Veil

v0.2.4

Veil v0.2.4 Veil.Secure View Source

Veil.Secure is a module for generating secure session ids to be used by Veil.

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Functions

generate_unique_id(conn)

To form a secure id, we concatenate together:

  • 24-40 random bytes
  • user ip address
  • user agent string
  • system time in ms
  • server secret (re-generated every time the server starts)
get_user_ip(conn)

Gets the IP address of the client

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Link to this function generate_unique_id(conn) View Source

To form a secure id, we concatenate together:

  • 24-40 random bytes
  • user ip address
  • user agent string
  • system time in ms
  • server secret (re-generated every time the server starts)

Then SHA256 the result, and encode in Base32 (so we can transmit it as part of a URL).

Link to this function get_user_ip(conn) View Source

Gets the IP address of the client