PyBitmessage-2021-04-27/src/class_objectProcessor.py

import time
import threading
import shared
import hashlib
import random
from struct import unpack, pack
import sys
import string
from subprocess import call  # used when the API must execute an outside program
import traceback
from binascii import hexlify

from pyelliptic.openssl import OpenSSL
import highlevelcrypto
from addresses import *
from bmconfigparser import BMConfigParser
import helper_generic
from helper_generic import addDataPadding
import helper_bitcoin
import helper_inbox
import helper_msgcoding
import helper_sent
from helper_sql import *
from helper_ackPayload import genAckPayload
import protocol
import queues
import state
import tr
from debug import logger
import l10n

class objectProcessor(threading.Thread):
    """
    The objectProcessor thread, of which there is only one, receives network
    objects (msg, broadcast, pubkey, getpubkey) from the receiveDataThreads.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self, name="objectProcessor")
        """
        It may be the case that the last time Bitmessage was running, the user
        closed it before it finished processing everything in the
        objectProcessorQueue. Assuming that Bitmessage wasn't closed forcefully,
        it should have saved the data in the queue into the objectprocessorqueue 
        table. Let's pull it out.
        """
        queryreturn = sqlQuery(
            '''SELECT objecttype, data FROM objectprocessorqueue''')
        for row in queryreturn:
            objectType, data = row
            queues.objectProcessorQueue.put((objectType,data))
        sqlExecute('''DELETE FROM objectprocessorqueue''')
        logger.debug('Loaded %s objects from disk into the objectProcessorQueue.' % str(len(queryreturn)))


    def run(self):
        while True:
            objectType, data = queues.objectProcessorQueue.get()

            self.checkackdata(data)

            try:
                if objectType == 0: # getpubkey
                    self.processgetpubkey(data)
                elif objectType == 1: #pubkey
                    self.processpubkey(data)
                elif objectType == 2: #msg
                    self.processmsg(data)
                elif objectType == 3: #broadcast
                    self.processbroadcast(data)
                elif objectType == 'checkShutdownVariable': # is more of a command, not an object type. Is used to get this thread past the queue.get() so that it will check the shutdown variable.
                    pass
                else:
                    if isinstance(objectType, int):
                        logger.info('Don\'t know how to handle object type 0x%08X', objectType)
                    else:
                        logger.info('Don\'t know how to handle object type %s', objectType)
            except helper_msgcoding.DecompressionSizeException as e:
                logger.error("The object is too big after decompression (stopped decompressing at %ib, your configured limit %ib). Ignoring", e.size, BMConfigParser().safeGetInt("zlib", "maxsize"))
            except varintDecodeError as e:
                logger.debug("There was a problem with a varint while processing an object. Some details: %s" % e)
            except Exception as e:
                logger.critical("Critical error within objectProcessorThread: \n%s" % traceback.format_exc())

            if state.shutdown:
                time.sleep(.5) # Wait just a moment for most of the connections to close
                numberOfObjectsThatWereInTheObjectProcessorQueue = 0
                with SqlBulkExecute() as sql:
                    while queues.objectProcessorQueue.curSize > 0:
                        objectType, data = queues.objectProcessorQueue.get()
                        sql.execute('''INSERT INTO objectprocessorqueue VALUES (?,?)''',
                                   objectType,data)
                        numberOfObjectsThatWereInTheObjectProcessorQueue += 1
                logger.debug('Saved %s objects from the objectProcessorQueue to disk. objectProcessorThread exiting.' % str(numberOfObjectsThatWereInTheObjectProcessorQueue))
                state.shutdown = 2
                break

    def checkackdata(self, data):
        # Let's check whether this is a message acknowledgement bound for us.
        if len(data) < 32:
            return

