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

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"""
Thread for performing PoW
"""
# pylint: disable=protected-access,too-many-branches,too-many-statements
# pylint: disable=no-self-use,too-many-lines,too-many-locals
from __future__ import division
import hashlib
import time
from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
from struct import pack
from subprocess import call # nosec
import defaults
import helper_inbox
import helper_msgcoding
import helper_random
import highlevelcrypto
import knownnodes
import l10n
import proofofwork
import protocol
import queues
import shared
import state
import tr
from addresses import (
calculateInventoryHash, decodeAddress, decodeVarint, encodeVarint
)
from bmconfigparser import BMConfigParser
from helper_sql import sqlExecute, sqlQuery
from inventory import Inventory
from network import StoppableThread
def sizeof_fmt(num, suffix='h/s'):
"""Format hashes per seconds nicely (SI prefix)"""
for unit in ['', 'k', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 'E', 'Z']:
if abs(num) < 1000.0:
return "%3.1f%s%s" % (num, unit, suffix)
num /= 1024.0
return "%.1f%s%s" % (num, 'Yi', suffix)
class singleWorker(StoppableThread):
"""Thread for performing PoW"""
def __init__(self):
super(singleWorker, self).__init__(name="singleWorker")
proofofwork.init()
def stopThread(self):
"""Signal through the queue that the thread should be stopped"""
try:
queues.workerQueue.put(("stopThread", "data"))
except:
pass
super(singleWorker, self).stopThread()
def run(self):
# pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
while not state.sqlReady and state.shutdown == 0:
self.stop.wait(2)
if state.shutdown > 0:
return
# Initialize the neededPubkeys dictionary.
queryreturn = sqlQuery(
'''SELECT DISTINCT toaddress FROM sent'''
''' WHERE (status='awaitingpubkey' AND folder='sent')''')
for row in queryreturn:
toAddress, = row
# toStatus
_, toAddressVersionNumber, toStreamNumber, toRipe = \
decodeAddress(toAddress)
if toAddressVersionNumber <= 3:
state.neededPubkeys[toAddress] = 0
elif toAddressVersionNumber >= 4:
doubleHashOfAddressData = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(toAddressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(toStreamNumber) + toRipe
).digest()).digest()
# Note that this is the first half of the sha512 hash.
privEncryptionKey = doubleHashOfAddressData[:32]
tag = doubleHashOfAddressData[32:]
# We'll need this for when we receive a pubkey reply:
# it will be encrypted and we'll need to decrypt it.
state.neededPubkeys[tag] = (
toAddress,
highlevelcrypto.makeCryptor(
hexlify(privEncryptionKey))
)
# Initialize the state.ackdataForWhichImWatching data structure
queryreturn = sqlQuery(
'''SELECT ackdata FROM sent WHERE status = 'msgsent' ''')
for row in queryreturn:
ackdata, = row
self.logger.info('Watching for ackdata %s', hexlify(ackdata))
state.ackdataForWhichImWatching[ackdata] = 0
# Fix legacy (headerless) watched ackdata to include header
for oldack in state.ackdataForWhichImWatching:
if len(oldack) == 32:
# attach legacy header, always constant (msg/1/1)
newack = '\x00\x00\x00\x02\x01\x01' + oldack
state.ackdataForWhichImWatching[newack] = 0
sqlExecute(
'UPDATE sent SET ackdata=? WHERE ackdata=?',
newack, oldack
)
del state.ackdataForWhichImWatching[oldack]
# For the case if user deleted knownnodes
# but is still having onionpeer objects in inventory
if not knownnodes.knownNodesActual:
for item in Inventory().by_type_and_tag(protocol.OBJECT_ONIONPEER):
queues.objectProcessorQueue.put((
protocol.OBJECT_ONIONPEER, item.payload
))
# FIXME: should also delete from inventory
# give some time for the GUI to start
# before we start on existing POW tasks.
self.stop.wait(10)
if state.shutdown:
return
# just in case there are any pending tasks for msg
# messages that have yet to be sent.
queues.workerQueue.put(('sendmessage', ''))
# just in case there are any tasks for Broadcasts
# that have yet to be sent.
queues.workerQueue.put(('sendbroadcast', ''))
# send onionpeer object
queues.workerQueue.put(('sendOnionPeerObj', ''))
while state.shutdown == 0:
self.busy = 0
command, data = queues.workerQueue.get()
self.busy = 1
if command == 'sendmessage':
try:
self.sendMsg()
except:
pass
elif command == 'sendbroadcast':
try:
self.sendBroadcast()
except:
pass
elif command == 'doPOWForMyV2Pubkey':
try:
self.doPOWForMyV2Pubkey(data)
except:
pass
elif command == 'sendOutOrStoreMyV3Pubkey':
try:
self.sendOutOrStoreMyV3Pubkey(data)
except:
pass
elif command == 'sendOutOrStoreMyV4Pubkey':
try:
self.sendOutOrStoreMyV4Pubkey(data)
except:
pass
elif command == 'sendOnionPeerObj':
try:
self.sendOnionPeerObj(data)
except:
pass
elif command == 'resetPoW':
try:
proofofwork.resetPoW()
except:
pass
elif command == 'stopThread':
self.busy = 0
return
else:
self.logger.error(
'Probable programming error: The command sent'
' to the workerThread is weird. It is: %s\n',
command
)
queues.workerQueue.task_done()
self.logger.info("Quitting...")
