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* Add support for latest HTTP Signatures spec draft https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-00.html - add support for the “hs2019” signature algorithm (assumed to be equivalent to RSA-SHA256, since we do not have a mechanism to specify the algorithm within the key metadata yet) - add support for (created) and (expires) pseudo-headers and related signature parameters, when using the hs2019 signature algorithm - adjust default “headers” parameter while being backwards-compatible with previous implementation - change the acceptable time window logic from 12 hours surrounding the “date” header to accepting signatures created up to 1 hour in the future and expiring up to 1 hour in the past (but only allowing expiration dates up to 12 hours after the creation date) This doesn't conform with the current draft, as it doesn't permit accounting for clock skew. This, however, should be addressed in a next version of the draft: https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/pull/1235 * Add additional signature requirements * Rewrite signature params parsing using Parslet * Make apparent which signature algorithm Mastodon on verification failure Mastodon uses RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5, which is not recommended for new applications, and new implementers may thus unknowingly use RSASSA-PSS. * Add workaround for PeerTube's invalid signature header The previous parser allowed incorrect Signature headers, such as those produced by old versions of the `http-signature` node.js package, and seemingly used by PeerTube. This commit adds a workaround for that. * Fix `signature_key_id` raising an exception Previously, parsing failures would result in `signature_key_id` being nil, but the parser changes made that result in an exception. This commit changes the `signature_key_id` method to return `nil` in case of parsing failures. * Move extra HTTP signature helper methods to private methods * Relax (request-target) requirement to (request-target) || digest This lets requests from Plume work without lowering security significantly.
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub where users can follow friends and discover new ones. On Mastodon, users can publish anything they want: links, pictures, text, video. All Mastodon servers are interoperable as a federated network (users on one server can seamlessly communicate with users from another one, including non-Mastodon software that implements ActivityPub)!
Click below to learn more in a video:
Navigation
- Project homepage 🐘
- Support the development via Patreon
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- Browse Mastodon servers
- Browse Mastodon apps
Features
No vendor lock-in: Fully interoperable with any conforming platform
It doesn't have to be Mastodon, whatever implements ActivityPub is part of the social network! Learn more
Real-time, chronological timeline updates
See the updates of people you're following appear in real-time in the UI via WebSockets. There's a firehose view as well!
Media attachments like images and short videos
Upload and view images and WebM/MP4 videos attached to the updates. Videos with no audio track are treated like GIFs; normal videos are looped - like vines!
Safety and moderation tools
Private posts, locked accounts, phrase filtering, muting, blocking and all sorts of other features, along with a reporting and moderation system. Learn more
OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API
Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider so 3rd party apps can use the REST and Streaming APIs, resulting in a rich app ecosystem with a lot of choices!
Deployment
Tech stack:
- Ruby on Rails powers the REST API and other web pages
- React.js and Redux are used for the dynamic parts of the interface
- Node.js powers the streaming API
Requirements:
- PostgreSQL 9.5+
- Redis 4+
- Ruby 2.5+
- Node.js 10.13+
The repository includes deployment configurations for Docker and docker-compose, but also a few specific platforms like Heroku, Scalingo, and Nanobox. The stand-alone installation guide is available in the documentation.
A Vagrant configuration is included for development purposes.
Contributing
Mastodon is free, open-source software licensed under AGPLv3.
You can open issues for bugs you've found or features you think are missing. You can also submit pull requests to this repository, or submit translations using Crowdin. To get started, take a look at CONTRIBUTING.md. If your contributions are accepted into Mastodon, you can request to be paid through our OpenCollective.
IRC channel: #mastodon on irc.freenode.net
License
Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Eugen Rochko & other Mastodon contributors (see AUTHORS.md)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.