        # bypass nonce and time, retain object type/version/stream + body
        readPosition = 16

        if data[readPosition:] in shared.ackdataForWhichImWatching:
            logger.info('This object is an acknowledgement bound for me.')
            del shared.ackdataForWhichImWatching[data[readPosition:]]
            sqlExecute('UPDATE sent SET status=?, lastactiontime=? WHERE ackdata=?',
                       'ackreceived',
                       int(time.time()), 
                       data[readPosition:])
            queues.UISignalQueue.put(('updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (data[readPosition:], tr._translate("MainWindow",'Acknowledgement of the message received %1').arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))))
        else:
            logger.debug('This object is not an acknowledgement bound for me.')

    
    def processgetpubkey(self, data):
        if len(data) > 200:
            logger.info('getpubkey is abnormally long. Sanity check failed. Ignoring object.')
            return
        readPosition = 20  # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
        requestedAddressVersionNumber, addressVersionLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += addressVersionLength
        streamNumber, streamNumberLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += streamNumberLength

        if requestedAddressVersionNumber == 0:
            logger.debug('The requestedAddressVersionNumber of the pubkey request is zero. That doesn\'t make any sense. Ignoring it.')
            return
        elif requestedAddressVersionNumber == 1:
            logger.debug('The requestedAddressVersionNumber of the pubkey request is 1 which isn\'t supported anymore. Ignoring it.')
            return
        elif requestedAddressVersionNumber > 4:
            logger.debug('The requestedAddressVersionNumber of the pubkey request is too high. Can\'t understand. Ignoring it.')
            return

        myAddress = ''
        if requestedAddressVersionNumber <= 3 :
            requestedHash = data[readPosition:readPosition + 20]
            if len(requestedHash) != 20:
                logger.debug('The length of the requested hash is not 20 bytes. Something is wrong. Ignoring.')
                return
            logger.info('the hash requested in this getpubkey request is: %s' % hexlify(requestedHash))
            if requestedHash in shared.myAddressesByHash:  # if this address hash is one of mine
                myAddress = shared.myAddressesByHash[requestedHash]
        elif requestedAddressVersionNumber >= 4:
            requestedTag = data[readPosition:readPosition + 32]
            if len(requestedTag) != 32:
                logger.debug('The length of the requested tag is not 32 bytes. Something is wrong. Ignoring.')
                return
            logger.debug('the tag requested in this getpubkey request is: %s' % hexlify(requestedTag))
            if requestedTag in shared.myAddressesByTag:
                myAddress = shared.myAddressesByTag[requestedTag]

        if myAddress == '':
            logger.info('This getpubkey request is not for any of my keys.')
            return

        if decodeAddress(myAddress)[1] != requestedAddressVersionNumber:
            logger.warning('(Within the processgetpubkey function) Someone requested one of my pubkeys but the requestedAddressVersionNumber doesn\'t match my actual address version number. Ignoring.')
            return
        if decodeAddress(myAddress)[2] != streamNumber:
            logger.warning('(Within the processgetpubkey function) Someone requested one of my pubkeys but the stream number on which we heard this getpubkey object doesn\'t match this address\' stream number. Ignoring.')
            return
        if BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(myAddress, 'chan'):
            logger.info('Ignoring getpubkey request because it is for one of my chan addresses. The other party should already have the pubkey.')
            return
        try:
            lastPubkeySendTime = int(BMConfigParser().get(
                myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime'))
        except:
            lastPubkeySendTime = 0
        if lastPubkeySendTime > time.time() - 2419200:  # If the last time we sent our pubkey was more recent than 28 days ago...
            logger.info('Found getpubkey-requested-item in my list of EC hashes BUT we already sent it recently. Ignoring request. The lastPubkeySendTime is: %s' % lastPubkeySendTime) 
            return
        logger.info('Found getpubkey-requested-hash in my list of EC hashes. Telling Worker thread to do the POW for a pubkey message and send it out.') 
        if requestedAddressVersionNumber == 2:
            queues.workerQueue.put((
                'doPOWForMyV2Pubkey', requestedHash))
        elif requestedAddressVersionNumber == 3:
            queues.workerQueue.put((
                'sendOutOrStoreMyV3Pubkey', requestedHash))
        elif requestedAddressVersionNumber == 4:
            queues.workerQueue.put((
                'sendOutOrStoreMyV4Pubkey', myAddress))