def _getKeysForAddress(self, address):
privSigningKeyBase58 = BMConfigParser().get(
address, 'privsigningkey')
privEncryptionKeyBase58 = BMConfigParser().get(
address, 'privencryptionkey')
privSigningKeyHex = hexlify(shared.decodeWalletImportFormat(
privSigningKeyBase58))
privEncryptionKeyHex = hexlify(shared.decodeWalletImportFormat(
privEncryptionKeyBase58))
# The \x04 on the beginning of the public keys are not sent.
# This way there is only one acceptable way to encode
# and send a public key.
pubSigningKey = unhexlify(highlevelcrypto.privToPub(
privSigningKeyHex))[1:]
pubEncryptionKey = unhexlify(highlevelcrypto.privToPub(
privEncryptionKeyHex))[1:]
return privSigningKeyHex, privEncryptionKeyHex, \
pubSigningKey, pubEncryptionKey
def _doPOWDefaults(self, payload, TTL,
log_prefix='',
log_time=False):
target = 2 ** 64 / (
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte * (
len(payload) + 8 +
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes + ((
TTL * (
len(payload) + 8 +
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes
)) / (2 ** 16))
))
initialHash = hashlib.sha512(payload).digest()
self.logger.info(
'%s Doing proof of work... TTL set to %s', log_prefix, TTL)
if log_time:
start_time = time.time()
trialValue, nonce = proofofwork.run(target, initialHash)
self.logger.info(
'%s Found proof of work %s Nonce: %s',
log_prefix, trialValue, nonce
)
try:
delta = time.time() - start_time
self.logger.info(
'PoW took %.1f seconds, speed %s.',
delta, sizeof_fmt(nonce / delta)
)
except: # NameError
pass
payload = pack('>Q', nonce) + payload
return payload
def doPOWForMyV2Pubkey(self, adressHash):
""" This function also broadcasts out the pubkey
message once it is done with the POW"""
# Look up my stream number based on my address hash
myAddress = shared.myAddressesByHash[adressHash]
# status
_, addressVersionNumber, streamNumber, adressHash = (
decodeAddress(myAddress))
# 28 days from now plus or minus five minutes
TTL = int(28 * 24 * 60 * 60 + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
payload = pack('>Q', (embeddedTime))
payload += '\x00\x00\x00\x01' # object type: pubkey
payload += encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) # Address version number
payload += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
# bitfield of features supported by me (see the wiki).
payload += protocol.getBitfield(myAddress)
try:
# privSigningKeyHex, privEncryptionKeyHex
_, _, pubSigningKey, pubEncryptionKey = \
self._getKeysForAddress(myAddress)
except Exception as err:
self.logger.error(
'Error within doPOWForMyV2Pubkey. Could not read'
' the keys from the keys.dat file for a requested'
' address. %s\n', err
)
return
payload += pubSigningKey + pubEncryptionKey
# Do the POW for this pubkey message
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For pubkey message)')
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
objectType = 1
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, streamNumber, payload, embeddedTime, '')
self.logger.info(
'broadcasting inv with hash: %s', hexlify(inventoryHash))
queues.invQueue.put((streamNumber, inventoryHash))
queues.UISignalQueue.put(('updateStatusBar', ''))
try:
BMConfigParser().set(
myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime', str(int(time.time())))
BMConfigParser().save()
except:
# The user deleted the address out of the keys.dat file
# before this finished.
pass
def sendOutOrStoreMyV3Pubkey(self, adressHash):
"""
If this isn't a chan address, this function assembles the pubkey data, does the necessary POW and sends it out.
If it *is* a chan then it assembles the pubkey and stores is in the pubkey table so that we can send messages
to "ourselves".
"""
try:
myAddress = shared.myAddressesByHash[adressHash]
except:
# The address has been deleted.
return
if BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(myAddress, 'chan'):
self.logger.info('This is a chan address. Not sending pubkey.')
return
_, addressVersionNumber, streamNumber, adressHash = decodeAddress(
myAddress)
# 28 days from now plus or minus five minutes
TTL = int(28 * 24 * 60 * 60 + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
# signedTimeForProtocolV2 = embeddedTime - TTL
# According to the protocol specification, the expiresTime
# along with the pubkey information is signed. But to be
# backwards compatible during the upgrade period, we shall sign
# not the expiresTime but rather the current time. There must be
# precisely a 28 day difference between the two. After the upgrade
# period we'll switch to signing the whole payload with the
# expiresTime time.
payload = pack('>Q', (embeddedTime))
payload += '\x00\x00\x00\x01' # object type: pubkey
payload += encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) # Address version number
