_HOME
 
     # Do that because store.scm calls `canonicalize-path' on it.
diff --git a/tests/base64.scm b/tests/base64.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99c02b531e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/base64.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (test-base64)
+  #:use-module (guix base64)
+  #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-64))
+
+(define (string->base64 str)
+  (base64-encode (string->utf8 str)))
+
+;;; Test vectors from <https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4648.txt>.
+
+(test-begin "base64")
+
+(test-equal "empty string"
+  (string->base64 "")
+  "")
+
+(test-equal "f"
+  (string->base64 "f")
+  "Zg==")
+
+(test-equal "fo"
+  (string->base64 "fo")
+  "Zm8=")
+
+(test-equal "foo"
+  (string->base64 "foo")
+  "Zm9v")
+
+(test-equal "foob"
+  (string->base64 "foob")
+  "Zm9vYg==")
+
+(test-equal "fooba"
+  (string->base64 "fooba")
+  "Zm9vYmE=")
+
+(test-equal "foobar"
+  (string->base64 "foobar")
+  "Zm9vYmFy")
+
+(test-end "base64")
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diff --git a/tests/substitute-binary.scm b/tests/substitute-binary.scm
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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (test-substitute-binary)
+  #:use-module (guix scripts substitute-binary)
+  #:use-module (guix base64)
+  #:use-module (guix hash)
+  #:use-module (guix nar)
+  #:use-module (guix pk-crypto)
+  #:use-module (guix pki)
+  #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
+  #:use-module ((srfi srfi-64) #:hide (test-error)))
+
+(define assert-valid-signature
+  ;; (guix scripts substitute-binary) does not export this function in order to
+  ;; avoid misuse.
+  (@@ (guix scripts substitute-binary) assert-valid-signature))
+
+;;; XXX: Replace with 'test-error' from SRFI-64 as soon as it allow us to
+;;; catch specific exceptions.
+(define-syntax-rule (test-error* name exp)
+  (test-assert name
+    (catch 'quit
+      (lambda ()
+        exp
+        #f)
+      (const #t))))
+
+(define %keypair
+  ;; (display (canonical-sexp->string
+  ;;           (generate-key "(genkey (rsa (nbits 4:1024)))")))
+  (string->canonical-sexp
+   "(key-data
+ (public-key
+  (rsa
+   (n #00D74A00F16DD109A8E773291856A4EF9EE2C2D975E0BC207EA24245C9CFE39E32D8BA5442A2720A57E3A9D9E55E596A8B19CB2EF844E5E859362593914BD626433C887FB798AE87E1DA95D372DFC81E220B8802B04CEC818D9B6B4E2108817755AEBAC23D2FD2B0AB82A52FD785194F3C2D7B9327212588DB74D464EEE5DC9F5B#)
+   (e #010001#)
+   )
+  )
+ (private-key
+  (rsa
+   (n #00D74A00F16DD109A8E773291856A4EF9EE2C2D975E0BC207EA24245C9CFE39E32D8BA5442A2720A57E3A9D9E55E596A8B19CB2EF844E5E859362593914BD626433C887FB798AE87E1DA95D372DFC81E220B8802B04CEC818D9B6B4E2108817755AEBAC23D2FD2B0AB82A52FD785194F3C2D7B9327212588DB74D464EEE5DC9F5B#)
+   (e #010001#)
+   (d #40E6D963EF143E9241BC10DE7A785C988C89EB1EC33253A5796AFB38FCC804D015500EC8CBCA0F5E318EE9D660DC19E7774E2E89BFD38379297EA87EFBDAC24BA32EE5339215382B2C89F5A817FD9131CA8E8A0A70D58E26E847AD0C447053671A6B2D7746087DE058A02B17701752B8A36EB414435921615AE7CAA8AC48E451#)
+   (p #00EA88C0C19FE83C09285EF49FF88A1159357FD870031C20F15EF5103FBEB10925299BCA197F7143D6792A1BA7044EDA572EC94FA6B00889F9857216CF5B984403#)
+   (q #00EAFE541EE9E0531255A85CADBEF64D5F679766D7209F521ADD131CF4B7DA9DF5414901342A146EE84FAA1E35EE0D0F6CE3F5F25989C0D1E9FA5B678D78C113C9#)
+   (u #59C80FA2C48181F6855691C9D443619BA46C7648056E081697C370D8096E8EF165122D5E55F8FD6A2DCC404FA8BDCDC1FD20B4D76A433F25E8FD6901EC2DBDAD#)
+   )
+  )
+ )"))
+
+(define %public-key
+  (find-sexp-token %keypair 'public-key))
+
+(define %private-key
+  (find-sexp-token %keypair 'private-key))
+
+(define (signature-body str)
+  (base64-encode
+   (string->utf8
+    (canonical-sexp->string
+     (signature-sexp (bytevector->hash-data (sha256 (string->utf8 str))
+                                            #:key-type 'rsa)
+                     %private-key
+                     %public-key)))))
+
+(define %signature-body
+  (signature-body "secret"))
+
