docs: comprehensive ARCHITECTURE, DEPLOYMENT, API, and THREAT_MODEL
ARCHITECTURE.md - Full component map with ASCII diagram - Complete session lifecycle (init + heartbeat + failure path) - Cryptographic protocol spec (hash chain formula, canonical JSON) - Stack machine instruction set table with stack effects - Behavioral validation thresholds - SQLite schema, threat model summary, module reference DEPLOYMENT.md - Build instructions (WASM + server + convenience script) - native binary, systemd (with hardened sandbox notes), Docker - nginx, Nginx Proxy Manager, and HAProxy reverse proxy configs - Integration options (sidecar vs proxy-only) - Full configuration table with all constants - Observability (RUST_LOG levels), health check, security checklist API.md - Full /init and /hb request/response schemas with field tables - Canonical signing payload specification - Complete validation rules table (all 13 rejection conditions) - Hash chain byte-level specification - WASM exported function reference THREAT_MODEL.md - Four attacker profiles (script kiddie → sophisticated adversary) - Eight attack vectors with mitigations (replay, forgery, hijack, DoS…) - Explicit out-of-scope limitations - Operational security notes (CORS, TLS, log level, SQLite)
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# ChronoSeal Architecture
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# ChronoSeal — Architecture
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## Overview
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ChronoSeal is a stateless, cryptographic browser-attestation system. Its primary
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goal is to make automated scraping and AI-driven crawling computationally
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expensive and operationally complex, while remaining completely invisible to
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real human users.
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ChronoSeal is a stateless, cryptographic browser attestation framework. Its
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purpose is to make automated clients (headless browsers, AI scrapers, API
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harvesters) computationally expensive and operationally complex to operate,
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while remaining completely invisible to real human users.
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The design is inspired by the heartbeat model used in IoT firmware: a device
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must continuously emit authenticated, chained proofs of liveness or the session
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is invalidated. ChronoSeal applies this model to browser sessions.
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The design is inspired by the heartbeat model used in embedded IoT firmware:
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a device that stops sending signed, chained attestations is assumed to be
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offline or compromised. ChronoSeal applies the same principle to browser
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sessions.
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---
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## Core Principles
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## Design Principles
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| Principle | Implementation |
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|---|---|
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| Stateless per request | Only `session_id` is sent; all state lives server-side in SQLite |
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| Cryptographic continuity | Blake3 hash chain — each heartbeat references and extends the previous |
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| Secret isolation | Ed25519 private key generated inside WASM, never serialised to JS |
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| Silent failure | All rejections return `{"status":"ok"}` — indistinguishable from success |
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| Behavioral validation | Mouse entropy, speed, and pause patterns validated server-side |
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| Frictionless to humans | No CAPTCHA, no visible UI, zero interaction required |
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**Stateless per request.** The server carries no per-request state beyond what
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is stored in SQLite keyed on `session_id`. Every HTTP request is independently
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verifiable.
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**Silent failure.** Validation failures never return an error status or an
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error body. The server always responds `{"status":"ok"}` and simply omits
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`next_salt`. The client degrades gracefully. Attackers cannot enumerate
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validation rules by probing error responses.
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**Private key isolation.** The Ed25519 signing key is generated inside the
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WASM module and never serialised, never exposed to the JavaScript environment,
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and never transmitted. It exists only in WASM linear memory for the lifetime
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of the page.
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**Layered validation.** A heartbeat must pass five independent checks: session
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existence, expiry, signature, hash chain, and behavioral signals. Bypassing
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one layer is not sufficient.
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**Cost asymmetry.** Each heartbeat requires a real browser environment, mouse
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activity, correct WASM execution, chain state synchronisation, and a valid
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Ed25519 signature over a time-windowed payload. For an automated client, the
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synchronisation burden alone makes scaled operation expensive.