payload += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
# bitfield of features supported by me (see the wiki).
payload += protocol.getBitfield(myAddress)
try:
# , privEncryptionKeyHex
privSigningKeyHex, _, pubSigningKey, pubEncryptionKey = \
self._getKeysForAddress(myAddress)
except Exception as err:
self.logger.error(
'Error within sendOutOrStoreMyV3Pubkey. Could not read'
' the keys from the keys.dat file for a requested'
' address. %s\n', err
)
return
payload += pubSigningKey + pubEncryptionKey
payload += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
myAddress, 'noncetrialsperbyte'))
payload += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
myAddress, 'payloadlengthextrabytes'))
signature = highlevelcrypto.sign(payload, privSigningKeyHex)
payload += encodeVarint(len(signature))
payload += signature
# Do the POW for this pubkey message
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For pubkey message)')
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
objectType = 1
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, streamNumber, payload, embeddedTime, '')
self.logger.info(
'broadcasting inv with hash: %s', hexlify(inventoryHash))
queues.invQueue.put((streamNumber, inventoryHash))
queues.UISignalQueue.put(('updateStatusBar', ''))
try:
BMConfigParser().set(
myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime', str(int(time.time())))
BMConfigParser().save()
except:
# The user deleted the address out of the keys.dat file
# before this finished.
pass
def sendOutOrStoreMyV4Pubkey(self, myAddress):
"""
It doesn't send directly anymore. It put is to a queue for another thread to send at an appropriate time,
whereas in the past it directly appended it to the outgoing buffer, I think. Same with all the other methods in
this class.
"""
if not BMConfigParser().has_section(myAddress):
# The address has been deleted.
return
if shared.BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(myAddress, 'chan'):
self.logger.info('This is a chan address. Not sending pubkey.')
return
_, addressVersionNumber, streamNumber, addressHash = decodeAddress(
myAddress)
# 28 days from now plus or minus five minutes
TTL = int(28 * 24 * 60 * 60 + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
payload = pack('>Q', (embeddedTime))
payload += '\x00\x00\x00\x01' # object type: pubkey
payload += encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) # Address version number
payload += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
dataToEncrypt = protocol.getBitfield(myAddress)
try:
# , privEncryptionKeyHex
privSigningKeyHex, _, pubSigningKey, pubEncryptionKey = \
self._getKeysForAddress(myAddress)
except Exception as err:
self.logger.error(
'Error within sendOutOrStoreMyV4Pubkey. Could not read'
' the keys from the keys.dat file for a requested'
' address. %s\n', err
)
return
dataToEncrypt += pubSigningKey + pubEncryptionKey
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
myAddress, 'noncetrialsperbyte'))
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
myAddress, 'payloadlengthextrabytes'))
# When we encrypt, we'll use a hash of the data
# contained in an address as a decryption key. This way
# in order to read the public keys in a pubkey message,
# a node must know the address first. We'll also tag,
# unencrypted, the pubkey with part of the hash so that nodes
# know which pubkey object to try to decrypt
# when they want to send a message.
doubleHashOfAddressData = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(streamNumber) + addressHash
).digest()).digest()
payload += doubleHashOfAddressData[32:] # the tag
signature = highlevelcrypto.sign(
payload + dataToEncrypt, privSigningKeyHex
)
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(len(signature))
dataToEncrypt += signature
privEncryptionKey = doubleHashOfAddressData[:32]
pubEncryptionKey = highlevelcrypto.pointMult(privEncryptionKey)
payload += highlevelcrypto.encrypt(
dataToEncrypt, hexlify(pubEncryptionKey))
# Do the POW for this pubkey message
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For pubkey message)')
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
objectType = 1
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, streamNumber, payload, embeddedTime,
doubleHashOfAddressData[32:]
)
self.logger.info(
'broadcasting inv with hash: %s', hexlify(inventoryHash))
queues.invQueue.put((streamNumber, inventoryHash))
queues.UISignalQueue.put(('updateStatusBar', ''))
try:
BMConfigParser().set(
myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime', str(int(time.time())))
BMConfigParser().save()
except Exception as err:
self.logger.error(
'Error: Couldn\'t add the lastpubkeysendtime'
' to the keys.dat file. Error message: %s', err
)
def sendOnionPeerObj(self, peer=None):
"""Send onionpeer object representing peer"""
if not peer: # find own onionhostname
for peer in state.ownAddresses:
if peer.host.endswith('.onion'):
break
else:
return
TTL = int(7 * 24 * 60 * 60 + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
streamNumber = 1 # Don't know yet what should be here
objectType = protocol.OBJECT_ONIONPEER
# FIXME: ideally the objectPayload should be signed
objectPayload = encodeVarint(peer.port) + protocol.encodeHost(peer.host)
tag = calculateInventoryHash(objectPayload)
if Inventory().by_type_and_tag(objectType, tag):
return # not expired
payload = pack('>Q', embeddedTime)
payload += pack('>I', objectType)
payload += encodeVarint(2 if len(peer.host) == 22 else 3)
payload += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
payload += objectPayload
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For onionpeer object)')
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, streamNumber, buffer(payload),
embeddedTime, buffer(tag)
)
self.logger.info(
'sending inv (within sendOnionPeerObj function) for object: %s',
hexlify(inventoryHash))
queues.invQueue.put((streamNumber, inventoryHash))
def sendBroadcast(self):
"""Send a broadcast-type object (assemble the object, perform PoW and put it to the inv announcement queue)"""
# Reset just in case
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='broadcastqueued' '''
'''WHERE status = 'doingbroadcastpow' ''')
queryreturn = sqlQuery(
'''SELECT fromaddress, subject, message, '''
''' ackdata, ttl, encodingtype FROM sent '''
''' WHERE status=? and folder='sent' ''', 'broadcastqueued')
for row in queryreturn:
fromaddress, subject, body, ackdata, TTL, encoding = row
# status
_, addressVersionNumber, streamNumber, ripe = \
decodeAddress(fromaddress)
if addressVersionNumber <= 1:
self.logger.error(
'Error: In the singleWorker thread, the '
' sendBroadcast function doesn\'t understand'
' the address version.\n')
return
# We need to convert our private keys to public keys in order
# to include them.
try:
# , privEncryptionKeyHex
privSigningKeyHex, _, pubSigningKey, pubEncryptionKey = \
self._getKeysForAddress(fromaddress)
except:
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Error! Could not find sender address"
" (your address) in the keys.dat file."))