    def processpubkey(self, data):
        pubkeyProcessingStartTime = time.time()
        shared.numberOfPubkeysProcessed += 1
        queues.UISignalQueue.put((
            'updateNumberOfPubkeysProcessed', 'no data'))
        embeddedTime, = unpack('>Q', data[8:16])
        readPosition = 20  # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
        addressVersion, varintLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += varintLength
        streamNumber, varintLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += varintLength
        if addressVersion == 0:
            logger.debug('(Within processpubkey) addressVersion of 0 doesn\'t make sense.')
            return
        if addressVersion > 4 or addressVersion == 1:
            logger.info('This version of Bitmessage cannot handle version %s addresses.' % addressVersion)
            return
        if addressVersion == 2:
            if len(data) < 146:  # sanity check. This is the minimum possible length.
                logger.debug('(within processpubkey) payloadLength less than 146. Sanity check failed.')
                return
            bitfieldBehaviors = data[readPosition:readPosition + 4]
            readPosition += 4
            publicSigningKey = data[readPosition:readPosition + 64]
            # Is it possible for a public key to be invalid such that trying to
            # encrypt or sign with it will cause an error? If it is, it would
            # be easiest to test them here.
            readPosition += 64
            publicEncryptionKey = data[readPosition:readPosition + 64]
            if len(publicEncryptionKey) < 64:
                logger.debug('publicEncryptionKey length less than 64. Sanity check failed.')
                return
            readPosition += 64
            dataToStore = data[20:readPosition] # The data we'll store in the pubkeys table.
            sha = hashlib.new('sha512')
            sha.update(
                '\x04' + publicSigningKey + '\x04' + publicEncryptionKey)
            ripeHasher = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
            ripeHasher.update(sha.digest())
            ripe = ripeHasher.digest()


            logger.debug('within recpubkey, addressVersion: %s, streamNumber: %s \n\
                        ripe %s\n\
                        publicSigningKey in hex: %s\n\
                        publicEncryptionKey in hex: %s' % (addressVersion, 
                                                           streamNumber, 
                                                           hexlify(ripe),
                                                           hexlify(publicSigningKey),
                                                           hexlify(publicEncryptionKey)
                                                           )
                        )

            
            address = encodeAddress(addressVersion, streamNumber, ripe)
            
            queryreturn = sqlQuery(
                '''SELECT usedpersonally FROM pubkeys WHERE address=? AND usedpersonally='yes' ''', address)
            if queryreturn != []:  # if this pubkey is already in our database and if we have used it personally:
                logger.info('We HAVE used this pubkey personally. Updating time.')
                t = (address, addressVersion, dataToStore, int(time.time()), 'yes')
            else:
                logger.info('We have NOT used this pubkey personally. Inserting in database.')
                t = (address, addressVersion, dataToStore, int(time.time()), 'no')
            sqlExecute('''INSERT INTO pubkeys VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)''', *t)
            self.possibleNewPubkey(address)
        if addressVersion == 3:
            if len(data) < 170:  # sanity check.
                logger.warning('(within processpubkey) payloadLength less than 170. Sanity check failed.')
                return
            bitfieldBehaviors = data[readPosition:readPosition + 4]
            readPosition += 4
            publicSigningKey = '\x04' + data[readPosition:readPosition + 64]
            readPosition += 64
            publicEncryptionKey = '\x04' + data[readPosition:readPosition + 64]
            readPosition += 64
            specifiedNonceTrialsPerByte, specifiedNonceTrialsPerByteLength = decodeVarint(
                data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
            readPosition += specifiedNonceTrialsPerByteLength
            specifiedPayloadLengthExtraBytes, specifiedPayloadLengthExtraBytesLength = decodeVarint(
                data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
            readPosition += specifiedPayloadLengthExtraBytesLength
            endOfSignedDataPosition = readPosition
            dataToStore = data[20:readPosition] # The data we'll store in the pubkeys table.
            signatureLength, signatureLengthLength = decodeVarint(
                data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
            readPosition += signatureLengthLength
            signature = data[readPosition:readPosition + signatureLength]
            if highlevelcrypto.verify(data[8:endOfSignedDataPosition], signature, hexlify(publicSigningKey)):
                logger.debug('ECDSA verify passed (within processpubkey)')
            else:
                logger.warning('ECDSA verify failed (within processpubkey)')
                return

