Validating Cotter's Event Response
Cotter's Event Response includes the following information:
{
"ID": 1361, // Event ID
"CreatedAt": "2020-02-27T22:22:48.705212512Z",
"UpdatedAt": "2020-02-27T22:22:48.705212512Z",
"DeletedAt": null,
"client_user_id": "1014", // your client's User ID
"issuer": "afcabd98-745f-4b9e-98de-af968d9951d3", // your API Key
"event": "<EVENT NAME>",// requested event (LOGIN, or TRANSACTION, etc)
"ip": "192.168.232.2",
"location": "Unknown",
"timestamp": "1582842167",
"method": "TRUSTED_DEVICE", // auth method: TRUSTED_DEVICE (other choices are PIN / BIOMETRIC)
"new": false, // Is this a new pending event. More explanation below about Non-Trusted Device
"approved": true, // Is this event approved.
"signature": "oonMGCAxp3..." // Signature to make sure this event comes from Cotter's server
}
First, make sure you check the following:
- Check if the
client_user_idis correct - Check if the
timestampis fairly recent - Check if the
eventmatches the event name that you expected - Check that the
issueris the same as yourAPI_KEY_ID - Check that
approvedis true
The signature ensures that this token comes from Cotter's server:
- Signature algorithm:
ed25519 - Cotter's Public Key:
qqOaiQGjGsxBMgI5rdAasaACRiJthOqadmefjY5mS/c= - Signed Message:
{event.client_user_id}{event.issuer}{event.event}{event.timestamp}{event.method}{event.new}{event.approved}
Note that there is no space and no
{} in the message. It's all just 1 long string. ex. 152163b39fb6eb-a1ff-4f7b-a205-d80f3c664cfdEVENTNAME1584659078TRUSTED_DEVICEfalsetrue Go
Python
JavaScript
// https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/ed25519/
func Verify(publicKey string, signStr string, args ...string) (bool, error) {
str := []byte(strings.Join(args, ""))
fmt.Println(strings.Join(args, ""))
pubKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(publicKey)
if err != nil {
return false, responses.NewError("Fail verifying signature decoding pubkey", err)
}
signature, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(signStr)
if err != nil {
return false, responses.NewError("Fail verifying signature decoding signature", err)
}
valid := ed25519.Verify(pubKey, str, signature)
return valid, nil
}
// Usage
valid, err := Verify(CotterPublicKey, event.Signature, event.ClientUserID, event.Issuer.String(), event.Event, event.Timestamp, string(event.Method), strconv.FormatBool(event.New), strconv.FormatBool(event.Approved))
# https://pynacl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/signing/
import binascii
import nacl.signing
import nacl.encoding
pub64 = "qqOaiQGjGsxBMgI5rdAasaACRiJthOqadmefjY5mS/c="
signatureB64 = event["signature"]
message = event["client_user_id"] + event["issuer"] + event["event"] + event["timestamp"] + event["method"] + event["new"] + event["approved"]
signb = binascii.a2b_base64(signatureB64)
msgb = str.encode(message)
verify_key = nacl.signing.VerifyKey(pub64, encoder=nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder)
verify_key.verify(msgb, signb)
import { Buffer } from "buffer";
import { sign } from "tweetnacl";
validateCotterEvent(event) {
var message = `${event.client_user_id}${event.issuer}${event.event}${event.timestamp}${event.method}${event.new}${event.approved}`;
var pubKey = "qqOaiQGjGsxBMgI5rdAasaACRiJthOqadmefjY5mS/c=";
var signature = event.signature;
const messageUint8 = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(message, "utf8"));
const signatureUint8 = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(signature, "base64"));
const pubKeyUint8 = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(pubKey, "base64"));
return sign.detached.verify(messageUint8, signatureUint8, pubKeyUint8);
}
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