))
continue
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='doingbroadcastpow' '''
''' WHERE ackdata=? AND status='broadcastqueued' ''',
ackdata)
# At this time these pubkeys are 65 bytes long
# because they include the encoding byte which we won't
# be sending in the broadcast message.
# pubSigningKey = \
# highlevelcrypto.privToPub(privSigningKeyHex).decode('hex')
if TTL > 28 * 24 * 60 * 60:
TTL = 28 * 24 * 60 * 60
if TTL < 60 * 60:
TTL = 60 * 60
# add some randomness to the TTL
TTL = int(TTL + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
payload = pack('>Q', embeddedTime)
payload += '\x00\x00\x00\x03' # object type: broadcast
if addressVersionNumber <= 3:
payload += encodeVarint(4) # broadcast version
else:
payload += encodeVarint(5) # broadcast version
payload += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
if addressVersionNumber >= 4:
doubleHashOfAddressData = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(streamNumber) + ripe
).digest()).digest()
tag = doubleHashOfAddressData[32:]
payload += tag
else:
tag = ''
dataToEncrypt = encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber)
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
# behavior bitfield
dataToEncrypt += protocol.getBitfield(fromaddress)
dataToEncrypt += pubSigningKey + pubEncryptionKey
if addressVersionNumber >= 3:
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
fromaddress, 'noncetrialsperbyte'))
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
fromaddress, 'payloadlengthextrabytes'))
# message encoding type
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(encoding)
encodedMessage = helper_msgcoding.MsgEncode(
{"subject": subject, "body": body}, encoding)
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(encodedMessage.length)
dataToEncrypt += encodedMessage.data
dataToSign = payload + dataToEncrypt
signature = highlevelcrypto.sign(
dataToSign, privSigningKeyHex)
dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(len(signature))
dataToEncrypt += signature
# Encrypt the broadcast with the information
# contained in the broadcaster's address.
# Anyone who knows the address can generate
# the private encryption key to decrypt the broadcast.
# This provides virtually no privacy; its purpose is to keep
# questionable and illegal content from flowing through the
# Internet connections and being stored on the disk of 3rd parties.
if addressVersionNumber <= 3:
privEncryptionKey = hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(streamNumber) + ripe
).digest()[:32]
else:
privEncryptionKey = doubleHashOfAddressData[:32]
pubEncryptionKey = highlevelcrypto.pointMult(privEncryptionKey)
payload += highlevelcrypto.encrypt(
dataToEncrypt, hexlify(pubEncryptionKey))
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Doing work necessary to send broadcast..."))
))
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For broadcast message)')
# Sanity check. The payload size should never be larger
# than 256 KiB. There should be checks elsewhere in the code
# to not let the user try to send a message this large
# until we implement message continuation.
if len(payload) > 2 ** 18: # 256 KiB
self.logger.critical(
'This broadcast object is too large to send.'
' This should never happen. Object size: %s',
len(payload)
)
continue
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
objectType = 3
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, streamNumber, payload, embeddedTime, tag)
self.logger.info(
'sending inv (within sendBroadcast function)'
' for object: %s',
hexlify(inventoryHash)
)
queues.invQueue.put((streamNumber, inventoryHash))
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Broadcast sent on %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))
))
# Update the status of the message in the 'sent' table to have
# a 'broadcastsent' status
sqlExecute(
'UPDATE sent SET msgid=?, status=?, lastactiontime=?'
' WHERE ackdata=?',
inventoryHash, 'broadcastsent', int(time.time()), ackdata
)
def sendMsg(self):
"""Send a message-type object (assemble the object, perform PoW and put it to the inv announcement queue)"""
# pylint: disable=too-many-nested-blocks
# Reset just in case
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='msgqueued' '''
''' WHERE status IN ('doingpubkeypow', 'doingmsgpow')''')
queryreturn = sqlQuery(
'''SELECT toaddress, fromaddress, subject, message, '''
''' ackdata, status, ttl, retrynumber, encodingtype FROM '''
''' sent WHERE (status='msgqueued' or status='forcepow') '''
''' and folder='sent' ''')
# while we have a msg that needs some work
for row in queryreturn:
toaddress, fromaddress, subject, message, \
ackdata, status, TTL, retryNumber, encoding = row
# toStatus
_, toAddressVersionNumber, toStreamNumber, toRipe = \
decodeAddress(toaddress)
# fromStatus, , ,fromRipe
_, fromAddressVersionNumber, fromStreamNumber, _ = \
decodeAddress(fromaddress)
