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feat(dns): --proxy points every live name at the local pinned-TLS proxy
Parked, not shipped. Complete and green (11 tests), but shelved in favour of per-name trust and a trust-all mode. Every live Moshpit name answers the local proxy instead of its origin, so the proxy can verify the registry pin and re-sign with a root this machine generated — the only language a stock client accepts. Refuses to start when nothing is listening where it would send them: with the mode on and no proxy behind it, every Moshpit name resolves and then refuses the connection, which reads as 'all my sites are down' while dig looks perfectly healthy. Unclaimed names stay NXDOMAIN and parked names still reach the parking page. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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src/dns.mjs

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// testable without binding a port.
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import dgram from "node:dgram";
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import { isIP } from "node:net";
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import { isIP, connect as netConnect } from "node:net";
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import { Resolver } from "node:dns/promises";
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export const DEFAULT_REGISTRY_BASE = "https://pit.moshcode.sh";
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export const DEFAULT_PARKING_HOST = "moshcoding.com";
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export const DEFAULT_PORT = 5354;
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export const DEFAULT_HOST = "127.0.0.1";
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// Where the pinned-TLS proxy listens. Not configurable from DNS: an A record
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// cannot carry a port, so the proxy has to be on 443 for a browser to reach it
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// at all — its installer moves it there for exactly this reason.
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export const PROXY_PORT = 443;
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export function parseDnsPort(input) {
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const raw = String(input ?? "").trim();
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* round trip — which is the same bargain the old path struck for CNAMEs, held
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* to here so the common case did not get slower in exchange for being right.
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*/
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/**
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* Is something actually listening where we are about to send every name?
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*
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* The guard that makes proxy mode safe to offer at all. Pointing every live
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* Moshpit name at a loopback address is exactly as good as the thing behind it:
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* with a proxy there, all of them work in a stock client; with nothing there,
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* all of them break at once, and the resolver looks healthy while doing it —
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* `dig` answers 127.0.0.1 and every connection is refused.
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*
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* So this is checked before the mode is allowed on, and rechecked rather than
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* remembered: a proxy that dies after the resolver started is the same outage
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* as one that was never running.
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*/
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export function proxyReachable(address, port = 443, { connect = null, timeoutMs = 1500 } = {}) {
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return new Promise((resolve) => {
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let socket;
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const done = (ok) => {
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try { socket?.destroy(); } catch { /* already gone */ }
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resolve(ok);
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};
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try {
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const net = connect || netConnect;
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socket = net({ host: address, port });
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const timer = setTimeout(() => done(false), timeoutMs);
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timer.unref?.();
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socket.once("connect", () => { clearTimeout(timer); done(true); });
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socket.once("error", () => { clearTimeout(timer); done(false); });
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} catch {
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resolve(false);
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}
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});
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}
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export async function addressAnswer(name, options = {}) {
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const { parkingAddress, wantsV6 = false } = options;
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const { parkingAddress, wantsV6 = false, proxyAddress = null } = options;
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const plan = (kind, extra) => ({ exists: true, kind, records: [], address: null, cname: null, ...extra });
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const result = await resolveName(name, options);
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// Parking is checked before anything the registry published: a parked name's
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// whole job is to reach the page explaining that it is for sale.
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//
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// It is also checked before the proxy, deliberately. A parked name has no
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// origin and no published pin, so handing it to a proxy whose entire job is
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// to verify one would turn "this name is for sale" into a TLS error.
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if (result.status === "parked") {
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return parkingAddress ? plan("address", { address: parkingAddress }) : plan("nodata");
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}
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// Every live name answers the local proxy, whatever the registry says its
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// target is — that is the point. The proxy reads the SNI, checks the origin's
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// key against the registry pin, and re-signs with a root this machine
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// generated, which is the only way a stock client can be told the result: no
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// CA will ever sign for a Moshpit name.
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//
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// Answering the origin instead is what left the proxy running on loopback
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// with nothing ever routed to it, so every name arrived at a stock client as
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// a self-signed certificate no matter what was installed.
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if (proxyAddress) {
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const forFamily = wantsV6 ? proxyAddress.v6 : proxyAddress.v4;
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// A proxy that only speaks one family is NODATA for the other, not a
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// fabricated address: answering ::1 for a v4-only listener is a connection
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// refused that looks like the site is down.
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return forFamily ? plan("address", { address: forFamily, proxied: true }) : plan("nodata");
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}
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const address = targetAddress(result.target);
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if (address) return plan("address", { address });
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// names it is authoritative for.
