mailrs-dkim 3.0.0

RFC 6376 DKIM signature verifier + signer. Parses DKIM-Signature headers, applies simple/relaxed canonicalization, verifies rsa-sha256 / ed25519-sha256 against the selector TXT record. RSA primitive backed by aws-lc-rs for ~3× faster sign vs pure-Rust. Pluggable DNS via DkimResolver trait.
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//! DKIM-Signature header parsing (RFC 6376 §3.5).

use compact_str::CompactString;

use crate::error::DkimError;

/// Algorithm announced in the `a=` tag.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum Algorithm {
    /// `a=rsa-sha256` — RSA over SHA-256. ~99% of real-world DKIM.
    RsaSha256,
    /// `a=ed25519-sha256` — Ed25519 over SHA-256, per RFC 8463.
    /// Modern but rare; ~1% of real-world DKIM in 2026.
    Ed25519Sha256,
}

/// Canonicalization variant.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum Canon {
    /// `simple` — body: must end with one CRLF, ignore trailing
    /// empty lines; headers: untouched (whitespace preserved verbatim).
    Simple,
    /// `relaxed` — body: collapse internal WSP runs to one SP,
    /// strip trailing WSP, then apply simple; headers: lowercase
    /// name, unfold, collapse WSP, strip trailing WSP after value.
    Relaxed,
}

/// Parsed DKIM-Signature header. Borrows the `b=` (signature) and
/// `bh=` (body hash) base64 strings + the signed-header list etc.
/// Owned `String` is used for tag values that we may need to
/// case-fold or massage during verify (e.g. signed-header names get
/// lowercased for relaxed canon).
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct DkimHeader {
    /// `v=` — version (must be "1" per RFC 6376).
    pub version: u32,
    /// `a=` — signature algorithm.
    pub algorithm: Algorithm,
    /// `b=` — base64-encoded signature bytes.
    pub signature_b64: String,
    /// `bh=` — base64-encoded body hash.
    pub body_hash_b64: String,
    /// `c=` — `(header_canon, body_canon)` tuple. Default
    /// `(Simple, Simple)` per spec.
    pub canon_header: Canon,
    /// see [`Self::canon_header`].
    pub canon_body: Canon,
    /// `d=` — signing domain (used in the selector DNS lookup).
    ///
    /// **v2 change**: `CompactString` (inlined ≤24 bytes); real-world
    /// domains nearly always fit, so the hot path skips the heap alloc
    /// `String` would do. API is still `Deref<Target=str>` + `==`
    /// against `&str` so most call sites compile unchanged.
    pub domain: CompactString,
    /// `s=` — selector (used in `<s>._domainkey.<d>` TXT lookup).
    /// `CompactString` per `domain` rationale above.
    pub selector: CompactString,
    /// `h=` — colon-separated list of signed header names, in the
    /// order they were signed. **Lowercased and trimmed** in
    /// parse so verifier doesn't have to.
    pub signed_headers: Vec<String>,
    /// `l=` — optional body length limit. Some signers sign only the
    /// first N bytes of the body to allow trailing additions.
    pub body_length: Option<u64>,
    /// `t=` — optional signature timestamp (seconds since epoch).
    pub timestamp: Option<u64>,
    /// `x=` — optional expiry (seconds since epoch). Verifier checks
    /// `now > x` → expired.
    pub expiration: Option<u64>,
    /// `i=` — optional identity (used for DMARC alignment but not
    /// for hash inputs). `CompactString` per `domain` rationale.
    pub identity: Option<CompactString>,
    /// `q=` — query method (default "dns/txt"). We only support
    /// "dns/txt"; anything else → UnsupportedAlgorithm.
    /// `CompactString` per `domain` rationale; `"dns/txt"` inlines.
    pub query_method: CompactString,
}

impl DkimHeader {
    /// Parse a single `DKIM-Signature:` header value. Caller has already
    /// stripped the `DKIM-Signature:` prefix; this function expects the
    /// VALUE portion (everything after the first `:`).
    ///
    /// The header may contain folded continuation lines (CRLF + WSP);
    /// we unfold internally before parsing tags.
    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Result<Self, DkimError> {
        // Single-pass byte-level scan. No HashMap, no unfold pre-allocation.
        // Tag dispatch is a string match against the small known set; CRLF+WSP
        // folding is consumed inline as whitespace inside values.
        let bytes = value.as_bytes();
        let n = bytes.len();
        let mut i = 0;