# We may or may not already have the pubkey
# for this toAddress. Let's check.
if status == 'forcepow':
# if the status of this msg is 'forcepow'
# then clearly we have the pubkey already
# because the user could not have overridden the message
# about the POW being too difficult without knowing
# the required difficulty.
pass
elif status == 'doingmsgpow':
# We wouldn't have set the status to doingmsgpow
# if we didn't already have the pubkey so let's assume
# that we have it.
pass
# If we are sending a message to ourselves or a chan
# then we won't need an entry in the pubkeys table;
# we can calculate the needed pubkey using the private keys
# in our keys.dat file.
elif BMConfigParser().has_section(toaddress):
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='doingmsgpow' '''
''' WHERE toaddress=? AND status='msgqueued' ''',
toaddress
)
status = 'doingmsgpow'
elif status == 'msgqueued':
# Let's see if we already have the pubkey in our pubkeys table
queryreturn = sqlQuery(
'''SELECT address FROM pubkeys WHERE address=?''',
toaddress
)
# If we have the needed pubkey in the pubkey table already,
if queryreturn != []:
# set the status of this msg to doingmsgpow
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='doingmsgpow' '''
''' WHERE toaddress=? AND status='msgqueued' ''',
toaddress
)
status = 'doingmsgpow'
# mark the pubkey as 'usedpersonally' so that
# we don't delete it later. If the pubkey version
# is >= 4 then usedpersonally will already be set
# to yes because we'll only ever have
# usedpersonally v4 pubkeys in the pubkeys table.
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE pubkeys SET usedpersonally='yes' '''
''' WHERE address=?''',
toaddress
)
# We don't have the needed pubkey in the pubkeys table already.
else:
if toAddressVersionNumber <= 3:
toTag = ''
else:
toTag = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(toAddressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(toStreamNumber) + toRipe
).digest()).digest()[32:]
if toaddress in state.neededPubkeys or \
toTag in state.neededPubkeys:
# We already sent a request for the pubkey
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='awaitingpubkey', '''
''' sleeptill=? WHERE toaddress=? '''
''' AND status='msgqueued' ''',
int(time.time()) + 2.5 * 24 * 60 * 60,
toaddress
)
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByToAddress', (
toaddress,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Encryption key was requested earlier."))
))
# on with the next msg on which we can do some work
continue
else:
# We have not yet sent a request for the pubkey
needToRequestPubkey = True
# If we are trying to send to address
# version >= 4 then the needed pubkey might be
# encrypted in the inventory.
# If we have it we'll need to decrypt it
# and put it in the pubkeys table.
# The decryptAndCheckPubkeyPayload function
# expects that the shared.neededPubkeys dictionary
# already contains the toAddress and cryptor
# object associated with the tag for this toAddress.
if toAddressVersionNumber >= 4:
doubleHashOfToAddressData = hashlib.sha512(
hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(toAddressVersionNumber) + encodeVarint(toStreamNumber) + toRipe
).digest()
).digest()
# The first half of the sha512 hash.
privEncryptionKey = doubleHashOfToAddressData[:32]
# The second half of the sha512 hash.
tag = doubleHashOfToAddressData[32:]
state.neededPubkeys[tag] = (
toaddress,
highlevelcrypto.makeCryptor(
hexlify(privEncryptionKey))
)
for value in Inventory().by_type_and_tag(1, toTag):
# if valid, this function also puts it
# in the pubkeys table.
if protocol.decryptAndCheckPubkeyPayload(
value.payload, toaddress
) == 'successful':
needToRequestPubkey = False
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET '''
''' status='doingmsgpow', '''
''' retrynumber=0 WHERE '''
''' toaddress=? AND '''
''' (status='msgqueued' or '''
''' status='awaitingpubkey' or '''
''' status='doingpubkeypow')''',
toaddress)
del state.neededPubkeys[tag]
break
# else:
# There was something wrong with this
# pubkey object even though it had
# the correct tag- almost certainly
# because of malicious behavior or
# a badly programmed client. If there are
# any other pubkeys in our inventory
# with the correct tag then we'll try
# to decrypt those.
if needToRequestPubkey:
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET '''
''' status='doingpubkeypow' WHERE '''
''' toaddress=? AND status='msgqueued' ''',
toaddress
)
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByToAddress', (
toaddress,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Sending a request for the"
" recipient\'s encryption key."))
))
self.requestPubKey(toaddress)
# on with the next msg on which we can do some work
continue
# At this point we know that we have the necessary pubkey
# in the pubkeys table.
TTL *= 2**retryNumber
if TTL > 28 * 24 * 60 * 60:
TTL = 28 * 24 * 60 * 60
# add some randomness to the TTL
TTL = int(TTL + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
# if we aren't sending this to ourselves or a chan
if not BMConfigParser().has_section(toaddress):
state.ackdataForWhichImWatching[ackdata] = 0
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Looking up the receiver\'s public key"))
))
self.logger.info('Sending a message.')
