cmd/clef, signer: initial poc of the standalone signer (#16154)

* signer: introduce external signer command

* cmd/signer, rpc: Implement new signer. Add info about remote user to Context

* signer: refactored request/response, made use of urfave.cli

* cmd/signer: Use common flags

* cmd/signer: methods to validate calldata against abi

* cmd/signer: work on abi parser

* signer: add mutex around UI

* cmd/signer: add json 4byte directory, remove passwords from api

* cmd/signer: minor changes

* cmd/signer: Use ErrRequestDenied, enable lightkdf

* cmd/signer: implement tests

* cmd/signer: made possible for UI to modify tx parameters

* cmd/signer: refactors, removed channels in ui comms, added UI-api via stdin/out

* cmd/signer: Made lowercase json-definitions, added UI-signer test functionality

* cmd/signer: update documentation

* cmd/signer: fix bugs, improve abi detection, abi argument display

* cmd/signer: minor change in json format

* cmd/signer: rework json communication

* cmd/signer: implement mixcase addresses in API, fix json id bug

* cmd/signer: rename fromaccount, update pythonpoc with new json encoding format

* cmd/signer: make use of new abi interface

* signer: documentation

* signer/main: remove redundant  option

* signer: implement audit logging

* signer: create package 'signer', minor changes

* common: add 0x-prefix to mixcaseaddress in json marshalling + validation

* signer, rules, storage: implement rules + ephemeral storage for signer rules

* signer: implement OnApprovedTx, change signing response (API BREAKAGE)

* signer: refactoring + documentation

* signer/rules: implement dispatching to next handler

* signer: docs

* signer/rules: hide json-conversion from users, ensure context is cleaned

* signer: docs

* signer: implement validation rules, change signature of call_info

* signer: fix log flaw with string pointer

* signer: implement custom 4byte databsae that saves submitted signatures

* signer/storage: implement aes-gcm-backed credential storage

* accounts: implement json unmarshalling of url

* signer: fix listresponse, fix gas->uint64

* node: make http/ipc start methods public

* signer: add ipc capability+review concerns

* accounts: correct docstring

* signer: address review concerns

* rpc: go fmt -s

* signer: review concerns+ baptize Clef

* signer,node: move Start-functions to separate file

* signer: formatting

1 files changed, 95 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/signer/core/types.go b/signer/core/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8386bd44e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/signer/core/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of go-ethereum.
+//
+// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// go-ethereum 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 General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with go-ethereum. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package core
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+
+	"math/big"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+)
+
+type Accounts []Account
+
+func (as Accounts) String() string {
+	var output []string
+	for _, a := range as {
+		output = append(output, a.String())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(output, "\n")
+}
+
+type Account struct {
+	Typ     string         `json:"type"`
+	URL     accounts.URL   `json:"url"`
+	Address common.Address `json:"address"`
+}
+
+func (a Account) String() string {
+	s, err := json.Marshal(a)
+	if err == nil {
+		return string(s)
+	}
+	return err.Error()
+}
+
+type ValidationInfo struct {
+	Typ     string `json:"type"`
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+type ValidationMessages struct {
+	Messages []ValidationInfo
+}
+
+// SendTxArgs represents the arguments to submit a transaction
+type SendTxArgs struct {
+	From     common.MixedcaseAddress  `json:"from"`
+	To       *common.MixedcaseAddress `json:"to"`
+	Gas      hexutil.Uint64           `json:"gas"`
+	GasPrice hexutil.Big              `json:"gasPrice"`
+	Value    hexutil.Big              `json:"value"`
+	Nonce    hexutil.Uint64           `json:"nonce"`
+	// We accept "data" and "input" for backwards-compatibility reasons.
+	Data  *hexutil.Bytes `json:"data"`
+	Input *hexutil.Bytes `json:"input"`
+}
+
+func (t SendTxArgs) String() string {
+	s, err := json.Marshal(t)
+	if err == nil {
+		return string(s)
+	}
+	return err.Error()
+}
+
+func (args *SendTxArgs) toTransaction() *types.Transaction {
+	var input []byte
+	if args.Data != nil {
+		input = *args.Data
+	} else if args.Input != nil {
+		input = *args.Input
+	}
+	if args.To == nil {
+		return types.NewContractCreation(uint64(args.Nonce), (*big.Int)(&args.Value), uint64(args.Gas), (*big.Int)(&args.GasPrice), input)
+	}
+	return types.NewTransaction(uint64(args.Nonce), args.To.Address(), (*big.Int)(&args.Value), (uint64)(args.Gas), (*big.Int)(&args.GasPrice), input)
+}