taler-exchange-offline(1) ######################### .. only:: html Name ==== **taler-exchange-offline** - perform operations with exchange offline master private key Synopsis ======== **taler-exchange-offline** [**-c** *FILENAME* | **––config=**\ ‌\ *FILENAME*] [**-h** | **––help**] [**-L** *LOGLEVEL* | **––loglevel=**\ ‌\ *LOGLEVEL*] [**-o** *FILE* | **––output=**\ ‌\ *FILE*] [**-v** | **––version**] [subcommand ...] Description =========== **taler-exchange-offline** is a command-line tool to interact with the Taler exchange's master private key. Most operations of this tool require access to the exchange’s long-term offline signing key and should be run in a secure (offline) environment under strict controls. The tool takes a list of subcommands as arguments which are then processed sequentially. The tool includes two subcommands to interact *online* with the exchange's REST APIs. The ``download`` subcommand downloads the future public keys from the running exchange. The resulting data serves as input to the ``sign`` and ``show`` subcommands. The ``upload`` subcommand uploads the signatures created with the private master key to the exchange. It handles the output of all subcommands (except ``download``). The ``download`` and ``upload`` subcommands must naturally be run "online" and do not require access to the offline key. All other subcommands are intended to be run "offline". However, especially when testing, it is of course possible to run the subcommands online as well. Generally, subcommands read inputs (beyond command-line arguments) from ``stdin``. However, they may also consume outputs of previous subcommands. The outputs of multiple subcommands are automatically combined, and if not consumed the final output is printed to ``stdout``. The general options for **taler-exchange-offline** are: **-c** *FILENAME* \| **––config=**\ ‌\ *FILENAME* Use the configuration and other resources for the merchant to operate from *FILENAME*. **-h** \| **––help** Print short help on options. **-L** *LOGLEVEL* \| **––loglevel=**\ ‌\ *LOGLEVEL* Specifies the log level to use. Accepted values are: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``. **-o** *FILE* \| **––output=**\ ‌\ *FILE* Where to write a denomination key signing request file to be given to the auditor. **-v** \| **––version** Print version information. Configuration ============= The exchange validates all operations by checking the signatures against the master public key that must be provided in the exchange configuration. To obtain the master public key, use: .. code-block:: console $ MASTER_PRIV_FILE=`taler-config -f -c $CONF -s EXCHANGE -o MASTER_PRIV_FILE` $ gnunet-ecc -p $MASTER_PRIV_FILE Note that if the private key file does not yet exist, the above will fail. In this case, create the private key using: .. code-block:: console $ MASTER_PRIV_FILE=`taler-config -f -c $CONF -s EXCHANGE -o MASTER_PRIV_FILE` $ MASTER_PRIV_DIR=`dirname $MASTER_PRIV_FILE` $ mkdir -p $MASTER_PRIV_DIR $ gnunet-ecc -g1 $MASTER_PRIV_FILE Relevant configuration options for **taler-exchange-offline** are: * ``[exchange/BASE_URL]`` --- how to reach the exchange (for download/upload) * ``[exchange-offline/MASTER_PRIV_FILE]`` --- where to store the private keys * ``[exchange-offline/SECM_TOFU_FILE]`` --- where to store TOFU data Subcommands =========== download -------- This subcommand must be run online. It downloads future signing and denomination keys with the associated meta data from the exchange and outputs the resulting JSON (for consumption by subsequent subcommands, or to ``stdout``). show ---- This subcommand outputs information about future signing and denomination keys for manual checking against the business-approved fee structure, lifetimes and other parameters. It consumes the output of the ``download`` subcommand, either from ``stdin`` or directly. Its output always goes to ``stdout`` for human consumption (not in JSON). It is usually a bad idea (but possible) to combine ``show`` with other subcommands, except maybe for testing. sign ---- This subcommand signs information about future signing and denomination keys. It consumes the output of the ``download`` subcommand, either from ``stdin`` or directly. It outputs the signatures over *all* denomination and signing keys present in the input, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. revoke-denomination ------------------- This subcommand signs a revocation message for a denomination key. The hash of the denomination public key must be given in the usual base32-encoding as the first and only argument to the subcommand. It outputs the signature affirming the revocation of the denomination key, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. revoke-signkey -------------- This subcommand signs a revocation message for an exchange online signing key. The online signing public key must be given in the usual base32-encoding as the first and only argument to the subcommand. It outputs the signature affirming the revocation of the online signing key, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. enable-auditor -------------- This subcommand informs an exchange that an auditor is to be activated. Afterwards, the exchange will accept inputs from that auditor's **taler-auditor-offline** tool. Note that the auditor also must add the exchange to the list of exchanges that it audits via **taler-auditor-exchange**. Furthermore, the exchange's database will need to be provided to the auditor. This subcommand only informs the exchange about the auditor, but does not perform those additional mandatory steps for a working auditor. The auditor's public key must be given in the usual base32-encoding as the first argument. The auditor's REST API base URL must be given as the second argument. The tool performs a minimal sanity check, namely that the URL begins with "http" (this also allows "https"), but as it runs offline does not perform any further validation! The third argument must be a human-readable name for the auditor. This may be shown to users and should identify the auditor's business entity. If the name includes spaces, the argument should be quoted. The subcommand takes no inputs from ``stdin`` or other subcommands. It outputs the signature affirming the addition of the auditor, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. disable-auditor --------------- This subcommand informs an exchange that an auditor is to be deactivated. Afterwards, the exchange will