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taler-auditor-offline(1)
########################

.. only:: html

   Name
   ====

   **taler-auditor-offline** - operations using the auditor's private key

Synopsis
========

**taler-auditor-offline**
[**-c** *FILENAME* | **––config=**\ ‌\ *FILENAME*]
[**-h** | **––help**]
[**-L** *LOGLEVEL* | **––loglevel=**\ ‌\ *LOGLEVEL*]
[**-o** *FILE* | **––output=**\ ‌\ *FILE*]
[**-v** | **––version**]
[subcommand ...]


Description
===========

**taler-auditor-offline** is a command-line tool to be used by an auditor to
sign that he is aware of certain keys being used by a exchange. Using this
signature, the auditor affirms that he will verify that the exchange is
properly accounting for coins of those denominations.  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 current public keys from the
running exchange.  Note that this only includes keys that the exchange
operator has previously validated using the **taler-exchange-offline** tool.
The resulting data serves as input to the ``sign`` and ``show`` subcommands.

The ``upload`` subcommand uploads the signatures created with the private 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 auditor's private key, which should be kept offline.

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-auditor-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 and the **taler-auditor-httpd** must both be provided with
the auditor's public key, such that they can validate messages signed
by the auditor. To obtain the auditor's public key, use:

.. code-block:: console

   $ AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE=`taler-config -f -c $CONF -s AUDITOR -o AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE`
   $ gnunet-ecc -p $AUDITOR_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

   $ AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE=`taler-config -f -c $CONF -s AUDITOR -o AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE`
   $ AUDITOR_PRIV_DIR=`dirname $AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE`
   $ mkdir -p $AUDITOR_PRIV_DIR
   $ gnunet-ecc -g1 $AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE


Relevant configuration options for **taler-auditor-offline** are:

* ``[auditor/AUDITOR_PRIV_FILE]`` --- where to store the private key



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 public keys from an exchange (online)
----------------------------------------------

.. code-block:: console

   $ taler-auditor-offline download > keys.json

Show information about public keys (offline or online)
------------------------------------------------------

.. code-block:: console

   $ taler-auditor-offline show < keys.json

Sign public keys (offline)
--------------------------

.. code-block:: console

   $ taler-auditor-offline sign < keys.json > sigs.json

Upload auditor signatures (online)
----------------------------------

.. code-block:: console

   $ taler-auditor-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-auditor-offline download sign upload




Security considerations
=======================

The **taler-auditor-offline** tool assumes that it is run on a high-security
system, especially for the ``sign`` subcommand.

The auditor should first use the ``show`` subcommand on the offline system to
check that the keys being signed are acceptable. This process requires
manual work: the auditor should check with the exchange operator that
the keys (and meta data) matches that previously seen by the
exchange operator when they used the **taler-exchange-offline** tool.


See Also
========

gnunet-ecc(1), taler-auditor-exchange(1), taler-exchange-offline(1),
taler.conf(5)

Bugs
====

Report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net/ or by sending electronic
mail to <taler@gnu.org>.