self.logger.debug(
'First 150 characters of message: %s',
repr(message[:150])
)
# Let us fetch the recipient's public key out of
# our database. If the required proof of work difficulty
# is too hard then we'll abort.
queryreturn = sqlQuery(
'SELECT transmitdata FROM pubkeys WHERE address=?',
toaddress)
for row in queryreturn: # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
pubkeyPayload, = row
# The pubkey message is stored with the following items
# all appended:
# -address version
# -stream number
# -behavior bitfield
# -pub signing key
# -pub encryption key
# -nonce trials per byte (if address version is >= 3)
# -length extra bytes (if address version is >= 3)
# to bypass the address version whose length is definitely 1
readPosition = 1
_, streamNumberLength = decodeVarint(
pubkeyPayload[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
readPosition += streamNumberLength
behaviorBitfield = pubkeyPayload[readPosition:readPosition + 4]
# Mobile users may ask us to include their address's
# RIPE hash on a message unencrypted. Before we actually
# do it the sending human must check a box
# in the settings menu to allow it.
# if receiver is a mobile device who expects that their
# address RIPE is included unencrypted on the front of
# the message..
if protocol.isBitSetWithinBitfield(behaviorBitfield, 30):
# if we are Not willing to include the receiver's
# RIPE hash on the message..
if not shared.BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(
'bitmessagesettings', 'willinglysendtomobile'
):
self.logger.info(
'The receiver is a mobile user but the'
' sender (you) has not selected that you'
' are willing to send to mobiles. Aborting'
' send.'
)
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Problem: Destination is a mobile"
" device who requests that the"
" destination be included in the"
" message but this is disallowed in"
" your settings. %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))
))
# if the human changes their setting and then
# sends another message or restarts their client,
# this one will send at that time.
continue
readPosition += 4 # to bypass the bitfield of behaviors
# We don't use this key for anything here.
# pubSigningKeyBase256 =
# pubkeyPayload[readPosition:readPosition+64]
readPosition += 64
pubEncryptionKeyBase256 = pubkeyPayload[
readPosition:readPosition + 64]
readPosition += 64
# Let us fetch the amount of work required by the recipient.
if toAddressVersionNumber == 2:
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte = \
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes = \
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Doing work necessary to send message.\n"
"There is no required difficulty for"
" version 2 addresses like this."))
))
elif toAddressVersionNumber >= 3:
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte, \
varintLength = decodeVarint(
pubkeyPayload[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
readPosition += varintLength
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes, varintLength = \
decodeVarint(
pubkeyPayload[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
readPosition += varintLength
# We still have to meet a minimum POW difficulty
# regardless of what they say is allowed in order
# to get our message to propagate through the network.
if requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte < \
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte:
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte = \
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte
if requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes < \
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes:
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes = \
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes
self.logger.debug(
'Using averageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte: %s'
' and payloadLengthExtraBytes: %s.',
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte,
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes
)
queues.UISignalQueue.put(
(
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata',
(
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Doing work necessary to send message.\n"
"Receiver\'s required difficulty: %1"
" and %2"
).arg(
str(
float(requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte) /
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte
)
).arg(
str(
float(requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes) /
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes
)
)
)
)
)
if status != 'forcepow':
maxacceptablenoncetrialsperbyte = BMConfigParser().getint(
'bitmessagesettings', 'maxacceptablenoncetrialsperbyte')
maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes = BMConfigParser().getint(
'bitmessagesettings', 'maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes')
cond1 = maxacceptablenoncetrialsperbyte and \
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte > maxacceptablenoncetrialsperbyte
cond2 = maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes and \
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes > maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes
if cond1 or cond2:
# The demanded difficulty is more than
# we are willing to do.
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='toodifficult' '''
''' WHERE ackdata=? ''',
ackdata)
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Problem: The work demanded by"
" the recipient (%1 and %2) is"
" more difficult than you are"
" willing to do. %3"
).arg(str(float(requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte) /
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte)).arg(
str(float(requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes) /
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes)).arg(
l10n.formatTimestamp()))))
continue
else: # if we are sending a message to ourselves or a chan..
self.logger.info('Sending a message.')
self.logger.debug(
'First 150 characters of message: %r', message[:150])
behaviorBitfield = protocol.getBitfield(fromaddress)
try:
privEncryptionKeyBase58 = BMConfigParser().get(
toaddress, 'privencryptionkey')
except Exception as err:
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Problem: You are trying to send a"
" message to yourself or a chan but your"
" encryption key could not be found in"
" the keys.dat file. Could not encrypt"
" message. %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))
))
self.logger.error(
'Error within sendMsg. Could not read the keys'
' from the keys.dat file for our own address. %s\n',
err)
continue
privEncryptionKeyHex = hexlify(shared.decodeWalletImportFormat(
privEncryptionKeyBase58))
pubEncryptionKeyBase256 = unhexlify(highlevelcrypto.privToPub(
privEncryptionKeyHex))[1:]
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte = \
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes = \
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Doing work necessary to send message."))
))
# Now we can start to assemble our message.
payload = encodeVarint(fromAddressVersionNumber)
payload += encodeVarint(fromStreamNumber)
# Bitfield of features and behaviors
# that can be expected from me. (See
# https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification#Pubkey_bitfield_features)
payload += protocol.getBitfield(fromaddress)
# We need to convert our private keys to public keys in order
# to include them.
try:
privSigningKeyHex, privEncryptionKeyHex, \
pubSigningKey, pubEncryptionKey = self._getKeysForAddress(
fromaddress)
except:
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Error! Could not find sender address"
" (your address) in the keys.dat file."))