refuse inputs from that auditor's **taler-auditor-offline** tool. The auditor's public key must be given in the usual base32-encoding as the first argument. The subcommand takes no inputs from ``stdin`` or other subcommands. It outputs the signature affirming the removal of the auditor, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. enable-account -------------- This subcommand informs an exchange that it should advertise a bank account as belonging to the exchange on its ``/wire`` endpoint. Note that this does *not* ensure that the exchange will use this bank account for incoming or outgoing wire transfers! For this, the **taler-exchange-transfer** and **taler-exchange-wirewatch** tools must be configured. Furthermore, the bank account information advertised could theoretically differ from that which these tool actually use, for example if the public bank account is only a front for the actual internal business acounts. The ``payto://`` URI (RFC 8905) of the exchange's bank account must be given as the first argument to the subcommand. The subcommand takes no inputs from ``stdin`` or other subcommands. It outputs the signature affirming the addition of the wire account, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. disable-account --------------- This subcommand informs an exchange that it should stop advertising a bank account as belonging to the exchange on its ``/wire`` endpoint. The ``payto://`` URI (RFC 8905) of the exchange's (former) bank account must be given as the first argument to the subcommand. The subcommand takes no inputs from ``stdin`` or other subcommands. It outputs the signature affirming the deletion of the wire account, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. wire-fee -------- This subcommand informs an exchange about the desired wire fee (and closing fee) structure for particular wire method and a calendar year (!). The tool does not permit changing wire fees during a calendar year. Also, once the wire fee has been set for a calendar year, it cannot be changed. The subcommand takes the year, wire-method (see RFC 8905, examples include ``x-taler-bank`` or ``iban``), wire fee and closing fee as arguments. Instead of a year, the string ``now`` can be given for the current year (this is mostly useful for test cases). The wire-method should follow the GANA registry as given in RFC 8905. The fees must be given in the usual Taler format of ``CURRENCY:NUMBER.FRACTION``. The subcommand takes no inputs from ``stdin`` or other subcommands. It outputs the signature affirming the wire fees, in a format suitable for the ``upload`` subcommand. upload ------ This subcommand uploads outputs from other subcommands (except ``download`` and ``show``) to the exchange. Note that it is possible that some uploads succeed, while others fail, as the operation is not atomic. The subcommand takes no arguments and has no output. help ---- This subcommand shows a summary of all available subcommands with the required arguments. Examples ======== Download future public keys from an exchange (online) ----------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline download > keys.json Show information about future public keys (offline or online) ------------------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline show < keys.json Sign future public keys (offline) --------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline sign < keys.json > sigs.json Upload signatures about future public keys (online) --------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline upload < sigs.json Download, sign and upload, all in one (online) ---------------------------------------------- Note that doing this is only recommended in non-production deployments. .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline download sign upload Create signature to enable bank account (offline) ------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline enable-account payto://iban/DE24242 > account.json Upload bank account signature (online) -------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline upload < account.json Combine signing keys and enabling bank account (offline) -------------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline sign enable-account payto://iban/DE24242 < keys.json > combo.json Upload various signatures (online) ---------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline upload < combo.json Create multiple revocation messages in one pass (offline) --------------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: console $ taler-exchange-offline revoke-denomination $DKH1 revoke-denomination $DKH2 > revoke.json $ taler-exchange-offline revoke-signkey $SK1 revoke-signkey $SK2 > revoke.json $ taler-exchange-offline revoke-signkey $SK revoke-denomkey $DKH > mix.json The outputs ("revoke.json", "mix.json") must be uploaded using the ``upload`` subcommand to the exchange to actually revoke the keys. Security considerations ======================= The **taler-exchange-offline** tool assumes that it is run on a high-security system with *monotonic time*. The time does not have to precisely match that of the exchange, but it must be monotonic across tool invocations. The clock of the offline system is used in the enable/disable signatures to communicate an order of the events to the exchange. This prevents someone from replaying an older "enable" (or "disable") message after a more recent "disable" (or "enable") message has been provided to the exchange. Thus, there is no need to keep the actual files exchanged with the offline tool secret. The **taler-exchange-offline** tool tries to make sure that the online signing keys of the the exchange are always created by the same two security modules. The goal here is to prevent an attacker who compromised **taler-exchange-httpd** but *not* the security modules from providing attacker-controlled keys to the offline signing process. For this, the **taler-exchange-offline** signing subcommand always automatically learns the security module's public signing key and *trusts it on first use* (TOFU), but stores it to disk (see the ``SECM_TOFU_FILE`` option in the ``[exchange-offline]`` section of the configuration). If the keys change subsequently, the tool will refuse to sign. See Also ======== taler-exchange-httpd(1), taler-auditor-offline(1), taler-auditor-exchange(1), taler.conf(5). Bugs ==== Report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net/ or by sending electronic mail to .