implement tls.Config.GetCertificate with self signed certificates - http

Question

I m trying to figure out how i can implement a function to feed to tls.Config.GetCertificate with self signed certificates.
I used this bin source as a base, https://golang.org/src/crypto/tls/generate_cert.go
Also read this,
https://ericchiang.github.io/tls/go/https/2015/06/21/go-tls.html
Unfortunately, so far i m stuck with this error
2016/11/03 23:18:20 http2: server: error reading preface from client 127.0.0.1:34346: remote error: tls: unknown certificate authority
I think i need to generate a CA cert and then sign the key with it, but i m not sure how to proceed (....).
Here is my code, can someone help with that ?
package gssc
import (
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/rsa"
"crypto/tls"
"crypto/x509"
"crypto/x509/pkix"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
"math/big"
"net"
"strings"
"time"
)
func GetCertificate(arg interface{}) func(clientHello *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
var opts Certopts
var err error
if host, ok := arg.(string); ok {
opts = Certopts{
RsaBits: 2048,
Host: host,
ValidFrom: time.Now(),
}
} else if o, ok := arg.(Certopts); ok {
opts = o
} else {
err = errors.New("Invalid arg type, must be string(hostname) or Certopt{...}")
}
return func(clientHello *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return generate(opts)
}
}
type Certopts struct {
RsaBits int
Host string
IsCA bool
ValidFrom time.Time
ValidFor time.Duration
}
func generate(opts Certopts) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, opts.RsaBits)
if err != nil {
return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to generate private key")
}
notAfter := opts.ValidFrom.Add(opts.ValidFor)
serialNumberLimit := new(big.Int).Lsh(big.NewInt(1), 128)
serialNumber, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, serialNumberLimit)
if err != nil {
return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to generate serial number\n")
}
template := x509.Certificate{
SerialNumber: serialNumber,
Subject: pkix.Name{
Organization: []string{"Acme Co"},
},
NotBefore: opts.ValidFrom,
NotAfter: notAfter,
KeyUsage: x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment | x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature,
ExtKeyUsage: []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
BasicConstraintsValid: true,
}
hosts := strings.Split(opts.Host, ",")
for _, h := range hosts {
if ip := net.ParseIP(h); ip != nil {
template.IPAddresses = append(template.IPAddresses, ip)
} else {
template.DNSNames = append(template.DNSNames, h)
}
}
if opts.IsCA {
template.IsCA = true
template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageCertSign
}
derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &template, &template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
if err != nil {
return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to create certificate")
}
return &tls.Certificate{
Certificate: [][]byte{derBytes},
PrivateKey: priv,
}, nil
}
This is the test code i use
package main
import (
"crypto/tls"
"github.com/mh-cbon/gssc"
"net/http"
)
type ww struct{}
func (s *ww) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
w.Write([]byte("This is an example server.\n"))
}
func main() {
s := &http.Server{
Handler: &ww{},
Addr: ":8080",
TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
InsecureSkipVerify: true,
GetCertificate: gssc.GetCertificate("example.org"),
},
}
s.ListenAndServeTLS("", "")
}
Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Your implementation of tls.Config.GetCertificate is causing the problem.
You are generating a certificate each time tls.Config.GetCertificate is called. You need to generate the certificate once and then return it in the anonymous function.
In gssc.GetCertificate :
cert, err := generate(opts)
return func(clientHello *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return cert, err
}