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tailscale/cmd/derper/cert.go
Brad Fitzpatrick 5384d23690 cmd/derper: add opt-in support for LetsEncrypt IP address certificates
LetsEncrypt made certificates for bare IP addresses generally
available in January 2026. They require the short-lived ACME
certificate profile and are valid for about six days.

Add a new --acme-ip-certs flag. When set (with the default
--certmode=letsencrypt), connections that arrive by IP address (no
TLS SNI, or an IP address SNI matching the connection's destination
address) get a LetsEncrypt cert for that IP, obtained on demand using
the "shortlived" profile and the HTTP-01 challenge served on derper's
plaintext HTTP port. Because the certificate is requested for
whatever address the connection actually arrived on, it works for
both IPv4 and IPv6 with no per-address configuration, and a client
can never make us request a certificate for an address that isn't
ours. Connections with a DNS name in the SNI keep using the regular
autocert manager for --hostname.

autocert can't do any of this itself, as it neither orders IP address
identifiers nor serves connections without SNI, so this adds a small
dedicated cert manager using tailscale.com/tempfork/acme instead.

Clients can then connect to https://<IP> without the DERPMap CertName
pinning that self-signed certs from --certmode=manual require.

Updates tailscale/corp#45167
Updates #11776

Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
Change-Id: I8e2d5b0a7c4f9e1b3d6a8c2f5e0b9d4a7c1f3e6d
2026-07-22 12:33:42 -07:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
package main
import (
"crypto/ecdsa"
"crypto/elliptic"
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/sha256"
"crypto/tls"
"crypto/x509"
"crypto/x509/pkix"
"encoding/base64"
"encoding/json"
"encoding/pem"
"errors"
"fmt"
"log"
"math/big"
"net"
"net/http"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"regexp"
"slices"
"time"
"golang.org/x/crypto/acme"
"golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert"
"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
)
var unsafeHostnameCharacters = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9-\.]`)
type certProvider interface {
// TLSConfig creates a new TLS config suitable for net/http.Server servers.
//
// The returned Config must have a GetCertificate function set. The
// *tls.Certificate values it returns may be shared and cached, so
// callers must not mutate them.
TLSConfig() *tls.Config
// HTTPHandler handle ACME related request, if any.
HTTPHandler(fallback http.Handler) http.Handler
}
func certProviderByCertMode(mode, dir, hostname string, ipCerts bool, eabKID, eabKey, email string) (certProvider, error) {
if dir == "" {
return nil, errors.New("missing required --certdir flag")
}
if ipCerts && mode != "letsencrypt" {
return nil, errors.New("--acme-ip-certs requires --certmode=letsencrypt")
}
switch mode {
case "letsencrypt", "gcp":
if net.ParseIP(hostname) != nil {
if mode == "gcp" {
return nil, errors.New("--certmode=gcp requires --hostname to be a DNS name, not an IP address")
}
if !ipCerts {
return nil, errors.New("--hostname is an IP address; use --certmode=manual for a self-signed cert, or set --acme-ip-certs to get LetsEncrypt IP address certs")
}
// IP-only server: certs are issued on demand per
// connection, so there is no hostname cert provider.
return newIPCertManager(dir, email, "", nil)
}
certManager := &autocert.Manager{
Prompt: autocert.AcceptTOS,
HostPolicy: autocert.HostWhitelist(hostname),
Cache: autocert.DirCache(dir),
}
if mode == "gcp" {
if eabKID == "" || eabKey == "" {
return nil, errors.New("--certmode=gcp requires --acme-eab-kid and --acme-eab-key flags")
}
if email == "" {
return nil, errors.New("--certmode=gcp requires --acme-email flag")
}
keyBytes, err := decodeEABKey(eabKey)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
certManager.Client = &acme.Client{
DirectoryURL: "https://dv.acme-v02.api.pki.goog/directory",
}
certManager.ExternalAccountBinding = &acme.ExternalAccountBinding{
KID: eabKID,
Key: keyBytes,
}
}
if hostname == "derp.tailscale.com" {
certManager.HostPolicy = prodAutocertHostPolicy
}
if email != "" {
certManager.Email = email
} else if hostname == "derp.tailscale.com" {
certManager.Email = "security@tailscale.com"
}
if ipCerts {
return newIPCertManager(dir, email, "", certManager)
}
return certManager, nil
case "manual":
return NewManualCertManager(dir, hostname)
default:
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupport cert mode: %q", mode)
}
}
type manualCertManager struct {
cert *tls.Certificate
hostname string // hostname or IP address of server
noHostname bool // whether hostname is an IP address
}
// NewManualCertManager returns a cert provider which read certificate by given hostname on create.
func NewManualCertManager(certdir, hostname string) (certProvider, error) {
keyname := unsafeHostnameCharacters.ReplaceAllString(hostname, "")
crtPath := filepath.Join(certdir, keyname+".crt")
keyPath := filepath.Join(certdir, keyname+".key")
cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(crtPath, keyPath)
hostnameIP := net.ParseIP(hostname) // or nil if hostname isn't an IP address
if err != nil {
// If the hostname is an IP address, automatically create a
// self-signed certificate for it.
var certp *tls.Certificate
if os.IsNotExist(err) && hostnameIP != nil {
certp, err = createSelfSignedIPCert(crtPath, keyPath, hostname)
}
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("can not load x509 key pair for hostname %q: %w", keyname, err)
}
cert = *certp
}
// ensure hostname matches with the certificate
x509Cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(cert.Certificate[0])
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("can not load cert: %w", err)
}
if err := x509Cert.VerifyHostname(hostname); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("cert invalid for hostname %q: %w", hostname, err)
}
if hostnameIP != nil {
// If the hostname is an IP address, print out information on how to
// confgure this in the derpmap.
dn := &tailcfg.DERPNode{
Name: "custom",
RegionID: 900,
HostName: hostname,
CertName: fmt.Sprintf("sha256-raw:%-02x", sha256.Sum256(x509Cert.Raw)),
}
dnJSON, _ := json.Marshal(dn)
log.Printf("Using self-signed certificate for IP address %q. Configure it in DERPMap using: (https://tailscale.com/s/custom-derp)\n %s", hostname, dnJSON)
}
return &manualCertManager{
cert: &cert,
hostname: hostname,
noHostname: net.ParseIP(hostname) != nil,
}, nil
}
func (m *manualCertManager) TLSConfig() *tls.Config {
return &tls.Config{
Certificates: nil,
NextProtos: []string{
"http/1.1",
},
GetCertificate: m.getCertificate,
}
}
func (m *manualCertManager) getCertificate(hi *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
if hi.ServerName != m.hostname && !m.noHostname {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("cert mismatch with hostname: %q", hi.ServerName)
}
// Return a shallow copy of the cert with a capacity-clamped chain
// so callers can never mutate the manager's long-lived certificate.
certCopy := *m.cert
certCopy.Certificate = slices.Clip(certCopy.Certificate)
return &certCopy, nil
}
func (m *manualCertManager) HTTPHandler(fallback http.Handler) http.Handler {
return fallback
}
func createSelfSignedIPCert(crtPath, keyPath, ipStr string) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
ip := net.ParseIP(ipStr)
if ip == nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid IP address: %s", ipStr)
}
priv, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(elliptic.P256(), rand.Reader)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate EC private key: %v", err)
}
serialNumberLimit := new(big.Int).Lsh(big.NewInt(1), 128)
serialNumber, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, serialNumberLimit)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate serial number: %v", err)
}
now := time.Now()
template := x509.Certificate{
SerialNumber: serialNumber,
Subject: pkix.Name{
CommonName: ipStr,
},
NotBefore: now,
NotAfter: now.AddDate(1, 0, 0), // expires in 1 year; a bit over that is rejected by macOS etc
KeyUsage: x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature | x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment,
ExtKeyUsage: []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
BasicConstraintsValid: true,
}
// Set the IP as a SAN.
template.IPAddresses = []net.IP{ip}
// Create the self-signed certificate.
derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &template, &template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create certificate: %v", err)
}
certPEM := pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes})
keyBytes, err := x509.MarshalECPrivateKey(priv)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal EC private key: %v", err)
}
keyPEM := pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: "EC PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: keyBytes})
if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(crtPath), 0700); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory for certificate: %v", err)
}
if err := os.WriteFile(crtPath, certPEM, 0644); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write certificate to %s: %v", crtPath, err)
}
if err := os.WriteFile(keyPath, keyPEM, 0600); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write key to %s: %v", keyPath, err)
}
tlsCert, err := tls.X509KeyPair(certPEM, keyPEM)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create tls.Certificate: %v", err)
}
return &tlsCert, nil
}
// decodeEABKey decodes a base64-encoded EAB key.
// It accepts both standard base64 (with padding) and base64url (without padding).
func decodeEABKey(s string) ([]byte, error) {
// Try base64url first (no padding), then standard base64 (with padding).
// This handles both ACME spec format and gcloud output format.
if b, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(s); err == nil {
return b, nil
}
if b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(s); err == nil {
return b, nil
}
return nil, errors.New("invalid base64 encoding for EAB key")
}