))
continue
payload += pubSigningKey + pubEncryptionKey
if fromAddressVersionNumber >= 3:
# If the receiver of our message is in our address book,
# subscriptions list, or whitelist then we will allow them to
# do the network-minimum proof of work. Let us check to see if
# the receiver is in any of those lists.
if shared.isAddressInMyAddressBookSubscriptionsListOrWhitelist(
toaddress):
payload += encodeVarint(
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte)
payload += encodeVarint(
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes)
else:
payload += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
fromaddress, 'noncetrialsperbyte'))
payload += encodeVarint(BMConfigParser().getint(
fromaddress, 'payloadlengthextrabytes'))
# This hash will be checked by the receiver of the message
# to verify that toRipe belongs to them. This prevents
# a Surreptitious Forwarding Attack.
payload += toRipe
payload += encodeVarint(encoding) # message encoding type
encodedMessage = helper_msgcoding.MsgEncode(
{"subject": subject, "body": message}, encoding
)
payload += encodeVarint(encodedMessage.length)
payload += encodedMessage.data
if BMConfigParser().has_section(toaddress):
self.logger.info(
'Not bothering to include ackdata because we are'
' sending to ourselves or a chan.'
)
fullAckPayload = ''
elif not protocol.checkBitfield(
behaviorBitfield, protocol.BITFIELD_DOESACK):
self.logger.info(
'Not bothering to include ackdata because'
' the receiver said that they won\'t relay it anyway.'
)
fullAckPayload = ''
else:
# The fullAckPayload is a normal msg protocol message
# with the proof of work already completed that the
# receiver of this message can easily send out.
fullAckPayload = self.generateFullAckMessage(
ackdata, toStreamNumber, TTL)
payload += encodeVarint(len(fullAckPayload))
payload += fullAckPayload
dataToSign = pack('>Q', embeddedTime) + '\x00\x00\x00\x02' + \
encodeVarint(1) + encodeVarint(toStreamNumber) + payload
signature = highlevelcrypto.sign(dataToSign, privSigningKeyHex)
payload += encodeVarint(len(signature))
payload += signature
# We have assembled the data that will be encrypted.
try:
encrypted = highlevelcrypto.encrypt(
payload, "04" + hexlify(pubEncryptionKeyBase256)
)
except:
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET status='badkey' WHERE ackdata=?''',
ackdata
)
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Problem: The recipient\'s encryption key is"
" no good. Could not encrypt message. %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))
))
continue
encryptedPayload = pack('>Q', embeddedTime)
encryptedPayload += '\x00\x00\x00\x02' # object type: msg
encryptedPayload += encodeVarint(1) # msg version
encryptedPayload += encodeVarint(toStreamNumber) + encrypted
target = 2 ** 64 / (
requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte * (
len(encryptedPayload) + 8 +
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes + ((
TTL * (
len(encryptedPayload) + 8 +
requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes
)) / (2 ** 16))
))
self.logger.info(
'(For msg message) Doing proof of work. Total required'
' difficulty: %f. Required small message difficulty: %f.',
float(requiredAverageProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte) /
defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte,
float(requiredPayloadLengthExtraBytes) /
defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes
)
powStartTime = time.time()
initialHash = hashlib.sha512(encryptedPayload).digest()
trialValue, nonce = proofofwork.run(target, initialHash)
self.logger.info(
'(For msg message) Found proof of work %s Nonce: %s',
trialValue, nonce
)
try:
self.logger.info(
'PoW took %.1f seconds, speed %s.',
time.time() - powStartTime,
sizeof_fmt(nonce / (time.time() - powStartTime))
)
except:
pass
encryptedPayload = pack('>Q', nonce) + encryptedPayload
# Sanity check. The encryptedPayload size should never be
# larger than 256 KiB. There should be checks elsewhere
# in the code to not let the user try to send a message
# this large until we implement message continuation.
if len(encryptedPayload) > 2 ** 18: # 256 KiB
self.logger.critical(
'This msg object is too large to send. This should'
' never happen. Object size: %i',
len(encryptedPayload)
)
continue
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(encryptedPayload)
objectType = 2
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, toStreamNumber, encryptedPayload, embeddedTime, '')
if BMConfigParser().has_section(toaddress) or \
not protocol.checkBitfield(behaviorBitfield, protocol.BITFIELD_DOESACK):
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Message sent. Sent at %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))))
else:
# not sending to a chan or one of my addresses
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByAckdata', (
ackdata,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Message sent. Waiting for acknowledgement."
" Sent on %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))
))
self.logger.info(
'Broadcasting inv for my msg(within sendmsg function): %s',
hexlify(inventoryHash)
)
queues.invQueue.put((toStreamNumber, inventoryHash))
# Update the sent message in the sent table with the
# necessary information.
if BMConfigParser().has_section(toaddress) or \
not protocol.checkBitfield(behaviorBitfield, protocol.BITFIELD_DOESACK):
newStatus = 'msgsentnoackexpected'
else:
newStatus = 'msgsent'
# wait 10% past expiration
sleepTill = int(time.time() + TTL * 1.1)
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET msgid=?, status=?, retrynumber=?, '''
''' sleeptill=?, lastactiontime=? WHERE ackdata=?''',
inventoryHash, newStatus, retryNumber + 1,
sleepTill, int(time.time()), ackdata
)
# If we are sending to ourselves or a chan, let's put
# the message in our own inbox.
if BMConfigParser().has_section(toaddress):
# Used to detect and ignore duplicate messages in our inbox
sigHash = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
signature).digest()).digest()[32:]
t = (inventoryHash, toaddress, fromaddress, subject, int(
time.time()), message, 'inbox', encoding, 0, sigHash)
helper_inbox.insert(t)
queues.UISignalQueue.put(('displayNewInboxMessage', (
inventoryHash, toaddress, fromaddress, subject, message)))
# 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"])
def requestPubKey(self, toAddress):
"""Send a getpubkey object"""
toStatus, addressVersionNumber, streamNumber, ripe = decodeAddress(
toAddress)
if toStatus != 'success':
self.logger.error(
'Very abnormal error occurred in requestPubKey.'
