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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.

using System.Buffers;
using System.Net.Security;
using System.Security.Authentication;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
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/// </summary>
public Action<ConnectionContext, SslServerAuthenticationOptions>? OnAuthenticate { get; set; }

/// <summary>
/// A callback to be invoked to get the TLS client hello bytes.
/// Null by default.
/// </summary>
public Action<ConnectionContext, ReadOnlySequence<byte>>? TlsClientHelloBytesCallback { get; set; }

/// <summary>
/// Specifies the maximum amount of time allowed for the TLS/SSL handshake. This must be positive
/// or <see cref="Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan"/>. Defaults to 10 seconds.
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/ListenOptionsHttpsExtensions.cs
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using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Middleware;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.Internal;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
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listenOptions.IsTls = true;
listenOptions.HttpsOptions = httpsOptions;

if (httpsOptions.TlsClientHelloBytesCallback is not null)
{
listenOptions.Use(next =>
{
var middleware = new TlsListenerMiddleware(next, httpsOptions.TlsClientHelloBytesCallback);
return middleware.OnTlsClientHelloAsync;
});
}

listenOptions.Use(next =>
{
var middleware = new HttpsConnectionMiddleware(next, httpsOptions, listenOptions.Protocols, loggerFactory, metrics);
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124 changes: 124 additions & 0 deletions src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Middleware/TlsListenerMiddleware.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.

using System.Buffers;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections;

namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Middleware;

internal sealed class TlsListenerMiddleware
{
private readonly ConnectionDelegate _next;
private readonly Action<ConnectionContext, ReadOnlySequence<byte>> _tlsClientHelloBytesCallback;

public TlsListenerMiddleware(ConnectionDelegate next, Action<ConnectionContext, ReadOnlySequence<byte>> tlsClientHelloBytesCallback)
{
_next = next;
_tlsClientHelloBytesCallback = tlsClientHelloBytesCallback;
}

/// <summary>
/// Sniffs the TLS Client Hello message, and invokes a callback if found.
/// </summary>
internal async Task OnTlsClientHelloAsync(ConnectionContext connection)
{
var input = connection.Transport.Input;

while (true)
{
var result = await input.ReadAsync();
var buffer = result.Buffer;

// If the buffer length is less than 6 bytes (handshake + version + length + client-hello byte)
// and no more data is coming, we can't block in a loop here because we will not get more data
if (buffer.Length < 6 && result.IsCompleted)
{
break;
}

var parseState = TryParseClientHello(buffer, out var clientHelloBytes);

// no data is consumed, it will be processed by the follow-up middlewares
input.AdvanceTo(buffer.Start);

if (parseState == ClientHelloParseState.NotEnoughData)
{
continue;
}

if (parseState == ClientHelloParseState.ValidTlsClientHello)
{
_tlsClientHelloBytesCallback(connection, clientHelloBytes);
}

Debug.Assert(parseState is ClientHelloParseState.ValidTlsClientHello or ClientHelloParseState.NotTlsClientHello);
break; // We can continue with the middleware pipeline
}

await _next(connection);
}

private static ClientHelloParseState TryParseClientHello(ReadOnlySequence<byte> buffer, out ReadOnlySequence<byte> clientHelloBytes)
{
clientHelloBytes = default;

if (buffer.Length < 6)
{
return ClientHelloParseState.NotEnoughData;
}

var reader = new SequenceReader<byte>(buffer);

// Content type must be 0x16 for TLS Handshake
if (!reader.TryRead(out byte contentType) || contentType != 0x16)
{
return ClientHelloParseState.NotTlsClientHello;
}

// Protocol version
if (!reader.TryReadBigEndian(out short version) || !IsValidProtocolVersion(version))
{
return ClientHelloParseState.NotTlsClientHello;
}

// Record length
if (!reader.TryReadBigEndian(out short recordLength))
{
return ClientHelloParseState.NotTlsClientHello;
}

// 5 bytes are
// 1) Handshake (1 byte)
// 2) Protocol version (2 bytes)
// 3) Record length (2 bytes)
if (buffer.Length < 5 + recordLength)
{
return ClientHelloParseState.NotEnoughData;
}

// byte 6: handshake message type (must be 0x01 for ClientHello)
if (!reader.TryRead(out byte handshakeType) || handshakeType != 0x01)
{
return ClientHelloParseState.NotTlsClientHello;
}

clientHelloBytes = buffer.Slice(0, 5 + recordLength);
return ClientHelloParseState.ValidTlsClientHello;
}

private static bool IsValidProtocolVersion(short version)
=> version is 0x0002 // SSL 2.0 (0x0002)
or 0x0300 // SSL 3.0 (0x0300)
or 0x0301 // TLS 1.0 (0x0301)
or 0x0302 // TLS 1.1 (0x0302)
or 0x0303 // TLS 1.2 (0x0303)
or 0x0304; // TLS 1.3 (0x0304)

private enum ClientHelloParseState : byte
{
NotEnoughData,
NotTlsClientHello,
ValidTlsClientHello
}
}
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
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#nullable enable
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.HttpsConnectionAdapterOptions.TlsClientHelloBytesCallback.get -> System.Action<Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections.ConnectionContext!, System.Buffers.ReadOnlySequence<byte>>?
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https.HttpsConnectionAdapterOptions.TlsClientHelloBytesCallback.set -> void
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