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Change the private key file perm to 0o600.

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  • No private/public key files.
  • No public key file.
  • Incorrect public key file.
  • Old private/public key files.
  • Old private key file, no public key file.
  • Force relay connections.

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  • Security

    • Private key files use owner-only permissions on Unix systems.
    • Symlink resolution is bounded to prevent unsafe key-file paths.
    • Public keys are published atomically, and mismatched existing keys are rejected.
    • Failed key-file writes are cleaned up to avoid leaving incomplete private keys.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Key-generation and server-startup errors are now reported and propagated.
    • Missing public keys can be safely recreated.
    • Temporary failures during public-key publication are handled without leaving partial files.

RetriggerConfidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; the current code addresses the previously reported permission and concurrent-publication problems without introducing a new actionable defect.

Summary

This PR hardens server key-file creation and recovery while making key initialization failures startup-fatal.

  • Creates Unix private-key files with owner-only permissions and repairs unsafe permissions on existing keys.
  • Rejects unsafe or mismatched key states and bounds symlink traversal.
  • Publishes public keys atomically and recovers missing public keys from an existing private key.
  • Propagates key initialization errors through the relay and rendezvous startup paths.
Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[Server startup] --> B{Private key exists?}
    B -->|Yes| C[Open key and enforce Unix mode 0600]
    C --> D[Decode private key and derive public key]
    D --> E{Public key state}
    B -->|No| F[Generate key pair]
    F --> G[Validate public-key destination]
    G --> H[Create private key exclusively with mode 0600]
    H --> I[Write and atomically publish public key]
    E -->|Matching| J[Return key pair]
    E -->|Missing| K[Atomically publish derived public key]
    K --> J
    E -->|Mismatched or unreadable| L[Return startup error]
    I --> J
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The change bounds key-path resolution, cleans up failed private-key writes, and publishes public keys atomically. gen_sk and server key helpers now return errors. Tests cover permissions, symlinks, mismatches, recovery, and write failures.

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Key handling and error propagation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Private-key safety
src/common.rs
Private-key creation uses bounded symlink resolution, writes contents directly, enforces permissions, and removes failed partial files. Tests cover permissions, symlink limits, cleanup, and recovery.
Atomic public-key publication
src/common.rs, Cargo.toml
Public-key writes use synced temporary files and non-clobbering publication. Matching keys remain valid, mismatches return errors, and recovery tests cover write and publication failures.
Server key error propagation
src/relay_server.rs, src/rendezvous_server.rs
Server key helpers return ResultType. Startup paths propagate failures from gen_sk.

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Change: Bug fix

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 545c7

Key generation now writes the private key before confirming that publishing its matching public key succeeds; if publication fails afterward, the private key can be left behind without its public counterpart, requiring manual cleanup on the affected host before the service can start cleanly again. A narrower race window also exists where a concurrent process could cause cleanup to remove an unrelated file instead of the one just created. These are edge-case operational risks worth resolving before merge, though existing safeguards already prevent the most common key-mismatch scenario.

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Create new keys with mode 0600 and verify permissions before writing.
Tighten existing keys to 0600 and propagate permission failures.
Preserve dangling symlinks and clean up failed key creation.

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🟠 Major · Roll back generated key files on generation failure. · common.rs:298-304

src/common.rs:298-304
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Roll back generated key files on generation failure. gen_sk can truncate id_ed25519.pub before the private key exists. A public write failure leaves partial contents. A private-file creation failure leaves the public file. A private write failure leaves a partial id_ed25519. The next gen_sk call reads that partial private file first, fails validation, and returns the error. The relay and rendezvous callers propagate this error, so a transient write failure can block retry or startup until the artifacts are removed. A public-only artifact does not block retry because File::create overwrites it.

Add one rollback guard around the generation sequence. On failure, restore pre-existing public-file contents or remove only newly created targets. When a dangling symlink is involved, remove its newly created target and preserve the symlink.

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In `@src/common.rs` around lines 298 - 304, Update gen_sk’s key-generation
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- Around line 298-304: Update gen_sk’s key-generation sequence to use a rollback
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Accept existing 0400 keys without changing their permissions.
Write the public key only after private key creation and writing succeed.

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- Line 293: Bound the retry and symlink-walk loop in missing_public_key_path
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Preserve the existing match behavior within the bounded iterations, then return
an error including the unresolved path when the limit is exhausted.
- Line 396: In the no-private-key branch, call missing_public_key_path with the
generated pk and public-key path before create_private_key_file writes
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mismatched existing public key aborts before any private-key file is created.
- Around line 393-395: Update the private-key persistence flow around
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Reuse symlink resolution and simplify key loading and regression tests.

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