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---
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## System Components
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## Component Map
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Browser │
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│ │
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│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ JavaScript │ │ WASM Module (antibot_wasm) │ │
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│ │ │ │ │ │
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│ │ heartbeat │◄──►│ crypto.rs — Ed25519 keypair │ │
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│ │ entropy │ │ vm.rs — stack machine │ │
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│ │ transport │ │ (private key never leaves here) │ │
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│ └──────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘ │
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└───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┘
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│ HTTPS
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▼
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Server (Axum / Tokio) │
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│ │
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│ POST /init ──► session.rs ──► storage.rs (SQLite) │
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│ POST /hb ──► session.rs │
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│ ├── crypto.rs (Ed25519 verify) │
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│ ├── trust.rs (mouse entropy) │
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│ ├── fingerprint (browser signals) │
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│ └── vm.rs (opcode generation) │
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│ │
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│ Background: cleanup.rs (session expiry + RL eviction) │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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---
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## Workspace Layout
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```
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chronoseal-rs/
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│
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├── shared/ Shared between server and WASM
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│ ├── src/constants.rs All tunable parameters
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│ ├── src/protocol.rs Request/response types (serde)
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│ └── src/hashing.rs Blake3 hash-chain primitives
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│
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├── server/ Axum HTTP server
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│ ├── src/main.rs Router, state init, background tasks
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│ ├── src/routes/
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│ │ ├── init.rs POST /init handler
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│ │ └── heartbeat.rs POST /hb handler
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│ ├── src/session.rs Session lifecycle: create + verify
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│ ├── src/crypto.rs Ed25519 signature verification
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│ ├── src/trust.rs Behavioral signal validation
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│ ├── src/fingerprint.rs Browser fingerprint sanity checks
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│ ├── src/vm.rs Random opcode program generator
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│ ├── src/ratelimit.rs Token-bucket rate limiter
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│ ├── src/cleanup.rs Background expiry + eviction loop
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│ ├── src/storage.rs SQLite schema init + time utilities
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│ └── src/middleware.rs Request logging
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│
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├── wasm/ Rust → WASM client module
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│ ├── src/lib.rs Module declarations
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│ ├── src/crypto.rs Keypair generation, signing, hashing
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│ └── src/vm.rs Stack machine executor
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│
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└── frontend/ Vanilla JS glue
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├── index.html Demo page
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├── main.js Entry point
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├── heartbeat.js Session init + heartbeat loop
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├── entropy.js Mouse event collector
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└── transport.js fetch() wrapper
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Browser │
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│ │
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│ ┌─────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │
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│ │ entropy.js │ │ heartbeat.js │ │ transport.js│ │
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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
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│ │ mousemove │──►│ orchestrates │──►│ fetch POST │ │
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│ │ event ring │ │ init + HB │ │ /init /hb │ │
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│ └─────────────┘ └──────┬───────┘ └─────────────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ┌──────▼───────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ WASM Module (antibot_wasm) │ │
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│ │ │ │
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│ │ crypto.rs vm.rs │ │
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│ │ ├ generate_keypair() │ │
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│ │ ├ sign_message() │ │
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│ │ ├ compute_next_hash() │ │
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│ │ └ run_program() │ │
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│ └───────────────────────────────┘ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│ HTTPS
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┌─────────────────────────▼───────────────────────────────┐
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│ Server (Axum) │
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│ │
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│ routes/init.rs routes/heartbeat.rs │
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│ │ │ │
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│ └──────────┬───────────────┘ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ session.rs │
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│ ├ create_session() │
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│ └ verify_heartbeat() │
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│ │ │
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│ ┌──────────┼──────────────┐ │
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│ ▼ ▼ ▼ │
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│ crypto.rs trust.rs fingerprint.rs │
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│ (sig verify) (mouse (aspect ratio, │
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│ speed) DPR, HW conc.) │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ shared::hashing (Blake3 hash chain) │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ storage.rs (in-memory SQLite) │
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│ │
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│ ratelimit.rs cleanup.rs vm.rs middleware.rs │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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---
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## Session Lifecycle
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### 1. Initialisation (`POST /init`)
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### 1. Initialisation — `POST /init`
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```
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Client Server
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│ │
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│ WASM: generate Ed25519 keypair │
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│ private key → thread_local storage │
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│ │
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├─── { public_key: hex } ─────────────────►│
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│ │ Generate session_id (32 bytes CSPRNG)
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│ │ Generate salt₀ (16 bytes CSPRNG)
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│ │ H₀ = Blake3(session_id ║ pub_key ║ salt₀)
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│ │ Generate random VM program (8–16 opcodes)
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│ │ Store: session_id, pub_key, salt₀, H₀
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│ │
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│◄── { session_id, salt, opcodes, H₀ } ────┤
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│ │
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│ Store: session_id, prevHash=H₀, │
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│ currentSalt=salt₀, opcodes │
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Client Server
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│ │
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│ generate Ed25519 keypair (in WASM) │
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│ pub_key = verifying_key.to_bytes() │
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│ │
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├─── { public_key: hex(pub_key) } ──────►│
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│ │ session_id = rand::random::<[u8;32]>()
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│ │ salt₀ = rand::random::<[u8;16]>()
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│ │ H(0) = Blake3(session_id║pub_key║salt₀)
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│ │ opcodes = generate_random_program(8..=16)
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│ │ INSERT INTO sessions …
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│ │
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│◄── { session_id, salt, opcodes_b64, │
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│ initial_hash, expires_at } ───────┤
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│ │
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│ prevHash = initial_hash │
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│ currentSalt = salt │
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│ opcodesB64 = opcodes_b64 │
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```
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### 2. Heartbeat (`POST /hb`)
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### 2. Heartbeat — `POST /hb`
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Fired every 12–25 seconds with uniform random jitter.