' toAddress is: %r. Please report this error to Atheros.',
toAddress
)
return
queryReturn = sqlQuery(
'''SELECT retrynumber FROM sent WHERE toaddress=? '''
''' AND (status='doingpubkeypow' OR status='awaitingpubkey') '''
''' LIMIT 1''',
toAddress
)
if not queryReturn:
self.logger.critical(
'BUG: Why are we requesting the pubkey for %s'
' if there are no messages in the sent folder'
' to that address?', toAddress
)
return
retryNumber = queryReturn[0][0]
if addressVersionNumber <= 3:
state.neededPubkeys[toAddress] = 0
elif addressVersionNumber >= 4:
# If the user just clicked 'send' then the tag
# (and other information) will already be in the
# neededPubkeys dictionary. But if we are recovering
# from a restart of the client then we have to put it in now.
# Note that this is the first half of the sha512 hash.
privEncryptionKey = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(streamNumber) + ripe
).digest()).digest()[:32]
# Note that this is the second half of the sha512 hash.
tag = hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber) +
encodeVarint(streamNumber) + ripe
).digest()).digest()[32:]
if tag not in state.neededPubkeys:
# We'll need this for when we receive a pubkey reply:
# it will be encrypted and we'll need to decrypt it.
state.neededPubkeys[tag] = (
toAddress,
highlevelcrypto.makeCryptor(hexlify(privEncryptionKey))
)
# 2.5 days. This was chosen fairly arbitrarily.
TTL = 2.5 * 24 * 60 * 60
TTL *= 2 ** retryNumber
if TTL > 28 * 24 * 60 * 60:
TTL = 28 * 24 * 60 * 60
# add some randomness to the TTL
TTL = TTL + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300)
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
payload = pack('>Q', embeddedTime)
payload += '\x00\x00\x00\x00' # object type: getpubkey
payload += encodeVarint(addressVersionNumber)
payload += encodeVarint(streamNumber)
if addressVersionNumber <= 3:
payload += ripe
self.logger.info(
'making request for pubkey with ripe: %s', hexlify(ripe))
else:
payload += tag
self.logger.info(
'making request for v4 pubkey with tag: %s', hexlify(tag))
# print 'trial value', trialValue
statusbar = 'Doing the computations necessary to request' +\
' the recipient\'s public key.'
queues.UISignalQueue.put(('updateStatusBar', statusbar))
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByToAddress', (
toAddress,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Doing work necessary to request encryption key."))
))
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(payload, TTL)
inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
objectType = 1
Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
objectType, streamNumber, payload, embeddedTime, '')
self.logger.info('sending inv (for the getpubkey message)')
queues.invQueue.put((streamNumber, inventoryHash))
# wait 10% past expiration
sleeptill = int(time.time() + TTL * 1.1)
sqlExecute(
'''UPDATE sent SET lastactiontime=?, '''
''' status='awaitingpubkey', retrynumber=?, sleeptill=? '''
''' WHERE toaddress=? AND (status='doingpubkeypow' OR '''
''' status='awaitingpubkey') ''',
int(time.time()), retryNumber + 1, sleeptill, toAddress)
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateStatusBar',
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Broadcasting the public key request. This program will"
" auto-retry if they are offline.")
))
queues.UISignalQueue.put((
'updateSentItemStatusByToAddress', (
toAddress,
tr._translate(
"MainWindow",
"Sending public key request. Waiting for reply."
" Requested at %1"
).arg(l10n.formatTimestamp()))
))
def generateFullAckMessage(self, ackdata, _, TTL):
"""
It might be perfectly fine to just use the same TTL for the ackdata that we use for the message. But I would
rather it be more difficult for attackers to associate ackData with the associated msg object. However, users
would want the TTL of the acknowledgement to be about the same as they set for the message itself. So let's set
the TTL of the acknowledgement to be in one of three 'buckets': 1 hour, 7 days, or 28 days, whichever is
relatively close to what the user specified.
"""
if TTL < 24 * 60 * 60: # 1 day
TTL = 24 * 60 * 60 # 1 day
elif TTL < 7 * 24 * 60 * 60: # 1 week
TTL = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 # 1 week
else:
TTL = 28 * 24 * 60 * 60 # 4 weeks
# Add some randomness to the TTL
TTL = int(TTL + helper_random.randomrandrange(-300, 300))
embeddedTime = int(time.time() + TTL)
# type/version/stream already included
payload = pack('>Q', (embeddedTime)) + ackdata
payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For ack message)', log_time=True)
return protocol.CreatePacket('object', payload)