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upstreams = [],
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tldSet = null,
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proxyAddress = null,
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forwardTimeoutMs = 3000,
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// Off by default: a loopback bridge has one client and rate limiting it is
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// pure cost. These matter when the socket is reachable by strangers, which
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if (policy) ({ exists } = policy);
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} else {
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const plan = await addressAnswer(query.name, {
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...options, wantsV6: query.type === TYPE_AAAA,
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...options, wantsV6: query.type === TYPE_AAAA, proxyAddress,
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}).catch(() => null);
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exists = Boolean(plan?.exists);
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if (plan?.kind === "records") {
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verify = verifyResolution,
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bridgeStatus = daemonStatus,
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startBridge = startDaemon,
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proxyReachableImpl = proxyReachable,
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stopBridge = stopDaemon,
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dropins = readDropins,
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manifestFile = manifestPath(),
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: " this bridge has nothing to answer for and nothing to forward to");
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}
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// Proxy mode: answer every live name with the local pinned-TLS proxy rather
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// than its origin, so a stock client gets a certificate it can verify.
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const proxyIndex = rest.indexOf("--proxy");
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let proxyAddress = null;
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if (proxyIndex >= 0) {
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const given = rest[proxyIndex + 1];
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const host = given && !given.startsWith("-") ? given : null;
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const candidates = host ? [host] : ["127.0.0.1", "::1"];
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const reachable = [];
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for (const candidate of candidates) {
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if (await proxyReachableImpl(candidate, PROXY_PORT)) reachable.push(candidate);
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}
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if (!reachable.length) {
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// Refused rather than warned. With the mode on and nothing behind it,
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// every Moshpit name on the machine resolves and then refuses the
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// connection — a total outage that reads as "the sites are down".
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out(`! nothing is listening on ${candidates.map((c) => `${c}:${PROXY_PORT}`).join(" or ")}`);
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out(" --proxy points every live Moshpit name there, so turning it on now would");
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out(" break all of them at once rather than fix their certificates.");
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out(" start moshpit-proxy first: https://github.com/profullstack/moshpit-proxy");
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return 1;
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}
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proxyAddress = {
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v4: reachable.find((a) => isIP(a) === 4) || null,
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v6: reachable.find((a) => isIP(a) === 6) || null,
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};
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out(`proxying every live name to ${reachable.join(", ")}:${PROXY_PORT} — certificates are verified there`);
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}
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// The same two error codes the parking server above already explains, on
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// the port this command exists to bind. Without this they arrived as an
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// unhandled rejection — bin/moshcode calls main() with no top-level catch —
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parkingAddress: park,
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upstreams,
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tldSet,
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proxyAddress,
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onQuery: ({ name, address }) => out(` ${name}${address || "NXDOMAIN"}`),
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onError: (err) => out(`! resolver socket error — ${err?.message || err}`),
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});

test/dns-proxy-mode.test.mjs

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/**
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* Pointing every live name at the local proxy, so a stock client can verify one.
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*
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* No CA will ever sign for a Moshpit name, so the only way to hand `curl` a
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* certificate it accepts is to terminate TLS locally: moshpit-proxy checks the
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* origin's key against the registry pin and re-signs with a root this machine
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* generated. That was already built, and nothing routed to it — the resolver
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* answered the origin, so the proxy sat on loopback and every name arrived at a
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* stock client as a self-signed certificate no matter what was installed.
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*
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* The mode is dangerous in exactly one direction, and these tests are mostly
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* about that direction: with the proxy there, every name works; with nothing
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* there, every name resolves and then refuses the connection, which reads as
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* "all my sites are down" while `dig` looks perfectly healthy.
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*/
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import test from "node:test";
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import assert from "node:assert/strict";
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import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
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import dgram from "node:dgram";
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import { addressAnswer, dnsCommand, proxyReachable, PROXY_PORT } from "../src/dns.mjs";
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/** Hold a UDP port so the bind fails and `start` returns instead of serving. */
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function holdUdp() {
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const socket = dgram.createSocket({ type: "udp4" });
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return new Promise((resolve) => {
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socket.bind(0, "127.0.0.1", () => resolve({
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port: socket.address().port,
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release: () => new Promise((done) => socket.close(done)),
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}));
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});
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}
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/** A registry answering one verdict for any name. */
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function registry({ target = "dev.profullstack.com", registered = true, records = [] } = {}) {
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return {
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fetchImpl: async (url) => ({
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ok: true,
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json: async () => ({
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name_registered: registered,
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target,
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...(url.includes("records=1") ? { records } : {}),
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}),
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}),
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};
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}
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const PROXY = { v4: "127.0.0.1", v6: "::1" };
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/* --------------------------------------------------------------- the routing */
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test("every live name answers the proxy, whatever its target says", async () => {
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// The point of the mode: the origin is the proxy's business, not the
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// client's. A name pointed at a host, an address, or a published record all
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// arrive at the same place.