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```
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Client Server
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│ │
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│ Collect mouse events since last HB │
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│ Execute VM opcodes → stack state │
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│ Build signable payload (sorted JSON): │
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│ entropyData, fingerprint, prevHash, │
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│ sessionId, stackState, timestamp │
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│ Sign with Ed25519 private key │
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│ │
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├─── { session_id, prev_hash, timestamp, │
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│ entropy_data, stack_state, │
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│ fingerprint, signature } ─────────►│
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│ │ Rate limit check
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│ │ Look up session by session_id
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│ │ Check expiry
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│ │ Verify Ed25519 signature
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│ │ Verify prev_hash == stored last_hash
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│ │ Verify timestamp within ±30s
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│ │ Validate mouse entropy (speed, pauses)
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│ │ Validate fingerprint signals
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│ │ Compute: H(n) = Blake3(salt ║ H(n-1) ║ …)
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│ │ Generate next_salt
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│ │ Update: last_hash=H(n), salt=next_salt
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│ │
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│◄── { status: "ok", next_salt } ──────────┤
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│ │
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│ sentSalt = currentSalt │
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│ currentSalt = next_salt │
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│ prevHash = Blake3(sentSalt ║ H(n-1) ║ … │ ← must mirror server computation
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Client Server
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│ │
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│ stackState = run_program(opcodesB64) │
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│ events = collectEntropy(lastTime) │
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│ ts = Date.now() │
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│ │
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│ signable = { │
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│ entropyData, fingerprint, │ ← keys sorted alphabetically
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│ prevHash, sessionId, │
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│ stackState, timestamp │
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│ } │
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│ sig = sign_message( │
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│ JSON.stringify(signable, keys.sort))│
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│ │
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├─── { session_id, prev_hash, timestamp,│
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│ entropy_data, stack_state, │
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│ fingerprint, signature } ────────►│
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│ │ 1. Rate limit check
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│ │ 2. Lookup session, check expiry
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│ │ 3. Verify Ed25519 signature
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│ │ 4. Verify hash chain continuity
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│ │ 5. Validate timestamp window ±30s
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│ │ 6. Validate mouse behavior
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│ │ 7. Validate fingerprint signals
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│ │ 8. Compute H(n), rotate salt
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│ │ 9. UPDATE sessions …
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│ │
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│◄── { status: "ok", next_salt } ────────┤
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│ │
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│ sentSalt = currentSalt ◄── captured BEFORE rotation
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│ currentSalt = next_salt │
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│ prevHash = compute_next_hash( │
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│ prevHash, ts, entropy, │
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│ stackState, sentSalt) │
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```
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### 3. Session Expiry
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### 3. Failure Path
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Sessions expire after 30 minutes of inactivity. A background task runs every
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60 seconds to delete expired rows from SQLite and evict stale rate-limiter
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entries from memory.
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On any validation failure the server returns `{"status":"ok"}` with no
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`next_salt`. The client logs a warning and continues scheduling heartbeats.
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The chain is broken — subsequent heartbeats will also fail silently.
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No error is surfaced to the page or its visitors.
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---
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## Hash Chain
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## Cryptographic Protocol
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The chain provides tamper-evidence: forging a valid heartbeat at position `n`
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requires knowledge of `H(n-1)`, the current `salt`, and the Ed25519 private key.
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None of these are available to an attacker who does not control the client WASM.
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### Key Generation
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```
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Ed25519 keypair generated via ed25519-dalek + rand::thread_rng (OS-seeded)
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Private key: stored in WASM thread_local, never leaves WASM memory
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Public key: 32 bytes, hex-encoded, sent to server at init
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```
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### Hash Chain
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```
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H(0) = Blake3( session_id ║ pub_key ║ salt₀ )
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H(n) = Blake3(
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saltₙ₋₁ ← server-side only, rotated each heartbeat
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║ H(n-1) ← stored server-side, sent by client
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║ timestamp ← 8 bytes LE
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║ Blake3(entropy) ← hash of mouse event JSON
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║ Blake3(stack) ← hash of VM stack state JSON
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saltₙ₋₁ ← server-side only, rotated each heartbeat
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║ H(n-1) ← must match stored last_hash
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║ timestamp_u64_le
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║ Blake3( JSON(entropy_data) )
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║ Blake3( JSON(stack_state) )
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)
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```
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Salt rotation means that even a full replay of a captured heartbeat is invalid
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on the next cycle — the salt has changed.
