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package main
import (
"crypto/aes"
"crypto/cipher"
"crypto/ecdh"
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/sha256"
"golang.org/x/crypto/hkdf"
"embed"
"encoding/base64"
"encoding/hex"
"encoding/json"
"flag"
"fmt"
"io"
"io/fs"
"nymdrop/internal/nym"
"os"
"os/exec"
"os/signal"
"path/filepath"
"runtime"
"strings"
"syscall"
"time"
"github.com/awnumar/memguard"
"golang.org/x/net/websocket"
)
//go:embed bin/nym-client-linux-amd64
var nymBin embed.FS
func main() {
keyFile := flag.String("key", "", "path to X25519 private key file (hex, 32 bytes); generated if missing")
inboxID := flag.String("id", "nymdrop-inbox", "nym-client identity id")
wsPort := flag.Int("ws-port", 1977, "nym-client websocket port")
outDir := flag.String("out", "", "directory to save submissions (default: ~/nymdrop-inbox)")
flag.Parse()
homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
if *outDir == "" {
*outDir = filepath.Join(homeDir, "nymdrop-inbox")
}
if err := os.MkdirAll(*outDir, 0700); err != nil {
fatalf("mkdir outDir: %v", err)
}
privKey := loadOrGenKey(*keyFile, homeDir)
nymBinPath := extractNymClient()
defer os.RemoveAll(filepath.Dir(nymBinPath))
configDir := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".nymdrop-reader")
initNymClient(nymBinPath, *inboxID, configDir)
nymCmd := startNymClient(nymBinPath, *inboxID, configDir, *wsPort)
defer nymCmd.Process.Kill()
wsURL := fmt.Sprintf("ws://127.0.0.1:%d", *wsPort)
ws := dialWS(wsURL)
defer ws.Close()
// Print own Nym address so operator knows where to point sources.
printSelfAddress(ws)
fmt.Printf("nymdrop-reader listening — submissions saved to %s\n", *outDir)
fmt.Println("Press Ctrl+C to quit.")
go receiveLoop(ws, privKey, *outDir)
sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(sig, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
<-sig
fmt.Println("\nShutting down.")
// Safety net: wipes any locked buffer still alive (e.g. one in flight in
// receiveLoop when the signal arrived) on top of the deferred Destroy
// calls that cover the normal path.
memguard.Purge()
}
// ── key management ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
func loadOrGenKey(keyFile, homeDir string) *ecdh.PrivateKey {
if keyFile == "" {
keyFile = filepath.Join(homeDir, ".nymdrop-reader", "privkey.hex")
}
data, err := os.ReadFile(keyFile)
if err == nil {
raw, err := hex.DecodeString(strings.TrimSpace(string(data)))
if err != nil {
fatalf("privkey decode: %v", err)
}
// raw is wiped as soon as it's copied into locked, non-swappable memory;
// ecdh.NewPrivateKey takes its own copy, so the guarded buffer can be
// destroyed right after construction.
keyBuf := memguard.NewBufferFromBytes(raw)
priv, err := ecdh.X25519().NewPrivateKey(keyBuf.Bytes())
keyBuf.Destroy()
if err != nil {
fatalf("privkey load: %v", err)
}
fmt.Printf("Loaded private key from %s\n", keyFile)
pubHex := hex.EncodeToString(priv.PublicKey().Bytes())
fmt.Printf("Public key (deploy in nymdrop-server): %s\n", pubHex)
return priv
}
// Generate new key.
rawPriv := make([]byte, 32)
if _, err := rand.Read(rawPriv); err != nil {
fatalf("keygen rand: %v", err)
}
keyBuf := memguard.NewBufferFromBytes(rawPriv) // wipes rawPriv on copy
priv, err := ecdh.X25519().NewPrivateKey(keyBuf.Bytes())
if err != nil {
keyBuf.Destroy()
fatalf("keygen: %v", err)
}
if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(keyFile), 0700); err != nil {
keyBuf.Destroy()
fatalf("mkdir keydir: %v", err)
}
if err := os.WriteFile(keyFile, []byte(hex.EncodeToString(keyBuf.Bytes())+"\n"), 0600); err != nil {
keyBuf.Destroy()
fatalf("write privkey: %v", err)
}
keyBuf.Destroy()
pubHex := hex.EncodeToString(priv.PublicKey().Bytes())
fmt.Printf("Generated new private key → %s\n", keyFile)
fmt.Printf("Public key (deploy in nymdrop-server): %s\n\n", pubHex)
fmt.Println(" Set NYMDROP_PUBKEY_PLACEHOLDER to the public key above in static/crypto.js")
fmt.Println(" and rebuild the server before accepting submissions.")
