This repository is currently under development and not ready for production use
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webauthn
is a library designed to validate passkeys. Currently, it supports only the ECDSA signature scheme utilizing the secp256r1 curve. This functionality is provided by the secp256r1 library. Support for additional algorithms is planned for future releases.
To install the webauthn
package in a Foundry project, execute the following command:
forge install https://github.com/get-smooth/webauthn
This command will install the latest version of the package in your lib directory. To install a specific version of the library, follow the instructions in the official Foundry documentation.
To install the webauthn
package in a Hardhat or Truffle project, use npm
to run the following command:
npm install @smoo.th/webauthn
After the installation, import the package into your project and use it to validate a Web Authentication signature.
⚠️ Note: This package is not published on the npm registry, and is only available on GitHub Packages. You need to be authenticated with GitHub Packages to install it. For more information, please refer to the troubleshooting section. We are willing to deploy it on the npm registry if there is a need. Please open an issue if you would like to see this package on the npm registry.
This repository supports the verification of Web Authentication signatures using the ECDSA signature scheme with the secp256r1 curve. The non-experimental implementations from the secp256r1 library are all supported. After you've integrated this library into your project, you can freely import and use the implementation that best suits your specific use cases and requirements. Let's take a more detailed look at each one.
🚨 None of the implementations have been audited. DO NOT USE THEM IN PRODUCTION.
This repository includes a script directory containing a set of scripts that can be used to deploy the
different implementations on-chain. Each script contains a set of instructions and an example of how to use it. The
scripts are expected to be run using the forge script
command.
This gas report was produced using the 0.8.19
version of the Solidity compiler (with 100k optimizer runs), specifically for the 0.3.0
version of the library.
test/WebAuthnWrapper.sol:WebAuthnWrapper contract | |||||
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Deployment Cost | Deployment Size | ||||
1321776 | 6634 | ||||
Function Name | min | avg | median | max | # calls |
_generateMessage | 5230 | 5261 | 5230 | 5421 | 6 |
verify | 209257 | 209257 | 209257 | 209257 | 1 |
These costs can be considered end-to-end as they include the cost of the secp256r1 library. Note the library is wrapped in a contract that exposes the different functions of the library, impacting the gas cost of the benchmark.
ℹ️ Tests expected to revert are excluded from the gas report
To contribute to the project, you must have Foundry and Node.js installed on your system. You can download them from their official websites:
- Node.js: https://nodejs.org/
- Foundry: https://book.getfoundry.sh/getting-started/installation
ℹ️ We recommend using nvm to manage your Node.js versions. Nvm is a flexible node version manager that allows you to switch between different versions of Node.js effortlessly. This repository includes a
.nvmrc
file at the root of the project. If you have nvm installed, you can runnvm use
at the root of the project to automatically switch to the appropriate version of Node.js.
Following the installation of Foundry and Node.js, there's an additional dependency called make
that needs to be
addressed.
make
is a build automation tool that employs a file known as a makefile to automate the construction of executable
programs and libraries. The makefile details the process of deriving the target program from the source files and other
dependencies. This allows developers to automate repetitive tasks and manage complex build processes efficiently. make
is our primary tool in a multi-environment repository. It enables us to centralize all commands into a single file
(the makefile), eliminating the need to deal with npm
scripts defined in a package.json or remembering
the various commands provided by the foundry
cli. If you're unfamiliar with make
, you can read more about it
here.
make
is automatically included in all modern Linux distributions. If you're using Linux, you should be able to use
make
without any additional steps. If not, you can likely find it in the package tool you usually use. MacOS users can
install make
using Homebrew with the following command:
brew install make
At this point, you should have all the required dependencies installed on your system.
💡 Running make at the root of the project will display a list of all the available commands. This can be useful to know what you can do
To install the project dependencies, you can run the following command:
make install
This command will install the forge dependencies in the lib/
directory, the npm dependencies in the node_modules
directory and the git hooks defined in the project (refer to the Git hooks sections to learn more about
them). These dependencies aren't shipped in production; they're utility dependencies used to build, test, lint, format,
and more, for the project.
⚠️ This package uses a dependency installed on the Github package registry, meaning you need to authenticate with GitHub Packages to install it. For more information, refer to the troubleshooting section. We're open to deploying it on the npm registry if there's a demand for it. Please open an issue if you'd like to see this package on the npm registry.
Next, let's set up the git hooks.
This project uses Lefthook
to manage Git hooks, which are scripts that run automatically when certain Git events
occur, such as committing code or pushing changes to a remote repository. Lefthook
simplifies the management and
execution of these scripts.
After installing the dependencies, you can configure the Git hooks by running the following command in the project directory:
make hooks-i
This command installs a Git hook that runs Lefthook before pushing code to a remote repository. If Lefthook fails, the push is aborted.
If you wish to run Lefthook manually, you can use the following command:
make hooks
This will run all the Git hooks defined in the lefthook file.
Should you need to intentionally skip Lefthook, you can pass the --no-verify
flag to the git push command. To bypass
Lefthook when pushing code, use the following command:
git push origin --no-verify
The unit tests are stored in the test
directory. They test individual functions of the package in isolation. These
tests are automatically run by GitHub Actions with every push to the main
branch and on every pull request targeting
this branch. They are also automatically run by the git hook on every push to a remote repository if you have installed
it (refer to the Git hooks section). Alternatively, you can run them locally by executing the following
command in the project directory:
make test
ℹ️ By adding the sufix
-v
the test command will run in verbose mode, displaying valuable output for debugging.
For your information, these tests are written using forge, and some employ the property-based testing pattern (fuzzing) to generate random inputs for the functions under test.
The tests use one cheat code` you should be aware of:
vm.ffi
: This cheat code allows us to execute an arbitrary command during the test suite. This cheat code is not enabled by default when creating a new foundry project, but in our case, it's enabled in our configuration (foundry configuration) for all tests. This cheat code is used to run the computation library that calculates 256 points on the secp256r1 elliptic curve from a public key. This is required for the variants that need these points to be deployed on-chain. Therefore, even if it's not explicit, every time you run the test suite, a Node.js script is executed at least one time. You can learn more about the library we use here.
📖 Cheatcodes are special instructions exposed by Foundry to enhance the developer experience. Learn more about them here.
💡 Run
make
to learn how to run the test in verbose mode, or display the coverage, or even generate a gas report.
This repository uses forge-fmt
, solhint
, and prettier
to enforce code quality. These tools are automatically run by
the GitHub Actions on every push to the main
branch and on every pull request targeting this branch. They are also
automatically run by the git hook on every push to a remote repository if you have installed it
(refer to the Git hooks section). Alternatively, you can run them locally by executing the following
command in the project directory:
make lint # run the linter
make format # run the formatter
make quality # run both
ℹ️ By adding the suffix
-fix
the linter and the formatter will try to fix the issues automatically.
You need to configure npm to use the Github registry. You can do so using the following command in your terminal:
npm config set @smoo.th:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
This will instruct npm to use the Github registry for packages deployed by @smoo.th
.
Once the Github registry is configured, you have to create a classic token on Github. To do so, go to your Github settings. The token must have the read:packages scope. Once you have created the token, use the following command in your terminal to authenticate to the Github registry:
npm login --auth-type=legacy --registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
Your Github username is the username, and the password is the token you just created. At this point, your git should be configured to use the Github Package Registry for our packages.
⚠️ For more information, please refer to the GitHub documentation
Special thanks to btchip for developing the reference implementation here and for the invaluable guidance through the WebAuthn specification.