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Salt rotation means an attacker who intercepts a heartbeat cannot compute
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future chain links without also intercepting every subsequent server response.
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### Canonical Signing Payload
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The signed message is a JSON object with top-level keys sorted alphabetically,
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serialised with no extra whitespace:
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```json
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{
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"entropyData": { "events": [{"t":…,"x":…,"y":…}] },
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"fingerprint": { "aspectRatio":"…","devicePixelRatio":"…","hardwareConcurrency":… },
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"prevHash": "hex…",
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"sessionId": "hex…",
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"stackState": { "ip":…,"stack":[…] },
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"timestamp": 1234567890123
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}
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```
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The server reconstructs this using `std::collections::BTreeMap` (alphabetical
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key order) before calling `VerifyingKey::verify_strict`. Any field mismatch,
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key order difference, or whitespace difference causes a signature failure.
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### Hashing Algorithm
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Blake3 is used throughout: hash chain links, entropy data digest, stack state
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digest, and the VM HASH opcode. Blake3 is chosen for speed in WASM,
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resistance to length-extension attacks, and a clean Rust API.
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---
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## Stack Machine
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The server generates a random program on session init. The client executes it
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on every heartbeat. The resulting stack state is included in the signed payload
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and the hash chain, making each heartbeat structurally unique.
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on every heartbeat and includes the resulting `StackState { stack, ip }` in
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the signed payload. This ensures each heartbeat carries unique, verifiable
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computation without additional round-trips.
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### Instruction Set
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| Opcode | Mnemonic | Stack effect | Description |
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|--------|----------|-------------|-------------|
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| `0x00` + 4 bytes | PUSH | `→ val` | Push 32-bit LE literal |
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| `0x01` | ADD | `a b → a+b` | Wrapping addition |
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| `0x02` | SUB | `a b → a-b` | Wrapping subtraction |
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| `0x03` | MUL | `a b → a*b` | Wrapping multiplication |
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| `0x04` | XOR | `a b → a^b` | Bitwise XOR |
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| `0x05` | AND | `a b → a&b` | Bitwise AND |
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| `0x06` | OR | `a b → a\|b` | Bitwise OR |
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| `0x07` | ROT | `a b → a.rotate_left(b%32)` | Bit rotation |
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| `0x08` | NOT | `a → !a` | Bitwise NOT (unary) |
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| `0x09` | HASH | `[…] → u32` | Blake3 of full stack → single u32 |
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| Opcode | Mnemonic | Operand | Stack effect | Description |
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|--------|----------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
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| `0x00` | PUSH | u32 (4B LE) | +1 | Push literal |
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| `0x01` | ADD | — | −1 | `a + b` wrapping |
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| `0x02` | SUB | — | −1 | `a - b` wrapping |
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| `0x03` | MUL | — | −1 | `a * b` wrapping |
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| `0x04` | XOR | — | −1 | `a ^ b` |
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| `0x05` | AND | — | −1 | `a & b` |
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| `0x06` | OR | — | −1 | `a \| b` |
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| `0x07` | ROT | — | −1 | `a.rotate_left(b % 32)` |
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| `0x08` | NOT | — | 0 | `!a` (unary) |
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| `0x09` | HASH | — | -(depth-1) | Blake3 of all stack items → single u32 |
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### Program Generation
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The server generates programs with a depth-tracking algorithm that guarantees
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at least 2 operands before any binary op is emitted. Programs are 8–16
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instructions. The client VM halts gracefully on underflow — invalid opcodes
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produce a partial stack state that still participates in the hash chain.