+(define %wrong-public-key
+  (string->canonical-sexp "(public-key
+ (rsa
+  (n #00E05873AC2B168760343145918E954EE9AB73C026355693B192E01EE835261AA689E9EF46642E895BCD65C648524059FC450E4BA77A68F4C52D0E39EF0CC9359709AB6AAB153B63782201871325B0FDA19CB401CD99FD0C31A91CA9000AA90A77E82B89E036FB63BC1D3961207469B3B12468977148D376F8012BB12A4B11A8F1#)
+  (e #010001#)
+  )
+ )"))
+
+(define %wrong-signature
+  (let* ((body (string->canonical-sexp
+                (utf8->string
+                 (base64-decode %signature-body))))
+         (data       (canonical-sexp->string (find-sexp-token body 'data)))
+         (sig-val    (canonical-sexp->string (find-sexp-token body 'sig-val)))
+         (public-key (canonical-sexp->string %wrong-public-key))
+         (body*      (base64-encode
+                      (string->utf8
+                       (string-append "(signature \n" data sig-val
+                                      public-key " )\n")))))
+    (string-append "1;irrelevant;" body*)))
+
+(define* (signature str #:optional (body %signature-body))
+  (string-append str ";irrelevant;" body))
+
+(define %signature
+  (signature "1" %signature-body))
+
+(define %acl
+  (public-keys->acl (list %public-key)))
+
+(test-begin "substitute-binary")
+
+(test-error* "not a number"
+  (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp (signature "not a number")))
+
+(test-error* "wrong version number"
+  (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp (signature "2")))
+
+(test-assert "valid narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp"
+  (canonical-sexp? (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp %signature)))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (test-error-condition name pred exp)
+  (test-assert name
+    (guard (condition ((pred condition) (pk 'true condition #t))
+                      (else #f))
+      exp
+      #f)))
+
+;;; XXX: Do we need a better predicate hierarchy for these tests?
+(test-error-condition "corrupt signature data"
+  nar-signature-error?
+  (assert-valid-signature "invalid sexp" "irrelevant"
+                          (open-input-string "irrelevant")
+                          %acl))
+
+(test-error-condition "unauthorized public key"
+  nar-signature-error?
+  (assert-valid-signature (canonical-sexp->string
+                           (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp %signature))
+                          "irrelevant"
+                          (open-input-string "irrelevant")
+                          (public-keys->acl '())))
+
+(test-error-condition "invalid signature"
+  nar-signature-error?
+  (assert-valid-signature (canonical-sexp->string
+                           (narinfo-signature->canonical-sexp
+                            %wrong-signature))
+                          (sha256 (string->utf8 "secret"))
+                          (open-input-string "irrelevant")
+                          (public-keys->acl (list %wrong-public-key))))
+
+(define %narinfo
+  "StorePath: /nix/store/foo
+URL: nar/foo
+Compression: bzip2
+NarHash: sha256:7
+NarSize: 42
+References: bar baz
+Deriver: foo.drv
+System: mips64el-linux\n")
+
+(define (narinfo sig)
+  (format #f "~aSignature: ~a~%" %narinfo sig))
+
+(define %signed-narinfo
+  (narinfo (signature "1" (signature-body %narinfo))))
+
+(test-error-condition "invalid hash"
+  ;; The hash of '%signature' is computed over the word "secret", not
+  ;; '%narinfo'.
+  nar-invalid-hash-error?
+  (read-narinfo (open-input-string (narinfo %signature))
+                "https://example.com" %acl))
+
+(test-assert "valid read-narinfo"
+  (read-narinfo (open-input-string %signed-narinfo)
+                "https://example.com" %acl))
+
+(test-equal "valid write-narinfo"
+  %signed-narinfo
+  (call-with-output-string
+   (lambda (port)
+     (write-narinfo (read-narinfo (open-input-string %signed-narinfo)
+                                  "https://example.com" %acl)
+                    port))))
+
+(test-end "substitute-binary")
+
+
+(exit (= (test-runner-fail-count (test-runner-current)) 0))