README

DESCRIPTION

    testcookie-nginx-module is a simple robot mitigation module using cookie based challenge/response.
    Challenge cookies can be set using different methods:
    *   "Set-Cookie" + 302/307 HTTP Location redirect
    *   "Set-Cookie" + HTML meta refresh redirect
    *   Custom template, JavaScript can be used here.
    To prevent automatic parsing, challenge cookie value can
    be encrypted with AES-128 in CBC mode using custom/random key and iv,
    and then decrypted at client side with JavaScript.


DIRECTIVES

    testcookie
        on - enable module
        off - disable module
        var - don't intercept requests, only set cookie vars

    testcookie_name
        cookie name, default is TCK

    testcookie_domain
        cookie domain, default is none, set by browser

    testcookie_expires
        cookie expiration value, default 31 Dec 2037 23:55:55 GMT

    testcookie_path
        cookie path, useful if you plan to use different keys for locations. default is /

    testcookie_samesite
        cookie samesite attribute, allows you to declare if your cookie should be restricted 
        to a first-party or same-site context. Default is None (Cookies will be sent in all contexts,
        i.e sending cross-origin is allowed.) Accepts three values: Lax, Strict, None.

    testcookie_secret
        secret string, used in challenge cookie computation, should be 32 bytes or more,
        better to be long but static to prevent cookie reset for legitimate users every server restart.
        if set to "random" - new secret will be generated every server restart, not recomended(all cookies with previous key will be invalid),

    testcookie_session
        sets the challenge generation function input,
            $remote_addr - clients IP address will be used as an user unique identifier
            $remote_addr$http_user_agent - clients IP + User-Agent
        * required configuration directive

    testcookie_arg
        GET parameter name, used for cookie setting attempts computation
        if not set - server will try to set cookie infinitely(actually, browser will show the error page after 5 attempts).

    testcookie_max_attempts
        maximum number of redirects before user will be sent to fallback URL, according to RFC1945 can't be more than 5
        if set to 0 or testcookie_arg not set - server will try to set cookie infinitely.

    testcookie_p3p
        P3P policy, default is none.

    testcookie_fallback
        sets the fallback URL, user will be redirected to after maximum number of attempts, specified by directive
        testcookie_max_attempts exceded. nginx scripting variables can be used here.
        if not set - client will get 403 after max attempts reached.

    testcookie_whitelist
        sets the networks for which the testing will not be used, add search engine networks here
        currently IPv4 CIDR only.

    testcookie_pass
        variable name, if variable set to 1 cookie check will not be performed,
        can be used for more complex whitelisting.

    testcookie_redirect_via_refresh
        set cookie and redirect using HTTP meta refresh, required if testcookie_refresh_template used (on|off)
        default is off.

    testcookie_refresh_template
        custom html instead of simple HTTP meta refresh, you need to set cookie manually from the template
        available all the nginx variables and

            $testcookie_nexturl - URL the client should be redirected to
            $testcookie_got - cookie value received from client, empty if no cookie or it does not match format
            $testcookie_set - correct cookie value we're expecting from client
            $testcookie_ok - user passed test (1/0). Note: changed from "yes"/"no" in v1.10

        also, if testcookie_refresh_encrypt_cookie enabled there are three more variables
            $testcookie_enc_key - encryption key (32 hex digits)
            $testcookie_enc_iv - encryption iv (32 hex digits)
            $testcookie_enc_sec - encrypted cookie value (32 hex digits)

    testcookie_refresh_status
        custom HTTP response status. 200 by default.

    testcookie_deny_keepalive
        close connection just after setting the cookie, no reason to keep connections with bots (on|off)
        default is off.

    testcookie_get_only
        process only GET requests, POST requests will be bypassed (on|off)
        default is off.

    testcookie_https_location
        redirect to https protocol after setting the cookie, also affects $testcookie_nexturl
        useful with 3dparty SSL offload (on|off)
        default is off.

    testcookie_refresh_encrypt_cookie
        encrypt cookie variable, used with testcookie_refresh_template to force client-side decryption
        AES-128 CBC mode used (on|off)
        default is off.

    testcookie_refresh_encrypt_cookie_key
        encryption key
        possible values:
                random - new key generated every nginx restart
                32 hex digits - static key, useful if you plan to obfuscate it deep in client-side javascript
        * required directive if encryption enabled

    testcookie_refresh_encrypt_iv
        encryption iv
        possible values:
                random - new iv generated for every client request
                random2 - new iv generated for every nginx restart
                32 hex digits - static iv, useful if you plan to obfuscate it deep in client-side javascript
        default is random

    testcookie_internal
        enable testcookie check for internal redirects (on|off)
        useful for this type of configs:
            rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?$1 last;
        default is off.

    testcookie_httponly_flag
        adds HttpOnly flag for cookie (on|off)
        default is off.

    testcookie_secure_flag
        adds Secure flag for cookie (on|off|$variable)
        default is on.
        any variable value except "on" interpreted as False.

    testcookie_port_in_redirect
        Keep server port in redirect (on|off)
        default is off.