            sha = hashlib.new('sha512')
            sha.update(publicSigningKey + publicEncryptionKey)
            ripeHasher = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
            ripeHasher.update(sha.digest())
            ripe = ripeHasher.digest()
            

            logger.debug('within recpubkey, addressVersion: %s, streamNumber: %s \n\
                        ripe %s\n\
                        publicSigningKey in hex: %s\n\
                        publicEncryptionKey in hex: %s' % (addressVersion, 
                                                           streamNumber, 
                                                           hexlify(ripe),
                                                           hexlify(publicSigningKey),
                                                           hexlify(publicEncryptionKey)
                                                           )
                        )

            address = encodeAddress(addressVersion, streamNumber, ripe)
            queryreturn = sqlQuery('''SELECT usedpersonally FROM pubkeys WHERE address=? AND usedpersonally='yes' ''', address)
            if queryreturn != []:  # if this pubkey is already in our database and if we have used it personally:
                logger.info('We HAVE used this pubkey personally. Updating time.')
                t = (address, addressVersion, dataToStore, int(time.time()), 'yes')
            else:
                logger.info('We have NOT used this pubkey personally. Inserting in database.')
                t = (address, addressVersion, dataToStore, int(time.time()), 'no')
            sqlExecute('''INSERT INTO pubkeys VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)''', *t)
            self.possibleNewPubkey(address)

        if addressVersion == 4:
            if len(data) < 350:  # sanity check.
                logger.debug('(within processpubkey) payloadLength less than 350. Sanity check failed.')
                return

            tag = data[readPosition:readPosition + 32]
            if tag not in state.neededPubkeys:
                logger.info('We don\'t need this v4 pubkey. We didn\'t ask for it.')
                return
            
            # Let us try to decrypt the pubkey
            toAddress, cryptorObject = state.neededPubkeys[tag]
            if shared.decryptAndCheckPubkeyPayload(data, toAddress) == 'successful':
                # At this point we know that we have been waiting on this pubkey.
                # This function will command the workerThread to start work on
                # the messages that require it.
                self.possibleNewPubkey(toAddress)

        # Display timing data
        timeRequiredToProcessPubkey = time.time(
        ) - pubkeyProcessingStartTime
        logger.debug('Time required to process this pubkey: %s' % timeRequiredToProcessPubkey)


    def processmsg(self, data):
        messageProcessingStartTime = time.time()
        shared.numberOfMessagesProcessed += 1
        queues.UISignalQueue.put((
            'updateNumberOfMessagesProcessed', 'no data'))
        readPosition = 20 # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
        msgVersion, msgVersionLength = decodeVarint(data[readPosition:readPosition + 9])
        if msgVersion != 1:
            logger.info('Cannot understand message versions other than one. Ignoring message.') 
            return
        readPosition += msgVersionLength
        
        streamNumberAsClaimedByMsg, streamNumberAsClaimedByMsgLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 9])
        readPosition += streamNumberAsClaimedByMsgLength
        inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(data)
        initialDecryptionSuccessful = False

        # This is not an acknowledgement bound for me. See if it is a message
        # bound for me by trying to decrypt it with my private keys.
        
        for key, cryptorObject in sorted(shared.myECCryptorObjects.items(), key=lambda x: random.random()):
            try:
                if initialDecryptionSuccessful: # continue decryption attempts to avoid timing attacks
                    cryptorObject.decrypt(data[readPosition:])
                else:
                    decryptedData = cryptorObject.decrypt(data[readPosition:])
                    toRipe = key  # This is the RIPE hash of my pubkeys. We need this below to compare to the destination_ripe included in the encrypted data.
                    initialDecryptionSuccessful = True
                    logger.info('EC decryption successful using key associated with ripe hash: %s.' % hexlify(key))
            except Exception as err:
                pass
        if not initialDecryptionSuccessful:
            # This is not a message bound for me.
            logger.info('Length of time program spent failing to decrypt this message: %s seconds.' % (time.time() - messageProcessingStartTime,)) 
            return