return priv
}
// ── nym-client lifecycle ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
func extractNymClient() string {
tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "nymdrop-reader-*")
if err != nil {
fatalf("mktemp: %v", err)
}
binName := "nym-client"
if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
binName += ".exe"
}
binPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, binName)
srcName := "bin/nym-client-linux-amd64"
data, err := fs.ReadFile(nymBin, srcName)
if err != nil {
fatalf("embedded nym-client not found: %v", err)
}
if err := os.WriteFile(binPath, data, 0700); err != nil {
fatalf("extract nym-client: %v", err)
}
return binPath
}
func initNymClient(binPath, id, configDir string) {
// --home removed: nym-client v1.1.76+ uses ~/.nym/ fixed path
cmd := exec.Command(binPath, "init", "--id", id)
cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
_ = cmd.Run()
}
func startNymClient(binPath, id, configDir string, wsPort int) *exec.Cmd {
cmd := exec.Command(binPath, "run",
"--id", id,
"--port", fmt.Sprintf("%d", wsPort),
)
cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
fatalf("nym-client start: %v", err)
}
return cmd
}
// dialWS waits for the nym-client WebSocket to be ready, then returns the
// open connection. Reusing the probe connection avoids the duplicate-connection
// panic in nym-client (which rejects a second WS on the same port).
func dialWS(wsURL string) *websocket.Conn {
fmt.Print("Connecting to Nym mixnet")
for i := 0; i < 120; i++ {
ws, err := websocket.Dial(wsURL, "", "http://localhost/")
if err == nil {
fmt.Println(" ready.")
return ws
}
fmt.Print(".")
time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
}
fatalf("nym-client websocket did not start in time")
return nil
}
// ── websocket message types ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
type wsReceived struct {
Type string `json:"type"`
Message json.RawMessage `json:"message"`
SenderTag string `json:"senderTag"`
}
// printSelfAddress queries the inbox address using nym-client's binary
// protocol rather than JSON. This is deliberate, not cosmetic: nym-client
// picks text-vs-binary for every later push ("received" events) based on
// the format of the *last* request it saw on this connection (see
// clients/native/src/websocket/handler.rs, ReceivedResponseType). Submission
// payloads are raw binary crypto material with no base64 wrapping (see
// Client.Send in internal/nym) — if this connection stayed in JSON/text
// mode, nym-client would run String::from_utf8_lossy over that binary data
// before handing it to us, silently corrupting it. Querying the self
// address in binary form here locks the connection into binary mode for
// the lifetime of receiveLoop below.
func printSelfAddress(ws *websocket.Conn) {
if err := websocket.Message.Send(ws, nym.EncodeSelfAddressRequest()); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "selfAddress send: %v\n", err)
return
}
var frame []byte
if err := websocket.Message.Receive(ws, &frame); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "selfAddress recv: %v\n", err)
return
}
addr, err := nym.DecodeSelfAddressResponse(frame)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "selfAddress decode: %v\n", err)
return
}
fmt.Printf("Nym inbox address: %s\n\n", addr)
}
// ── receive loop ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
func receiveLoop(ws *websocket.Conn, privKey *ecdh.PrivateKey, outDir string) {
debug := os.Getenv("NYMDROP_DEBUG") != ""
for {
// Read the raw frame regardless of opcode. websocket.Message.Receive
// copies the payload of both text and binary frames into the []byte,
// whereas websocket.JSON.Receive silently drops anything that is not a
// well-formed JSON text frame — which is exactly how earlier received
// messages were being lost.
var frame []byte
if err := websocket.Message.Receive(ws, &frame); err != nil {
if err == io.EOF || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "use of closed network connection") {
return
}
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ws recv: %v\n", err)
time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
continue
}
if len(frame) == 0 {
continue
}
if debug {
preview := frame
if len(preview) > 200 {
preview = preview[:200]
}
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[debug] frame: %d bytes, lead=0x%02x: %q\n",
len(frame), frame[0], preview)
}
raw, ok := extractMessage(frame)
if !ok {
continue
}
plaintext, err := decryptMessage(raw, privKey)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "decrypt failed: %v\n", err)
continue
}
saveSubmission(outDir, plaintext)
}
}
// extractMessage pulls the raw submission payload out of a nym-client
// "received" frame, tolerating both encodings nym-client can use: binary
// (what this connection actually runs in, see printSelfAddress) and
// text/JSON (kept as a defensive fallback only — should never fire here).
func extractMessage(frame []byte) ([]byte, bool) {
// Binary frame (nym native binary protocol), the expected/only path:
// 0x01 (Received tag) | has_sender_tag(1) | [sender_tag 16B] | msg_len(8, BE) | msg
// nym.DecodeReceived returns the message bytes exactly as the sender
// transmitted them — for nymdrop that is the raw, unencoded packet
// (ephemeral pubkey || iv || AES-GCM ciphertext), see internal/nym.Client.Send.
if frame[0] == nym.RespReceived {
return nym.DecodeReceived(frame)
}
// Text/JSON frame: {"type":"received","message":"<base64>","senderTag":...}
// Only reachable if this connection somehow reverted to text mode; the
// message field is base64 in that protocol (JSON strings can't carry
// arbitrary binary), so it must be decoded here to match the binary path.
if frame[0] == '{' {
var msg wsReceived
if err := json.Unmarshal(frame, &msg); err != nil || msg.Type != "received" {
return nil, false
}
var s string
if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.Message, &s); err != nil {
return nil, false
}
raw, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(s)
if err != nil {
return nil, false
}
return raw, true
}
return nil, false
}
// ── decryption ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// decryptMessage decrypts a raw packet from the relay.