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---
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## Cryptographic Primitives
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| Primitive | Usage |
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|---|---|
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| **Ed25519** (ed25519-dalek v2) | Client keypair; signs each heartbeat payload |
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| **Blake3** | Hash chain; entropy hashing; stack hashing |
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| **CSPRNG** (rand / getrandom) | Session ID, salt, VM opcodes |
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### Canonical Signing Format
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The signed payload is a JSON object with keys sorted **alphabetically**,
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matching `JSON.stringify(obj, Object.keys(obj).sort())` on the client and
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`BTreeMap` serialisation on the server:
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```json
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{
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"entropyData": { "events": [ { "x": 123.0, "y": 456.0, "t": 1234.5 } ] },
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"fingerprint": { "aspectRatio": "1.7777777778", "devicePixelRatio": "2", "hardwareConcurrency": 8 },
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"prevHash": "a3f2…",
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"sessionId": "9c1b…",
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"stackState": { "stack": [2147483648], "ip": 12 },
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"timestamp": 1746700000000
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}
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```
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The generator ensures ≥ 2 items on the stack before any binary opcode.
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NOT (0x08) does not change depth. HASH resets depth to 1.
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---
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@@ -247,79 +255,101 @@ matching `JSON.stringify(obj, Object.keys(obj).sort())` on the client and
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### Mouse Entropy
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| Check | Threshold | Rationale |
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|---|---|---|
|
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| Minimum events | ≥ 3 | Single-point or no-movement signals headless |
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| Total distance | ≥ 10 px | Rules out stationary cursors |
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| Average speed | ≤ 2.0 px/ms | Rules out programmatic linear sweeps |
|
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| Pause count | ≥ 1 | Human movement includes micro-stops |
|
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Every heartbeat includes the mouse events collected since the previous
|
||||
heartbeat. Server checks:
|
||||
|
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Speed is computed as `total_distance / total_elapsed_ms` over the event window.
|
||||
| Check | Threshold |
|
||||
|---|---|
|
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| Minimum event count | ≥ 3 |
|
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| Minimum cumulative distance | ≥ 10 px |
|
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| Maximum average speed | ≤ 2.0 px/ms (distance / elapsed ms) |
|
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| Minimum pause count | ≥ 1 (movement < 0.2 px over > 50 ms) |
|
||||
|
||||
### Fingerprint Signals
|
||||
### Browser Fingerprint
|
||||
|
||||
| Signal | Valid range | Rationale |
|
||||
|---|---|---|
|
||||
| Aspect ratio | 0.5 – 3.0 | Headless defaults are often 1:1 or extreme values |
|
||||
| Device pixel ratio | 0.0 – 5.0 | Zero DPR is impossible on real hardware |
|
||||
| Hardware concurrency | ≥ 1 | Zero is impossible; headless may report 0 |
|
||||
| Signal | Valid range |
|
||||
|---|---|
|
||||
| `aspectRatio` (width / height) | 0.5 – 3.0 |
|
||||
| `devicePixelRatio` | 0 < dpr ≤ 5.0 |
|
||||
| `hardwareConcurrency` | ≥ 1 |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Rate Limiting
|
||||
|
||||
Per-session token bucket: 5 requests per 10-second window. Rate limit state
|
||||
is held in a `HashMap<String, (u32, Instant)>` in process memory. The cleanup
|
||||
loop calls `evict_stale()` every 60 seconds to prevent unbounded growth from
|
||||
unique session IDs.
|
||||
Token bucket per `session_id`: 5 requests / 10-second window.
|
||||
Stale entries evicted every 60 seconds by the cleanup task.
|
||||
Rate-limited responses are indistinguishable from validation failures.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Storage
|
||||
|
||||
ChronoSeal uses an **in-memory SQLite** database. All session state is lost on
|
||||
server restart. Clients transparently re-initialise on the next page load.
|
||||
## SQLite Schema
|
||||
|
||||
```sql
|
||||
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (
|
||||
session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
|
||||
public_key BLOB NOT NULL,
|
||||
salt BLOB NOT NULL,
|
||||
last_hash BLOB NOT NULL,
|
||||
public_key BLOB NOT NULL, -- 32-byte Ed25519 verifying key
|
||||
salt BLOB NOT NULL, -- 16-byte current salt
|
||||
last_hash BLOB NOT NULL, -- 32-byte Blake3 chain head
|
||||
chain_length INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
|
||||
created_at INTEGER NOT NULL,
|
||||
last_seen INTEGER NOT NULL,
|
||||
expires_at INTEGER NOT NULL
|
||||
created_at INTEGER NOT NULL, -- Unix ms
|
||||
last_seen INTEGER NOT NULL, -- Unix ms
|
||||
expires_at INTEGER NOT NULL -- Unix ms
|
||||
);
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
For persistence across restarts, replace `Connection::open_in_memory()` in
|
||||
`server/src/storage.rs` with `Connection::open("/var/lib/chronoseal/sessions.db")`.