        # This is a message bound for me.
        toAddress = shared.myAddressesByHash[
            toRipe]  # Look up my address based on the RIPE hash.
        readPosition = 0
        sendersAddressVersionNumber, sendersAddressVersionNumberLength = decodeVarint(
            decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += sendersAddressVersionNumberLength
        if sendersAddressVersionNumber == 0:
            logger.info('Cannot understand sendersAddressVersionNumber = 0. Ignoring message.') 
            return
        if sendersAddressVersionNumber > 4:
            logger.info('Sender\'s address version number %s not yet supported. Ignoring message.' % sendersAddressVersionNumber)  
            return
        if len(decryptedData) < 170:
            logger.info('Length of the unencrypted data is unreasonably short. Sanity check failed. Ignoring message.')
            return
        sendersStreamNumber, sendersStreamNumberLength = decodeVarint(
            decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        if sendersStreamNumber == 0:
            logger.info('sender\'s stream number is 0. Ignoring message.')
            return
        readPosition += sendersStreamNumberLength
        behaviorBitfield = decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 4]
        readPosition += 4
        pubSigningKey = '\x04' + decryptedData[
            readPosition:readPosition + 64]
        readPosition += 64
        pubEncryptionKey = '\x04' + decryptedData[
            readPosition:readPosition + 64]
        readPosition += 64
        if sendersAddressVersionNumber >= 3:
            requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte, varintLength = decodeVarint(
                decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
            readPosition += varintLength
            logger.info('sender\'s requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte is %s' % requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte)
            requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes, varintLength = decodeVarint(
                decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
            readPosition += varintLength
            logger.info('sender\'s requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes is %s' % requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes)
        endOfThePublicKeyPosition = readPosition  # needed for when we store the pubkey in our database of pubkeys for later use.
        if toRipe != decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 20]:
            logger.info('The original sender of this message did not send it to you. Someone is attempting a Surreptitious Forwarding Attack.\n\
                See: http://world.std.com/~dtd/sign_encrypt/sign_encrypt7.html \n\
                your toRipe: %s\n\
                embedded destination toRipe: %s' % (hexlify(toRipe), hexlify(decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 20]))
                       )
            return
        readPosition += 20
        messageEncodingType, messageEncodingTypeLength = decodeVarint(
            decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += messageEncodingTypeLength
        messageLength, messageLengthLength = decodeVarint(
            decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += messageLengthLength
        message = decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + messageLength]
        # print 'First 150 characters of message:', repr(message[:150])
        readPosition += messageLength
        ackLength, ackLengthLength = decodeVarint(
            decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += ackLengthLength
        ackData = decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + ackLength]
        readPosition += ackLength
        positionOfBottomOfAckData = readPosition  # needed to mark the end of what is covered by the signature
        signatureLength, signatureLengthLength = decodeVarint(
            decryptedData[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += signatureLengthLength
        signature = decryptedData[
            readPosition:readPosition + signatureLength]
        signedData = data[8:20] + encodeVarint(1) + encodeVarint(streamNumberAsClaimedByMsg) + decryptedData[:positionOfBottomOfAckData]
        
        if not highlevelcrypto.verify(signedData, signature, hexlify(pubSigningKey)):
            logger.debug('ECDSA verify failed')
            return
        logger.debug('ECDSA verify passed')
        logger.debug('As a matter of intellectual curiosity, here is the Bitcoin address associated with the keys owned by the other person: %s  ..and here is the testnet address: %s. The other person must take their private signing key from Bitmessage and import it into Bitcoin (or a service like Blockchain.info) for it to be of any use. Do not use this unless you know what you are doing.' %
                     (helper_bitcoin.calculateBitcoinAddressFromPubkey(pubSigningKey), helper_bitcoin.calculateTestnetAddressFromPubkey(pubSigningKey))
                     )
        sigHash = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(signature).digest()).digest()[32:] # Used to detect and ignore duplicate messages in our inbox

