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60be88a4f5 Geohash bulletin board: persistent signed notices over mesh sync (#1379)
* Add geohash bulletin board: persistent signed notices over mesh sync

New MessageType 0x23 carries TLV-encoded board posts and tombstones,
self-signed with the author's Ed25519 key ("bitchat-board-v1" /
"bitchat-board-del-v1" domains) so notices verify without the author
present. BoardStore persists raw signed packets under Application
Support/board/ (200 posts, 5 per author, oldest evicted; expiry sweep;
tombstones retained until the deleted post's original expiry) and is
wiped on panic.

Board packets join gossip sync as bit 8 of the existing variable-length
types bitfield (a second byte old decoders already accept and ignore),
with a 60s round and its own capacity, served straight from the board
store so retention has one owner. Posts relay like broadcasts; urgent
posts get the announce-class TTL cap.

UI: a pin button in the header opens the board for the current channel
(geohash board, or mesh-local board), with urgent-pinned newest-first
listing, compose with urgent toggle and 1/3/7-day expiry, and
swipe-delete on own posts. Geohash posts also publish one-way as
Nostr kind-1 location notes when relays are reachable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Board: bound orphan tombstones and reject future-dated posts at ingest

Two hardening fixes from Codex review of the geohash bulletin board:

- Orphan tombstones (P1): retention was derived solely from the
  sender-chosen deletedAt, so self-signed tombstones for unseen post IDs
  with far-future deletedAt persisted and re-entered sync unboundedly.
  Retention is now also clamped to receive time (now + 7d + 1h skew --
  no post can outlive that), and orphans are capped at 100 globally and
  5 per author key with oldest-received evicted first. Matched
  tombstones and disk restores keep their existing behavior.

- Future-dated posts (P2): ingest only checked expiresAt > now, letting
  posts dated years ahead sort above honest posts and squat the 200
  global slots without ever pruning. The single ingest chokepoint
  (radio, sync, and disk restore all funnel through it) now rejects
  createdAt > now + 1h skew and expiresAt > now + 7d + 1h skew; the
  decoder's span rule is unchanged.

Adds tests for the skew boundary, far-future expiry, receive-time
tombstone clamping, orphan caps/eviction, and matched-tombstone
exemption.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 14:13:25 +02:00