INSTALLATION

    Grab the nginx source code from nginx.org (<http://nginx.org/>), for
    example, the version 1.1.15 (see nginx compatibility), and then build
    the source with this module:

        wget 'http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.1.15.tar.gz'
        tar -xzvf nginx-1.1.15.tar.gz
        cd nginx-1.1.15/
        ./configure --add-module=/path/to/testcookie-nginx-module

        make
        make install

    If you use nginx >= 1.9.11 you can compile Dynamic module.

        wget 'http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.9.11.tar.gz'
        tar -xzvf nginx-1.9.11.tar.gz
        cd nginx-1.9.11/
        ./configure --add-dynamic-module=/path/to/testcookie-nginx-module

        make
        make install

    Then load "ngx_http_testcookie_access_module.so" using "load_module" directive.


    For using client-side cookie decryption,
    you need to manually grab SlowAES (<http://code.google.com/p/slowaes/>)
    JavaScript AES implementation, patch it(utils/aes.patch) and put it to document root.

COMPATIBILITY

    Module was tested with nginx 1.1+, but should work with 1.0+.

EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION

    http {
        #default config, module disabled
        testcookie off;

        #setting cookie name
        testcookie_name BPC;

        #setting secret
        testcookie_secret keepmesecret;

        #setting session key
        testcookie_session $remote_addr;

        #setting argument name
        testcookie_arg ckattempt;

        #setting maximum number of cookie setting attempts
        testcookie_max_attempts 3;

        #setting p3p policy
        testcookie_p3p 'CP="CUR ADM OUR NOR STA NID", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"';

        #setting fallback url
        testcookie_fallback http://google.com/cookies.html?backurl=http://$host$request_uri;

        #configuring whitelist
        testcookie_whitelist {
            8.8.8.8/32;
        }


        #setting redirect via html code
        testcookie_redirect_via_refresh on;

        #enable encryption
        testcookie_refresh_encrypt_cookie on;

        #setting encryption key
        testcookie_refresh_encrypt_cookie_key deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef;

        #setting encryption iv
        testcookie_refresh_encrypt_cookie_iv deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef;

        #setting response template
        testcookie_refresh_template '<html><body>setting cookie...<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"/aes.min.js\" ></script><script>function toNumbers(d){var e=[];d.replace(/(..)/g,function(d){e.push(parseInt(d,16))});return e}function toHex(){for(var d=[],d=1==arguments.length&&arguments[0].constructor==Array?arguments[0]:arguments,e="",f=0;f<d.length;f++)e+=(16>d[f]?"0":"")+d[f].toString(16);return e.toLowerCase()}var a=toNumbers("$testcookie_enc_key"),b=toNumbers("$testcookie_enc_iv"),c=toNumbers("$testcookie_enc_set");document.cookie="BPC="+toHex(slowAES.decrypt(c,2,a,b))+"; expires=Thu, 31-Dec-37 23:55:55 GMT; path=/";location.href="$testcookie_nexturl";</script></body></html>';

        server {
            listen 80;
            server_name test.com;


            location = /aes.min.js {
                gzip  on;
                gzip_min_length 1000;
                gzip_types      text/plain;
                root /var/www/public_html;
            }

            location = /w3c/p3p.xml {
                root /var/www/public_html;
            }

            location / {
                #enable module for specific location
                testcookie on;
                proxy_set_header   Host             $host;
                proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP        $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:80;
            }
        }
    }

TESTS SUITE

    This module comes with a Perl-driven test suite.
    Thanks to the Test::Nginx (<http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Test::Nginx>) module in the Perl world.

SOURCES

    Available on github at kyprizel/testcookie-nginx-module
    (<http://github.com/kyprizel/testcookie-nginx-module>).

TODO

    *   Code review
    *   More encryption algos (-)
    *   Statistics (-)

BUGS

    Feel free to report bugs and send patches to kyprizel@gmail.com
    or use github's issue tracker(<http://github.com/kyprizel/testcookie-nginx-module/issues>).

SUPPORT THE PROJECT

    Send your donations to 1FHmPTP6aDBAzVtM7Pe7Y69zqhjPRx847s

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

    Copyright (C) 2011-2017 Eldar Zaitov (kyprizel@gmail.com).

    All rights reserved.

    This module is licenced under the terms of BSD license.

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