        # calculate the fromRipe.
        sha = hashlib.new('sha512')
        sha.update(pubSigningKey + pubEncryptionKey)
        ripe = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
        ripe.update(sha.digest())
        fromAddress = encodeAddress(
            sendersAddressVersionNumber, sendersStreamNumber, ripe.digest())
        
        # Let's store the public key in case we want to reply to this
        # person.
        sqlExecute(
            '''INSERT INTO pubkeys VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)''',
            fromAddress,
            sendersAddressVersionNumber,
            decryptedData[:endOfThePublicKeyPosition],
            int(time.time()),
            'yes')
        
        # Check to see whether we happen to be awaiting this
        # pubkey in order to send a message. If we are, it will do the POW
        # and send it.
        self.possibleNewPubkey(fromAddress)
        
        # If this message is bound for one of my version 3 addresses (or
        # higher), then we must check to make sure it meets our demanded
        # proof of work requirement. If this is bound for one of my chan
        # addresses then we skip this check; the minimum network POW is
        # fine.
        if decodeAddress(toAddress)[1] >= 3 and not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'chan'):  # If the toAddress version number is 3 or higher and not one of my chan addresses:
            if not shared.isAddressInMyAddressBookSubscriptionsListOrWhitelist(fromAddress):  # If I'm not friendly with this person:
                requiredNonceTrialsPerByte = BMConfigParser().getint(
                    toAddress, 'noncetrialsperbyte')
                requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes = BMConfigParser().getint(
                    toAddress, 'payloadlengthextrabytes')
                if not protocol.isProofOfWorkSufficient(data, requiredNonceTrialsPerByte, requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes):
                    logger.info('Proof of work in msg is insufficient only because it does not meet our higher requirement.')
                    return
        blockMessage = False  # Gets set to True if the user shouldn't see the message according to black or white lists.
        if BMConfigParser().get('bitmessagesettings', 'blackwhitelist') == 'black':  # If we are using a blacklist
            queryreturn = sqlQuery(
                '''SELECT label FROM blacklist where address=? and enabled='1' ''',
                fromAddress)
            if queryreturn != []:
                logger.info('Message ignored because address is in blacklist.')

                blockMessage = True
        else:  # We're using a whitelist
            queryreturn = sqlQuery(
                '''SELECT label FROM whitelist where address=? and enabled='1' ''',
                fromAddress)
            if queryreturn == []:
                logger.info('Message ignored because address not in whitelist.')
                blockMessage = True

        toLabel = BMConfigParser().get(toAddress, 'label')
        if toLabel == '':
            toLabel = toAddress

        try:
            decodedMessage = helper_msgcoding.MsgDecode(messageEncodingType, message)
        except helper_msgcoding.MsgDecodeException:
            return
        subject = decodedMessage.subject
        body = decodedMessage.body

        # Let us make sure that we haven't already received this message
        if helper_inbox.isMessageAlreadyInInbox(sigHash):
            logger.info('This msg is already in our inbox. Ignoring it.')
            blockMessage = True
        if not blockMessage:
            if messageEncodingType != 0:
                t = (inventoryHash, toAddress, fromAddress, subject, int(
                    time.time()), body, 'inbox', messageEncodingType, 0, sigHash)
                helper_inbox.insert(t)

                queues.UISignalQueue.put(('displayNewInboxMessage', (
                    inventoryHash, toAddress, fromAddress, subject, body)))

            # If we are behaving as an API then we might need to run an
            # outside command to let some program know that a new message
            # has arrived.
            if BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean('bitmessagesettings', 'apienabled'):
                try:
                    apiNotifyPath = BMConfigParser().get(
                        'bitmessagesettings', 'apinotifypath')
                except:
                    apiNotifyPath = ''
                if apiNotifyPath != '':
                    call([apiNotifyPath, "newMessage"])