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//
// BoardPackets.swift
// bitchat
//
// This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
// For more information, see <https://unlicense.org>
//
import CryptoKit
import Foundation
// MARK: - Board wire format (MessageType.boardPost payloads)
//
// TLV layout (type u8, length u16 big-endian, value), matching REQUEST_SYNC:
// - 0x01: kind (u8) — 0x01 post, 0x02 tombstone
// - 0x02: postID (16B random)
// - 0x03: geohash (UTF-8, empty = mesh-local board, max 12 chars)
// - 0x04: content (UTF-8, 1...512 bytes) [post]
// - 0x05: authorSigningKey (32B Ed25519 public key)
// - 0x06: authorNickname (UTF-8, max 64 bytes)
// - 0x07: createdAt (u64 big-endian, ms) [post]
// - 0x08: expiresAt (u64 big-endian, ms, max 7 days after createdAt) [post]
// - 0x09: flags (u8, bit0 = urgent) [post]
// - 0x0A: signature (64B Ed25519)
// - 0x0B: deletedAt (u64 big-endian, ms) [tombstone]
// Unknown TLVs are skipped for forward compatibility.
enum BoardWireConstants {
static let postIDLength = 16
static let signingKeyLength = 32
static let signatureLength = 64
static let contentMaxBytes = 512
static let nicknameMaxBytes = 64
static let geohashMaxLength = 12
/// Posts may live at most 7 days past their creation timestamp.
static let maxLifetimeMs: UInt64 = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
static let postSigningContext = "bitchat-board-v1"
static let tombstoneSigningContext = "bitchat-board-del-v1"
static let geohashAlphabet = Set("0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz")
}
private enum BoardTLVType: UInt8 {
case kind = 0x01
case postID = 0x02
case geohash = 0x03
case content = 0x04
case authorSigningKey = 0x05
case authorNickname = 0x06
case createdAt = 0x07
case expiresAt = 0x08
case flags = 0x09
case signature = 0x0A
case deletedAt = 0x0B
}
private enum BoardWireKind: UInt8 {
case post = 0x01
case tombstone = 0x02
}
/// A signed, persistent bulletin-board notice.
struct BoardPostPacket: Equatable {
let postID: Data
/// Empty string scopes the post to the mesh-local board.
let geohash: String
let content: String
let authorSigningKey: Data
let authorNickname: String
let createdAt: UInt64
let expiresAt: UInt64
let flags: UInt8
let signature: Data
static let urgentFlag: UInt8 = 0x01
var isUrgent: Bool { flags & Self.urgentFlag != 0 }
/// Canonical bytes covered by the Ed25519 signature. Variable-length
/// fields are length-prefixed so no two field combinations can collide.
static func signingBytes(
postID: Data,
geohash: String,
content: String,
authorSigningKey: Data,
authorNickname: String,
createdAt: UInt64,
expiresAt: UInt64,
flags: UInt8
) -> Data {
var out = Data()
BoardWireEncoding.appendContext(BoardWireConstants.postSigningContext, to: &out)
out.append(postID)
BoardWireEncoding.appendLengthPrefixed(Data(geohash.utf8), to: &out)
BoardWireEncoding.appendLengthPrefixed(Data(content.utf8), to: &out)
out.append(authorSigningKey)
BoardWireEncoding.appendLengthPrefixed(Data(authorNickname.utf8), to: &out)
BoardWireEncoding.appendUInt64(createdAt, to: &out)
BoardWireEncoding.appendUInt64(expiresAt, to: &out)
out.append(flags)
return out
}
var signingBytes: Data {
Self.signingBytes(
postID: postID,
geohash: geohash,
content: content,
authorSigningKey: authorSigningKey,
authorNickname: authorNickname,
createdAt: createdAt,
expiresAt: expiresAt,
flags: flags
)
}
func verifySignature() -> Bool {
BoardWireEncoding.verify(signature: signature, over: signingBytes, publicKey: authorSigningKey)
}
}
/// A signed deletion marker. Only the author's key can produce one; receivers
/// keep it until the post's original expiry so the delete outruns the post.
struct BoardTombstonePacket: Equatable {
let postID: Data
let authorSigningKey: Data
let deletedAt: UInt64
let signature: Data
static func signingBytes(postID: Data, deletedAt: UInt64) -> Data {
var out = Data()
BoardWireEncoding.appendContext(BoardWireConstants.tombstoneSigningContext, to: &out)
out.append(postID)
BoardWireEncoding.appendUInt64(deletedAt, to: &out)
return out
}
var signingBytes: Data {
Self.signingBytes(postID: postID, deletedAt: deletedAt)
}
func verifySignature() -> Bool {
BoardWireEncoding.verify(signature: signature, over: signingBytes, publicKey: authorSigningKey)
}
}
/// Decoded board payload: either a live post or a tombstone.
enum BoardWire: Equatable {
case post(BoardPostPacket)
case tombstone(BoardTombstonePacket)
func encode() -> Data {
var out = Data()
func putTLV(_ t: BoardTLVType, _ v: Data) {
out.append(t.rawValue)
let len = UInt16(v.count)
out.append(UInt8((len >> 8) & 0xFF))
out.append(UInt8(len & 0xFF))
out.append(v)
}
switch self {
case .post(let post):
putTLV(.kind, Data([BoardWireKind.post.rawValue]))
putTLV(.postID, post.postID)
putTLV(.geohash, Data(post.geohash.utf8))
putTLV(.content, Data(post.content.utf8))
putTLV(.authorSigningKey, post.authorSigningKey)
putTLV(.authorNickname, Data(post.authorNickname.utf8))
putTLV(.createdAt, BoardWireEncoding.uint64Data(post.createdAt))
putTLV(.expiresAt, BoardWireEncoding.uint64Data(post.expiresAt))
putTLV(.flags, Data([post.flags]))
putTLV(.signature, post.signature)
