Several users have been worried that they need to generate the IDX file,
but don't know how. The CertStore code actually writes this file on object
creation, and the user never needs to explicitly generate or upload it.
Add a comment to the example explicitly noting this.
Due to popular demand, remove the hardcoded dependency on SPIFFS
or SD from the CertStore by factoring out the file interface into
a new class (CertStoreFile) that the user will need to implement
as a thin wrapper around either a SPIFFS.file or a SD.file
Combine the downloaded certificates into a UNIX "ar" archive
and parse that on-the-fly to allow easy inspection and creation
of the Cert Store database.
Examples updated with a new certificate downloader that creates
the certs.ar archive and with a single sample that can be built
for either SPIFFS or SD with a #define. Users can copy the
implementation of the CertStoreFile they need to their own code
as it is self-contained.
Also move the CertStore to the BearSSL namespace and remove the
suffix and separate SPIFFS/SD sources.
Remove the "deep+" change from the CI build as well (no special
options needed on any PIO or makefile build).
We'll revisit the filesystem wrapper for 2.5.0, hopefully having a
unified template for both filesystem usage at a global level. For
current users, be aware the interface may change (simplify!) in
release 2.5.0.
Fixes#4740
BearSSL (https://www.bearssl.org) is a TLS(SSL) library written by
Thomas Pornin that is optimized for lower-memory embedded systems
like the ESP8266. It supports a wide variety of modern ciphers and
is unique in that it doesn't perform any memory allocations during
operation (which is the unfortunate bane of the current axTLS).
BearSSL is also absolutely focused on security and by default performs
all its security checks on x.509 certificates during the connection
phase (but if you want to be insecure and dangerous, that's possible
too).
While it does support unidirectional SSL buffers, like axTLS,
as implemented the ESP8266 wrappers only support bidirectional
buffers. These bidirectional buffers avoid deadlocks in protocols
which don't have well separated receive and transmit periods.
This patch adds several classes which allow connecting to TLS servers
using this library in almost the same way as axTLS:
BearSSL::WiFiClientSecure - WiFiClient that supports TLS
BearSSL::WiFiServerSecure - WiFiServer supporting TLS and client certs
It also introduces objects for PEM/DER encoded keys and certificates:
BearSSLX509List - x.509 Certificate (list) for general use
BearSSLPrivateKey - RSA or EC private key
BearSSLPublicKey - RSA or EC public key (i.e. from a public website)
Finally, it adds a Certificate Authority store object which lets
BearSSL access a set of trusted CA certificates on SPIFFS to allow it
to verify the identity of any remote site on the Internet, without
requiring RAM except for the single matching certificate.
CertStoreSPIFFSBearSSL - Certificate store utility
Client certificates are supported for the BearSSL::WiFiClientSecure, and
what's more the BearSSL::WiFiServerSecure can also *require* remote clients
to have a trusted certificate signed by a specific CA (or yourself with
self-signing CAs).
Maximum Fragment Length Negotiation probing and usage are supported, but
be aware that most sites on the Internet don't support it yet. When
available, you can reduce the memory footprint of the SSL client or server
dramatically (i.e. down to 2-8KB vs. the ~22KB required for a full 16K
receive fragment and 512b send fragment). You can also manually set a
smaller fragment size and guarantee at your protocol level all data will
fit within it.
Examples are included to show the usage of these new features.
axTLS has been moved to its own namespace, "axtls". A default "using"
clause allows existing apps to run using axTLS without any changes.
The BearSSL::WiFi{client,server}Secure implements the axTLS
client/server API which lets many end user applications take advantage
of BearSSL with few or no changes.
The BearSSL static library used presently is stored at
https://github.com/earlephilhower/bearssl-esp8266 and can be built
using the standard ESP8266 toolchain.