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for (const target of ["dev.profullstack.com", "203.0.113.7", "https://box.example.com"]) {
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const plan = await addressAnswer("scrambled.eggs", {
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...registry({ target }), proxyAddress: PROXY,
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});
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assert.equal(plan.kind, "address", target);
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assert.equal(plan.address, "127.0.0.1", target);
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assert.equal(plan.proxied, true);
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}
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});
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test("the AAAA question gets the proxy's v6 address", async () => {
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const plan = await addressAnswer("scrambled.eggs", {
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...registry(), proxyAddress: PROXY, wantsV6: true,
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});
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assert.equal(plan.address, "::1");
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});
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test("a proxy that speaks one family is NODATA for the other, not a fabricated address", async () => {
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const plan = await addressAnswer("scrambled.eggs", {
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...registry(), proxyAddress: { v4: "127.0.0.1", v6: null }, wantsV6: true,
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});
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assert.equal(plan.kind, "nodata");
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assert.equal(plan.address, null);
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assert.equal(plan.exists, true, "the name is still here — this is NODATA, not NXDOMAIN");
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});
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test("a name nobody holds is still NXDOMAIN with the proxy on", async () => {
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// Without this, every typo on the machine resolves to loopback and the proxy
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// is asked to verify a pin for a name that does not exist.
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const plan = await addressAnswer("scrambled.eggs", {
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fetchImpl: async () => ({ ok: false, json: async () => ({}) }),
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proxyAddress: PROXY,
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});
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assert.equal(plan.kind, "nxdomain");
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assert.equal(plan.exists, false);
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});
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test("a parked name still reaches the parking page, not the proxy", async () => {
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// A parked name has no origin and no published pin, so handing it to a proxy
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// whose whole job is to verify one turns "this name is for sale" into a TLS
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// error.
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const plan = await addressAnswer("scrambled.eggs", {
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...registry({ target: null }), proxyAddress: PROXY, parkingAddress: "198.51.100.9",
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});
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assert.equal(plan.address, "198.51.100.9");
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assert.notEqual(plan.proxied, true);
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});
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test("without the mode, nothing changes", async () => {
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const plan = await addressAnswer("scrambled.eggs", { ...registry() });
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assert.equal(plan.kind, "chain");
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assert.equal(plan.cname, "dev.profullstack.com");
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});
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/** A fake connect() that succeeds or fails on demand. */
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function connector(reachable) {
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const socket = new EventEmitter();
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socket.destroy = () => {};
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queueMicrotask(() => socket.emit(reachable.includes(host) ? "connect" : "error", new Error("ECONNREFUSED")));
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return socket;
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};
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}
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test("reachability is what the gate actually measures", async () => {
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assert.equal(await proxyReachable("127.0.0.1", PROXY_PORT, { connect: connector(["127.0.0.1"]) }), true);
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assert.equal(await proxyReachable("127.0.0.1", PROXY_PORT, { connect: connector([]) }), false);
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});
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test("a connect that never resolves is unreachable, not a hang", async () => {
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const stalls = () => {
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const socket = new EventEmitter();
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socket.destroy = () => {};
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};
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assert.equal(await proxyReachable("127.0.0.1", PROXY_PORT, { connect: stalls, timeoutMs: 50 }), false);
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});
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test("--proxy with nothing listening refuses to start", async () => {
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// The whole reason this gate exists. Starting anyway would point every live
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// name on the machine at a closed port.
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const lines = [];
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const code = await dnsCommand(["start", "--proxy", "--port", "15971"], (l) => lines.push(l), {
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tlds: async () => ["eggs"],
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proxyReachableImpl: async () => false,
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});
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assert.equal(code, 1);
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const text = lines.join("\n");
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assert.match(text, /nothing is listening on/);
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assert.match(text, /break all of them at once/, "the cost is named, not just the fact");
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assert.doesNotMatch(text, /moshpit resolver on/, "and it must not claim to have started");
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});
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test("--proxy names the address it will send everything to", async () => {
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const held = await holdUdp();
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try {
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await dnsCommand(["start", "--proxy", "--port", String(held.port)], (l) => lines.push(l), {
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proxyReachableImpl: async (host) => {
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seen.push(host);
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},
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});
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assert.deepEqual(seen, ["127.0.0.1", "::1"], "both families are probed before either is used");
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assert.match(lines.join("\n"), /proxying every live name to 127\.0\.0\.1:443/);
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});
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test("an explicit --proxy host is the only one probed", async () => {
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try {
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await dnsCommand(["start", "--proxy", "10.0.0.5", "--port", String(held.port)], () => {}, {
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proxyReachableImpl: async (host) => {
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} finally {
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}
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});

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