case .tombstone(let tombstone):
putTLV(.kind, Data([BoardWireKind.tombstone.rawValue]))
putTLV(.postID, tombstone.postID)
putTLV(.authorSigningKey, tombstone.authorSigningKey)
putTLV(.deletedAt, BoardWireEncoding.uint64Data(tombstone.deletedAt))
putTLV(.signature, tombstone.signature)
}
return out
}
/// Structural decode; the caller must still verify the signature before
/// ingesting (`verifySignature()`).
static func decode(from data: Data) -> BoardWire? {
var off = data.startIndex
var kind: BoardWireKind?
var postID: Data?
var geohash: String?
var content: String?
var contentBytes = 0
var authorSigningKey: Data?
var authorNickname: String?
var nicknameBytes = 0
var createdAt: UInt64?
var expiresAt: UInt64?
var flags: UInt8?
var signature: Data?
var deletedAt: UInt64?
while off + 3 <= data.endIndex {
let t = data[off]; off += 1
let len = (Int(data[off]) << 8) | Int(data[off + 1]); off += 2
guard off + len <= data.endIndex else { return nil }
let v = data.subdata(in: off..<(off + len)); off += len
switch BoardTLVType(rawValue: t) {
case .kind:
guard v.count == 1 else { return nil }
kind = BoardWireKind(rawValue: v[v.startIndex])
case .postID:
guard v.count == BoardWireConstants.postIDLength else { return nil }
postID = v
case .geohash:
guard v.count <= BoardWireConstants.geohashMaxLength else { return nil }
geohash = String(data: v, encoding: .utf8)
case .content:
guard v.count <= BoardWireConstants.contentMaxBytes else { return nil }
contentBytes = v.count
content = String(data: v, encoding: .utf8)
case .authorSigningKey:
guard v.count == BoardWireConstants.signingKeyLength else { return nil }
authorSigningKey = v
case .authorNickname:
guard v.count <= BoardWireConstants.nicknameMaxBytes else { return nil }
nicknameBytes = v.count
authorNickname = String(data: v, encoding: .utf8)
case .createdAt:
createdAt = BoardWireEncoding.uint64(from: v)
case .expiresAt:
expiresAt = BoardWireEncoding.uint64(from: v)
case .flags:
guard v.count == 1 else { return nil }
flags = v[v.startIndex]
case .signature:
guard v.count == BoardWireConstants.signatureLength else { return nil }
signature = v
case .deletedAt:
deletedAt = BoardWireEncoding.uint64(from: v)
case nil:
continue // forward compatible; ignore unknown TLVs
}
}
guard let postID, let authorSigningKey, let signature else { return nil }
switch kind {
case .post:
guard let geohash, let content, let authorNickname,
let createdAt, let expiresAt, let flags,
contentBytes >= 1,
nicknameBytes <= BoardWireConstants.nicknameMaxBytes,
isValidGeohashField(geohash),
expiresAt > createdAt,
expiresAt - createdAt <= BoardWireConstants.maxLifetimeMs else {
return nil
}
return .post(BoardPostPacket(
postID: postID,
geohash: geohash,
content: content,
authorSigningKey: authorSigningKey,
authorNickname: authorNickname,
createdAt: createdAt,
expiresAt: expiresAt,
flags: flags,
signature: signature
))
case .tombstone:
guard let deletedAt else { return nil }
return .tombstone(BoardTombstonePacket(
postID: postID,
authorSigningKey: authorSigningKey,
deletedAt: deletedAt,
signature: signature
))
case nil:
return nil
}
}
func verifySignature() -> Bool {
switch self {
case .post(let post): return post.verifySignature()
case .tombstone(let tombstone): return tombstone.verifySignature()
}
}
/// Cheap TLV peek for relay policy: is this payload an urgent post?
/// Avoids a full decode on the hot relay path.
static func urgentFlag(in data: Data) -> Bool {
var off = data.startIndex
while off + 3 <= data.endIndex {
let t = data[off]; off += 1
let len = (Int(data[off]) << 8) | Int(data[off + 1]); off += 2
guard off + len <= data.endIndex else { return false }
if t == BoardTLVType.flags.rawValue, len == 1 {
return data[off] & BoardPostPacket.urgentFlag != 0
}
off += len
}
return false
}
/// Empty geohash = mesh-local board; otherwise 1-12 chars of the geohash
/// base32 alphabet.
private static func isValidGeohashField(_ geohash: String) -> Bool {
geohash.isEmpty || geohash.allSatisfy { BoardWireConstants.geohashAlphabet.contains($0) }
}
}
enum BoardWireEncoding {
static func appendContext(_ context: String, to out: inout Data) {
let bytes = Data(context.utf8)
out.append(UInt8(min(bytes.count, 255)))
out.append(bytes.prefix(255))
}
static func appendLengthPrefixed(_ value: Data, to out: inout Data) {
let len = UInt16(min(value.count, Int(UInt16.max)))
out.append(UInt8((len >> 8) & 0xFF))
out.append(UInt8(len & 0xFF))
out.append(value.prefix(Int(UInt16.max)))
}
static func appendUInt64(_ value: UInt64, to out: inout Data) {
var be = value.bigEndian
withUnsafeBytes(of: &be) { out.append(contentsOf: $0) }
}
static func uint64Data(_ value: UInt64) -> Data {
var out = Data()
appendUInt64(value, to: &out)
return out
}
static func uint64(from data: Data) -> UInt64? {
guard data.count == 8 else { return nil }
var value: UInt64 = 0
for byte in data { value = (value << 8) | UInt64(byte) }
return value
}
static func verify(signature: Data, over message: Data, publicKey: Data) -> Bool {
guard let key = try? Curve25519.Signing.PublicKey(rawRepresentation: publicKey) else {
return false
}
return key.isValidSignature(signature, for: message)
}
}