        let mut version: Option<u32> = None;
        let mut algorithm: Option<Algorithm> = None;
        let mut signature_b64: Option<String> = None;
        let mut body_hash_b64: Option<String> = None;
        let mut canon_header = Canon::Simple;
        let mut canon_body = Canon::Simple;
        let mut domain: Option<CompactString> = None;
        let mut selector: Option<CompactString> = None;
        let mut signed_headers: Option<Vec<String>> = None;
        let mut body_length: Option<u64> = None;
        let mut timestamp: Option<u64> = None;
        let mut expiration: Option<u64> = None;
        let mut identity: Option<CompactString> = None;
        let mut query_method: Option<CompactString> = None;

        while i < n {
            // Skip separators / whitespace / folding between tags.
            while i < n && matches!(bytes[i], b' ' | b'\t' | b'\r' | b'\n' | b';') {
                i += 1;
            }
            if i >= n {
                break;
            }

            // Tag name: ASCII until '=' or whitespace.
            let name_start = i;
            while i < n && !matches!(bytes[i], b'=' | b' ' | b'\t' | b'\r' | b'\n' | b';') {
                i += 1;
            }
            let name = &value[name_start..i];
            if name.is_empty() {
                return Err(DkimError::InvalidTag(format!(
                    "no tag name at offset {name_start}"
                )));
            }

            // Allow optional WSP before '='.
            while i < n && matches!(bytes[i], b' ' | b'\t') {
                i += 1;
            }
            if i >= n || bytes[i] != b'=' {
                return Err(DkimError::InvalidTag(format!("no `=` after tag {name:?}")));
            }
            i += 1;

            // Tag value: everything up to the next ';' that's not inside
            // folded whitespace. CRLF+WSP inside the value is preserved here;
            // tag-specific handling strips it (b/bh) or trims it (others).
            let val_start = i;
            while i < n && bytes[i] != b';' {
                i += 1;
            }
            let raw_val = &value[val_start..i];

            // Tag dispatch. Lowercase byte-match is the hot path; real-world
            // DKIM headers always use lowercase tag names (RFC 6376 §3.2
            // says case-insensitive but every signer in the wild emits
            // lowercase). For correctness with mixed-case tags we fall
            // through to a case-insensitive comparison after the byte match.
            // RFC 6376 §3.2: tag names are case-insensitive. Real-world
            // signers emit lowercase, so we scan for an ASCII uppercase
            // byte first (cheap) and only allocate a lowercased copy when
            // we see one. The single dispatch below then handles both
            // common (already-lowercase) and rare (mixed-case) cases
            // without duplicating the per-tag logic.
            let lower_storage: String;
            let name_bytes: &[u8] = if name.bytes().any(|b| b.is_ascii_uppercase()) {
                lower_storage = name.to_ascii_lowercase();
                lower_storage.as_bytes()
            } else {
                name.as_bytes()
            };
            match name_bytes {
                b"v" => {
                    let trimmed = raw_val.trim();
                    let parsed: u32 = trimmed
                        .parse()
                        .map_err(|_| DkimError::InvalidTag(format!("v={trimmed}")))?;
                    if parsed != 1 {
                        return Err(DkimError::InvalidTag(format!("v={parsed}, expected 1")));
                    }
                    version = Some(parsed);
                }
                b"a" => {
                    algorithm = Some(match raw_val.trim() {
                        "rsa-sha256" => Algorithm::RsaSha256,
                        "ed25519-sha256" => Algorithm::Ed25519Sha256,
                        other => return Err(DkimError::UnsupportedAlgorithm(other.to_string())),
                    });
                }
                b"b" => signature_b64 = Some(strip_wsp(raw_val)),
                b"bh" => body_hash_b64 = Some(strip_wsp(raw_val)),
                b"d" => domain = Some(CompactString::new(raw_val.trim())),
                b"s" => selector = Some(CompactString::new(raw_val.trim())),
                b"h" => signed_headers = Some(parse_signed_headers(raw_val)?),
                b"c" => {
                    let (h, b) = parse_canon(raw_val)?;
                    canon_header = h;
                    canon_body = b;
                }
                b"l" => body_length = Some(parse_u64_tag("l", raw_val)?),
                b"t" => timestamp = Some(parse_u64_tag("t", raw_val)?),
                b"x" => expiration = Some(parse_u64_tag("x", raw_val)?),
                b"i" => identity = Some(CompactString::new(raw_val.trim())),
                b"q" => query_method = Some(CompactString::new(raw_val.trim())),
                _ => {} // unknown tag, ignored per RFC 6376 §3.2
            }
        }

