require 'cgi' require 'cgi/session' require 'base64' # to make marshaled data HTTP header friendly require 'openssl' # to generate the data integrity hash # This cookie-based session store is the Rails default. Sessions typically # contain at most a user_id and flash message; both fit within the 4K cookie # size limit. Cookie-based sessions are dramatically faster than the # alternatives. # # A secure hash is included with the cookie to ensure data integrity: # a user cannot alter his user_id without knowing the secret key included in # the hash. New apps are generated with a session :secret option in # Application Controller. Set your own for old apps you're upgrading. # Note that changing the secret invalidates all existing sessions! # # If you have more than 4K of session data or don't want your data to be # visible to the user, pick another session store. # # CookieOverflow is raised if you attempt to store more than 4K of data. # TamperedWithCookie is raised if the data integrity check fails. class CGI::Session::CookieStore # Cookies can typically store 4096 bytes. MAX = 4096 # Raised when storing more than 4K of session data. class CookieOverflow < StandardError; end # Raised when the cookie fails its integrity check. class TamperedWithCookie < StandardError; end # Called from CGI::Session only. def initialize(session, options = {}) # The session_key option is required. if options['session_key'].blank? raise ArgumentError, 'A session_key is required to write a cookie containing the session data. Use config.action_controller.session = { :session_key => "_myapp_session", :secret => "some secret phrase" } in config/environment.rb' end # The secret option is required. if options['secret'].blank? raise ArgumentError, 'A secret is required to generate an integrity hash for cookie session data. Use session :secret => "some secret phrase" in ApplicationController.' end # Keep the session and its secret on hand so we can read and write cookies. @session, @secret = session, options['secret'] # Message digest defaults to SHA1. @digest = options['digest'] || 'SHA1' # Default cookie options derived from session settings. @cookie_options = { 'name' => options['session_key'], 'path' => options['session_path'], 'domain' => options['session_domain'], 'expires' => options['session_expires'], 'secure' => options['session_secure'] } # Set no_hidden and no_cookies since the session id is unused and we # set our own data cookie. options['no_hidden'] = true options['no_cookies'] = true end # Restore session data from the cookie. def restore @original = read_cookie @data = unmarshal(@original) || {} end # Wait until close to write the session data cookie. def update; end # Write the session data cookie if it was loaded and has changed. def close if defined? @data updated = marshal(@data) raise CookieOverflow if updated.size > MAX write_cookie('value' => updated) unless updated == @original end end # Delete the session data by setting an expired cookie with no data. def delete @data = nil clear_old_cookie_value write_cookie('value' => '', 'expires' => 1.year.ago) end # Generate the HMAC keyed message digest. Uses SHA1 by default. def generate_digest(data) key = @secret.respond_to?(:call) ? @secret.call(@session) : @secret OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(OpenSSL::Digest::Digest.new(@digest), key, data) end private # Marshal a session hash into safe cookie data. Include an integrity hash. def marshal(session) data = Base64.encode64(Marshal.dump(session)).chop CGI.escape "#{data}--#{generate_digest(data)}" end # Unmarshal cookie data to a hash and verify its integrity. def unmarshal(cookie) if cookie data, digest = CGI.unescape(cookie).split('--') delete unless digest == generate_digest(data) Marshal.load(Base64.decode64(data)) end end # Read the session data cookie. def read_cookie @session.cgi.cookies[@cookie_options['name']].first end # CGI likes to make you hack. def write_cookie(options) cookie = CGI::Cookie.new(@cookie_options.merge(options)) @session.cgi.send :instance_variable_set, '@output_cookies', [cookie] end # Clear cookie value so subsequent new_session doesn't reload old data. def clear_old_cookie_value @session.cgi.cookies[@cookie_options['name']].clear end end