            # Let us now check and see whether our receiving address is
            # behaving as a mailing list
            if BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'mailinglist') and messageEncodingType != 0:
                try:
                    mailingListName = BMConfigParser().get(
                        toAddress, 'mailinglistname')
                except:
                    mailingListName = ''
                # Let us send out this message as a broadcast
                subject = self.addMailingListNameToSubject(
                    subject, mailingListName)
                # Let us now send this message out as a broadcast
                message = time.strftime("%a, %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC", time.gmtime(
                )) + '   Message ostensibly from ' + fromAddress + ':\n\n' + body
                fromAddress = toAddress  # The fromAddress for the broadcast that we are about to send is the toAddress (my address) for the msg message we are currently processing.
                # We don't actually need the ackdata for acknowledgement since this is a broadcast message but we can use it to update the user interface when the POW is done generating.
                streamNumber = decodeAddress(fromAddress)[2]

                ackdata = genAckPayload(streamNumber, 0)
                toAddress = '[Broadcast subscribers]'
                ripe = ''

                # We really should have a discussion about how to
                # set the TTL for mailing list broadcasts. This is obviously
                # hard-coded. 
                TTL = 2*7*24*60*60 # 2 weeks
                t = ('', 
                     toAddress, 
                     ripe, 
                     fromAddress, 
                     subject, 
                     message, 
                     ackdata, 
                     int(time.time()), # sentTime (this doesn't change)
                     int(time.time()), # lastActionTime
                     0, 
                     'broadcastqueued', 
                     0, 
                     'sent', 
                     messageEncodingType, 
                     TTL)
                helper_sent.insert(t)

                queues.UISignalQueue.put(('displayNewSentMessage', (
                    toAddress, '[Broadcast subscribers]', fromAddress, subject, message, ackdata)))
                queues.workerQueue.put(('sendbroadcast', ''))

        # Don't send ACK if invalid, blacklisted senders, invisible messages, disabled or chan
        if self.ackDataHasAValidHeader(ackData) and \
            not blockMessage and \
            messageEncodingType != 0 and \
            not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'dontsendack') and \
            not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'chan'):
            shared.checkAndShareObjectWithPeers(ackData[24:])

        # Display timing data
        timeRequiredToAttemptToDecryptMessage = time.time(
        ) - messageProcessingStartTime
        shared.successfullyDecryptMessageTimings.append(
            timeRequiredToAttemptToDecryptMessage)
        sum = 0
        for item in shared.successfullyDecryptMessageTimings:
            sum += item
        logger.debug('Time to decrypt this message successfully: %s\n\
                     Average time for all message decryption successes since startup: %s.' %
                     (timeRequiredToAttemptToDecryptMessage, sum / len(shared.successfullyDecryptMessageTimings)) 
                     )


    def processbroadcast(self, data):
        messageProcessingStartTime = time.time()
        shared.numberOfBroadcastsProcessed += 1
        queues.UISignalQueue.put((
            'updateNumberOfBroadcastsProcessed', 'no data'))
        inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(data)
        readPosition = 20  # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
        broadcastVersion, broadcastVersionLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 9])
        readPosition += broadcastVersionLength
        if broadcastVersion < 4 or broadcastVersion > 5:
            logger.info('Cannot decode incoming broadcast versions less than 4 or higher than 5. Assuming the sender isn\'t being silly, you should upgrade Bitmessage because this message shall be ignored.') 
            return
        cleartextStreamNumber, cleartextStreamNumberLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += cleartextStreamNumberLength
        if broadcastVersion == 4:
            """
            v4 broadcasts are encrypted the same way the msgs are encrypted. To see if we are interested in a
            v4 broadcast, we try to decrypt it. This was replaced with v5 broadcasts which include a tag which 
            we check instead, just like we do with v4 pubkeys. 
            """
            signedData = data[8:readPosition]
            initialDecryptionSuccessful = False
            for key, cryptorObject in sorted(shared.MyECSubscriptionCryptorObjects.items(), key=lambda x: random.random()):