        let version = version.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("v".into()))?;
        let algorithm = algorithm.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("a".into()))?;
        let signature_b64 = signature_b64.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("b".into()))?;
        let body_hash_b64 = body_hash_b64.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("bh".into()))?;
        let domain = domain.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("d".into()))?;
        let selector = selector.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("s".into()))?;
        let signed_headers = signed_headers.ok_or_else(|| DkimError::MissingTag("h".into()))?;
        let query_method =
            query_method.unwrap_or_else(|| CompactString::const_new("dns/txt"));
        if !query_method.eq_ignore_ascii_case("dns/txt") {
            return Err(DkimError::UnsupportedAlgorithm(format!("q={query_method}")));
        }

        Ok(DkimHeader {
            version,
            algorithm,
            signature_b64,
            body_hash_b64,
            canon_header,
            canon_body,
            domain,
            selector,
            signed_headers,
            body_length,
            timestamp,
            expiration,
            identity,
            query_method,
        })
    }
}

/// Parse a u64-valued DKIM tag (`l=`, `t=`, `x=`) with the tag name
/// surfaced in the error so the caller can tell which tag failed.
fn parse_u64_tag(name: &str, raw_val: &str) -> Result<u64, DkimError> {
    let trimmed = raw_val.trim();
    trimmed
        .parse()
        .map_err(|_| DkimError::InvalidTag(format!("{name}={trimmed}")))
}

/// Parse the `h=` tag value (colon-separated, possibly folded list of
/// header names) into a lowercased `Vec<String>`.
///
/// Byte-level scan: the realistic case carries 7+ signed headers; using
/// `split(':').map(to_ascii_lowercase)` does double work (split walks
/// chars, then each to_ascii_lowercase walks chars again allocating a
/// new String). Doing both in one byte-iteration shaves ~50 ns on the
/// realistic case.
fn parse_signed_headers(raw_val: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, DkimError> {
    let mut list: Vec<String> = Vec::with_capacity(8);
    let mut cur: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(20);
    for &b in raw_val.as_bytes() {
        match b {
            b' ' | b'\t' | b'\r' | b'\n' => {} // skip wsp / folding
            b':' => {
                if !cur.is_empty() {
                    // SAFETY: only ASCII-lowercased bytes (a..z, 0..9,
                    // '-') are pushed below, so the buffer is valid
                    // UTF-8 by construction.
                    let s = unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(std::mem::take(&mut cur)) };
                    list.push(s);
                    cur.reserve(20);
                }
            }
            _ => cur.push(b.to_ascii_lowercase()),
        }
    }
    if !cur.is_empty() {
        // SAFETY: see above — only ASCII bytes pushed.
        let s = unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(cur) };
        list.push(s);
    }
    if list.is_empty() {
        return Err(DkimError::InvalidTag("h= empty".into()));
    }
    Ok(list)
}

fn parse_canon(c: &str) -> Result<(Canon, Canon), DkimError> {
    let c = c.trim();
    // c= can be "header/body" or just "header" (default body = simple)
    let (hdr, body) = match c.split_once('/') {
        Some((h, b)) => (h.trim(), b.trim()),
        None => (c, "simple"),
    };
    let h = match hdr {
        "simple" => Canon::Simple,
        "relaxed" => Canon::Relaxed,
        other => return Err(DkimError::UnsupportedCanon(format!("header={other}"))),
    };
    let b = match body {
        "simple" => Canon::Simple,
        "relaxed" => Canon::Relaxed,
        other => return Err(DkimError::UnsupportedCanon(format!("body={other}"))),
    };
    Ok((h, b))
}