//
// Wire format from relay:
// nonce_hex(32 ASCII chars) + ":" + ephemeral_x25519_pub(32) + iv(12) + ciphertext+tag
//
// The nonce prefix is stripped; it exists only to make identical submissions
// look different on the Nym wire. It is not used in decryption.
func decryptMessage(raw []byte, privKey *ecdh.PrivateKey) (string, error) {
// Strip relay nonce prefix: 32 hex chars + ':'
const noncePrefix = 32 + 1 // "deadbeef...:" = 33 bytes
if len(raw) < noncePrefix+32+12+1 {
return "", fmt.Errorf("packet too short (%d bytes)", len(raw))
}
raw = raw[noncePrefix:]
// Extract ephemeral public key (32 bytes X25519)
ephPubBytes := raw[:32]
iv := raw[32:44]
ciphertext := raw[44:]
ephPub, err := ecdh.X25519().NewPublicKey(ephPubBytes)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("ephemeral pubkey: %w", err)
}
// ECDH
sharedSecret, err := privKey.ECDH(ephPub)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("ecdh: %w", err)
}
// Locked, non-swappable memory for the two secrets derived per submission;
// Destroy zeroes and unlocks instead of relying on a plain overwrite loop.
sharedBuf := memguard.NewBufferFromBytes(sharedSecret)
defer sharedBuf.Destroy()
// HKDF-SHA-256
aesKeyRaw := make([]byte, 32)
hkdfR := hkdf.New(sha256.New, sharedBuf.Bytes(), make([]byte, 32), []byte("nymdrop-v1"))
if _, err := io.ReadFull(hkdfR, aesKeyRaw); err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("hkdf: %w", err)
}
aesBuf := memguard.NewBufferFromBytes(aesKeyRaw)
defer aesBuf.Destroy()
// AES-GCM-256 decrypt
block, err := aes.NewCipher(aesBuf.Bytes())
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("aes: %w", err)
}
gcm, err := cipher.NewGCM(block)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("gcm: %w", err)
}
plaintext, err := gcm.Open(nil, iv, ciphertext, nil)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("gcm open: %w", err)
}
return string(plaintext), nil
}
// ── storage ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
func saveSubmission(outDir, plaintext string) {
ts := time.Now().UTC().Format("20060102-150405")
path := filepath.Join(outDir, ts+".txt")
// Avoid collision on rapid submissions.
for i := 1; ; i++ {
if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
break
}
path = filepath.Join(outDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d.txt", ts, i))
}
// Separate embedded files from text body.
body := plaintext
fileSection := ""
if idx := strings.Index(plaintext, "\n---FILE:"); idx != -1 {
body = plaintext[:idx]
fileSection = plaintext[idx+1:]
}
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(body), 0600); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "save submission: %v\n", err)
return
}
fmt.Printf("\n[%s] New submission → %s\n", ts, path)
preview := body
if len(preview) > 200 {
preview = preview[:200] + "..."
}
fmt.Printf(" %s\n", strings.ReplaceAll(strings.TrimSpace(preview), "\n", "\n "))
// Save attached files.
if fileSection != "" {
saveAttachments(outDir, ts, fileSection)
}
}
func saveAttachments(outDir, ts, fileSection string) {
lines := strings.Split(fileSection, "\n")
var currentName string
var currentData strings.Builder
flush := func() {
if currentName == "" {
return
}
raw, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(strings.TrimSpace(currentData.String()))
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " attachment decode %q: %v\n", currentName, err)
return
}
safeName := filepath.Base(filepath.Clean(currentName))
attPath := filepath.Join(outDir, ts+"-"+safeName)
if err := os.WriteFile(attPath, raw, 0600); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " save attachment %q: %v\n", currentName, err)
return
}
fmt.Printf(" attachment → %s (%d bytes)\n", attPath, len(raw))
currentName = ""
currentData.Reset()
}
for _, line := range lines {
if strings.HasPrefix(line, "---FILE:") && strings.HasSuffix(line, "---") {
flush()
currentName = strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "---FILE:"), "---")
} else if currentName != "" {
currentData.WriteString(line)
}
}
flush()
}
// ── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
func fatalf(format string, args ...any) {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "nymdrop-reader: "+format+"\n", args...)
os.Exit(1)
}
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