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Juan Leni f7f034a8be privval: refactor Remote signers (#3370 ) This PR is related to #3107 and a continuation of #3351 It is important to emphasise that in the privval original design, client/server and listening/dialing roles are inverted and do not follow a conventional interaction. Given two hosts A and B: Host A is listener/client Host B is dialer/server (contains the secret key) When A requires a signature, it needs to wait for B to dial in before it can issue a request. A only accepts a single connection and any failure leads to dropping the connection and waiting for B to reconnect. The original rationale behind this design was based on security. Host B only allows outbound connections to a list of whitelisted hosts. It is not possible to reach B unless B dials in. There are no listening/open ports in B. This PR results in the following changes: Refactors ping/heartbeat to avoid previously existing race conditions. Separates transport (dialer/listener) from signing (client/server) concerns to simplify workflow. Unifies and abstracts away the differences between unix and tcp sockets. A single signer endpoint implementation unifies connection handling code (read/write/close/connection obj) The signer request handler (server side) is customizable to increase testability. Updates and extends unit tests A high level overview of the classes is as follows: Transport (endpoints): The following classes take care of establishing a connection SignerDialerEndpoint SignerListeningEndpoint SignerEndpoint groups common functionality (read/write/timeouts/etc.) Signing (client/server): The following classes take care of exchanging request/responses SignerClient SignerServer This PR also closes #3601 Commits: * refactoring - work in progress * reworking unit tests * Encapsulating and fixing unit tests * Improve tests * Clean up * Fix/improve unit tests * clean up tests * Improving service endpoint * fixing unit test * fix linter issues * avoid invalid cache values (improve later?) * complete implementation * wip * improved connection loop * Improve reconnections + fixing unit tests * addressing comments * small formatting changes * clean up * Update node/node.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_client.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_client_test.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * check during initialization * dropping connecting when writing fails * removing break * use t.log instead * unifying and using cmn.GetFreePort() * review fixes * reordering and unifying drop connection * closing instead of signalling * refactored service loop * removed superfluous brackets * GetPubKey can return errors * Revert "GetPubKey can return errors" This reverts commit `68c06f19b4`. * adding entry to changelog * Update CHANGELOG_PENDING.md Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_client.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_dialer_endpoint.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_dialer_endpoint.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_dialer_endpoint.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_dialer_endpoint.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * Update privval/signer_listener_endpoint_test.go Co-Authored-By: jleni <juan.leni@zondax.ch> * updating node.go * review fixes * fixes linter * fixing unit test * small fixes in comments * addressing review comments * addressing review comments 2 * reverting suggestion * Update privval/signer_client_test.go Co-Authored-By: Anton Kaliaev <anton.kalyaev@gmail.com> * Update privval/signer_client_test.go Co-Authored-By: Anton Kaliaev <anton.kalyaev@gmail.com> * Update privval/signer_listener_endpoint_test.go Co-Authored-By: Anton Kaliaev <anton.kalyaev@gmail.com> * do not expose brokenSignerDialerEndpoint * clean up logging * unifying methods shorten test time signer also drops * reenabling pings * improving testability + unit test * fixing go fmt + unit test * remove unused code * Addressing review comments * simplifying connection workflow * fix linter/go import issue * using base service quit * updating comment * Simplifying design + adjusting names * fixing linter issues * refactoring test harness + fixes * Addressing review comments * cleaning up * adding additional error check		5 years ago
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build	switch to go mod (#3613)	6 years ago
mintnet-kubernetes	tools: clean up Makefile and remove LICENSE file (#2042)	7 years ago
tm-bench	switch to go mod (#3613)	6 years ago
tm-monitor	gocritic (2/2) (#3864)	5 years ago
tm-signer-harness	privval: refactor Remote signers (#3370)	5 years ago
README.md	Add remote signer test harness (KMS) (#3149)	6 years ago

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