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Paul Fitzpatrick
c879393a8e (core) support adding user characteristic tables for granular ACLs
Summary:
This is a prototype for expanding the conditions that can be used in granular ACLs.

When processing ACLs, the following variables (called "characteristics") are now available in conditions:
 * UserID
 * Email
 * Name
 * Access (owners, editors, viewers)

The set of variables can be expanded by adding a "characteristic" clause.  This is a clause which specifies:
 * A tableId
 * The name of an existing characteristic
 * A colId
The effect of the clause is to expand the available characteristics with all the columns in the table, with values taken from the record where there is a match between the specified characteristic and the specified column.

Existing clauses are generalized somewhat to demonstrate and test the use these variables. That isn't the main point of this diff though, and I propose to leave generalizing+systematizing those clauses for a future diff.

Issues I'm not dealing with here:
 * How clauses combine.  (The scope on GranularAccessRowClause is a hack to save me worrying about that yet).
 * The full set of matching methods we'll allow.
 * Refreshing row access in clients when the tables mentioned in characteristic tables change.
 * Full CRUD permission control.
 * Default rules (part of combination).
 * Reporting errors in access rules.

That said, with this diff it is possible to e.g. assign a City to editors by their email address or name, and have only rows for those Cities be visible in their client. Ability to modify those rows, and remain updates about them, remains under incomplete control.

Test Plan: added tests

Reviewers: dsagal

Reviewed By: dsagal

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D2642
2020-10-19 13:33:47 -04:00
Paul Fitzpatrick
45d2d5f897 (core) back-end support for tables that are accessible only by owners
Summary:
This makes it possible to serve a table or tables only to owners.

 * The _grist_ACLResources table is abused (temporarily) such that rows of the form `{colId: '~o', tableId}` are interpreted as meaning that `tableId` is private to owners.
 * Many websocket and api endpoints are updated to preserve the privacy of these tables.
 * In a document where some tables are private, a lot of capabilities are turned off for non-owners to avoid leaking info indirectly.
 * The client is tweaked minimally, to show '-' where a page with some private material would otherwise go.

No attempt is made to protect data from private tables pulled into non-private tables via formulas.

There are some known leaks remaining:
 * Changes to the schema of private tables are still broadcast to all clients (fixable).
 * Non-owner may be able to access snapshots or make forks or use other corners of API (fixable).
 * Changing name of table makes it public, since tableId in ACLResource is not updated (fixable).

Security will require some work, the attack surface is large.

Test Plan: added tests

Reviewers: dsagal

Reviewed By: dsagal

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D2604
2020-09-14 18:05:27 -04:00
Paul Fitzpatrick
526fda4eba (core) make user role available in ActiveDoc methods
Summary: This makes the user's role (owner/editor/viewer) available in ActiveDoc methods. No use of that information is made yet, other than to log it.  The bulk of the diff is getting a handle on the various ways the methods can be called, and systematizing it a bit more.  In passing, access control is added to broadcasts of document changes, so users who no longer have access to a document do not receive changes if they still have the document open.

Test Plan: existing tests pass; test for broadcast access control added

Reviewers: dsagal

Reviewed By: dsagal

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D2599
2020-09-02 14:46:15 -04:00
Paul Fitzpatrick
5ef889addd (core) move home server into core
Summary: This moves enough server material into core to run a home server.  The data engine is not yet incorporated (though in manual testing it works when ported).

Test Plan: existing tests pass

Reviewers: dsagal

Reviewed By: dsagal

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D2552
2020-07-21 20:39:10 -04:00