/// Remove all WSP (space + horizontal tab) and CR/LF — used for the
/// base64 tag values, which may have arbitrary whitespace inserted by
/// the folding rules. Byte-level + capacity-presized; faster than the
/// `.chars().filter().collect()` form on typical RSA-2048 base64 payloads.
fn strip_wsp(s: &str) -> String {
    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
    for &b in s.as_bytes() {
        if !matches!(b, b' ' | b'\t' | b'\r' | b'\n') {
            out.push(b as char);
        }
    }
    out
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    /// Minimal real-world DKIM-Signature (relaxed/relaxed, rsa-sha256).
    fn sample_header() -> &'static str {
        " v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=example.com; s=mail;\r\n\
         \th=From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID;\r\n\
         \tbh=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=;\r\n\
         \tb=SignatureValueGoesHere"
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_full_header() {
        let h = DkimHeader::parse(sample_header()).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(h.version, 1);
        assert_eq!(h.algorithm, Algorithm::RsaSha256);
        assert_eq!(h.canon_header, Canon::Relaxed);
        assert_eq!(h.canon_body, Canon::Relaxed);
        assert_eq!(h.domain, "example.com");
        assert_eq!(h.selector, "mail");
        assert_eq!(
            h.signed_headers,
            vec!["from", "to", "subject", "date", "message-id"]
        );
        assert_eq!(
            h.body_hash_b64,
            "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="
        );
        assert_eq!(h.signature_b64, "SignatureValueGoesHere");
        assert!(h.body_length.is_none());
        assert_eq!(h.query_method, "dns/txt");
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_simple_canon_default() {
        let r =
            DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=AAAA; b=BBBB").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.canon_header, Canon::Simple);
        assert_eq!(r.canon_body, Canon::Simple);
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_canon_relaxed_simple() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse(
            "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B",
        )
        .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.canon_header, Canon::Relaxed);
        assert_eq!(r.canon_body, Canon::Simple);
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_canon_header_only_defaults_body() {
        // "c=relaxed" without /body part → body defaults to simple
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B")
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.canon_header, Canon::Relaxed);
        assert_eq!(r.canon_body, Canon::Simple);
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_signed_headers_lowercased() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From:TO:SuBjEcT; bh=A; b=B")
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.signed_headers, vec!["from", "to", "subject"]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_optional_l_t_x() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse(
            "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B; l=1024; t=1000; x=2000",
        )
        .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.body_length, Some(1024));
        assert_eq!(r.timestamp, Some(1000));
        assert_eq!(r.expiration, Some(2000));
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_rejects_missing_required() {
        // Missing `v=`
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B");
        assert!(matches!(r, Err(DkimError::MissingTag(_))));
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_rejects_wrong_version() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=2; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B");
        assert!(matches!(r, Err(DkimError::InvalidTag(_))));
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_rejects_unsupported_algo() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B");
        assert!(matches!(r, Err(DkimError::UnsupportedAlgorithm(_))));
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_ed25519_sha256_algorithm() {
        // RFC 8463 ed25519-sha256 is accepted in 1.1+
        let r =
            DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.algorithm, Algorithm::Ed25519Sha256);
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_rejects_empty_h() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=; bh=A; b=B");
        assert!(matches!(r, Err(DkimError::InvalidTag(_))));
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_b_strips_wsp() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=A B\tC\r\n D")
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.signature_b64, "ABCD");
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_default_query_dns_txt() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.query_method, "dns/txt");
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_rejects_non_dns_query() {
        let r = DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=https; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B");
        assert!(matches!(r, Err(DkimError::UnsupportedAlgorithm(_))));
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_with_i_identity() {
        let r =
            DkimHeader::parse("v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=e.com; s=s; h=From; bh=A; b=B; i=user@e.com")
                .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(r.identity.as_deref(), Some("user@e.com"));
    }
}