|
||||
In-memory SQLite — all sessions lost on server restart by design.
|
||||
Clients re-initialise transparently on the next page load.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Threat Model
|
||||
|
||||
### What ChronoSeal raises the cost of
|
||||
### In Scope
|
||||
|
||||
- **Playwright / Puppeteer Stealth** — mouse entropy validation detects absent
|
||||
or synthetic movement
|
||||
- **Replay attacks** — hash chain + salt rotation invalidates captured payloads
|
||||
on the next cycle
|
||||
- **Signature forgery** — Ed25519 private key is generated inside WASM and
|
||||
never exposed to the JS context
|
||||
- **Clock manipulation** — server enforces ±30s timestamp window
|
||||
- **Credential sharing** — keypair is generated fresh on every page load;
|
||||
session is bound to that keypair
|
||||
- **Traffic analysis** — all responses return `{"status":"ok"}`; rejections
|
||||
are indistinguishable from successes
|
||||
| Threat | Mitigation |
|
||||
|---|---|
|
||||
| Playwright / Puppeteer / Selenium | Mouse entropy + behavioral validation |
|
||||
| Puppeteer Stealth, undetected-chromedriver | Signature over VM execution state |
|
||||
| Heartbeat replay | Hash chain + ±30s timestamp window |
|
||||
| Signature forgery | Private key isolated in WASM memory |
|
||||
| Parallel session sharing | Each session bound to a unique keypair |
|
||||
| Brute-forced session IDs | 256-bit random entropy |
|
||||
| Flooding with fake session IDs | Rate limiter + periodic HashMap eviction |
|
||||
| Traffic analysis | Uniform `{"status":"ok"}` on all failure paths |
|
||||
|
||||
### What ChronoSeal does not prevent
|
||||
### Out of Scope
|
||||
|
||||
- An attacker running a real browser with a real mouse on real hardware
|
||||
- A sufficiently motivated adversary who reverse-engineers the WASM, replicates
|
||||
the hash chain, and synthesises mouse events
|
||||
- Server-side data exfiltration once a valid session is established
|
||||
| Threat | Reason |
|
||||
|---|---|
|
||||
| Real browser with real human input | Indistinguishable from a legitimate user |
|
||||
| WASM reverse engineering | Obfuscation is not a security primitive |
|
||||
| Server-side compromise | Outside the scope of client attestation |
|
||||
|
||||
ChronoSeal is a **cost-raising** mechanism, not an impenetrable barrier.
|
||||
The goal is to make scraping at scale impractical, not impossible.
|
||||
ChronoSeal raises cost and complexity of automated access. It is not a
|
||||
cryptographic proof of humanity and does not claim to be.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Module Reference
|
||||
|
||||
| Path | Purpose |
|
||||
|---|---|
|
||||
| `shared/src/protocol.rs` | Shared types: `InitRequest`, `HeartbeatRequest`, `StackState`, … |
|
||||
| `shared/src/hashing.rs` | `initial_hash`, `next_chain_hash`, `hash_stack` |
|
||||
| `shared/src/constants.rs` | All tunable parameters |
|
||||
| `server/src/routes/init.rs` | `POST /init` handler |
|
||||
| `server/src/routes/heartbeat.rs` | `POST /hb` handler |
|
||||
| `server/src/session.rs` | `create_session`, `verify_heartbeat` |
|
||||
| `server/src/crypto.rs` | `verify_signature` — BTreeMap canonical JSON |
|
||||
| `server/src/trust.rs` | `validate_mouse` — speed, distance, pauses |
|
||||
| `server/src/fingerprint.rs` | `validate` — aspect ratio, DPR, HW concurrency |
|
||||
| `server/src/vm.rs` | `generate_random_program` |
|
||||
| `server/src/ratelimit.rs` | `RateLimiter::check`, `evict_stale` |
|
||||
| `server/src/cleanup.rs` | Background loop: expire sessions + evict rate limiter |
|
||||
| `server/src/storage.rs` | SQLite init, `current_time_ms` |
|
||||
| `wasm/src/crypto.rs` | `generate_keypair`, `sign_message`, `compute_next_hash` |
|
||||
| `wasm/src/vm.rs` | `run_program` — stack machine executor |
|
||||
| `frontend/heartbeat.js` | Session init, heartbeat loop, chain advancement |
|
||||
| `frontend/entropy.js` | Mouse event ring buffer, `collectEntropy` |
|
||||
| `frontend/transport.js` | `sendRequest` fetch wrapper |
|
||||
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