add signature_scheme to Session and connection files

also change default hash to sha256 instead of md5, since md5 is bad.
(this is the main motivation)

IPython/consoleapp.py

@@ -1,390 +1,392 b''
 """ A minimal application base mixin for all ZMQ based IPython frontends.
 
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations. This is a
 refactoring of what used to be the IPython/qt/console/qtconsoleapp.py
 
 Authors:
 
 * Evan Patterson
 * Min RK
 * Erik Tollerud
 * Fernando Perez
 * Bussonnier Matthias
 * Thomas Kluyver
 * Paul Ivanov
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # stdlib imports
 import atexit
 import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import signal
 import sys
 import uuid
 
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.kernel.blocking import BlockingKernelClient
 from IPython.kernel import KernelManager
 from IPython.kernel import tunnel_to_kernel, find_connection_file, swallow_argv
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, CUnicode, Int, CBool, Any, CaselessStrEnum
 )
 from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import (
     kernel_flags,
     kernel_aliases,
     IPKernelApp
 )
 from IPython.kernel.zmq.session import Session, default_secure
 from IPython.kernel.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Network Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST, LOCAL_IPS
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flags = dict(kernel_flags)
 
 # the flags that are specific to the frontend
 # these must be scrubbed before being passed to the kernel,
 # or it will raise an error on unrecognized flags
 app_flags = {
     'existing' : ({'IPythonConsoleApp' : {'existing' : 'kernel*.json'}},
             "Connect to an existing kernel. If no argument specified, guess most recent"),
 }
 app_flags.update(boolean_flag(
     'confirm-exit', 'IPythonConsoleApp.confirm_exit',
     """Set to display confirmation dialog on exit. You can always use 'exit' or 'quit',
        to force a direct exit without any confirmation.
     """,
     """Don't prompt the user when exiting. This will terminate the kernel
        if it is owned by the frontend, and leave it alive if it is external.
     """
 ))
 flags.update(app_flags)
 
 aliases = dict(kernel_aliases)
 
 # also scrub aliases from the frontend
 app_aliases = dict(
     ip = 'KernelManager.ip',
     transport = 'KernelManager.transport',
     hb = 'IPythonConsoleApp.hb_port',
     shell = 'IPythonConsoleApp.shell_port',
     iopub = 'IPythonConsoleApp.iopub_port',
     stdin = 'IPythonConsoleApp.stdin_port',
     existing = 'IPythonConsoleApp.existing',
     f = 'IPythonConsoleApp.connection_file',
 
 
     ssh = 'IPythonConsoleApp.sshserver',
 )
 aliases.update(app_aliases)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonConsole
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 classes = [IPKernelApp, ZMQInteractiveShell, KernelManager, ProfileDir, Session]
 
 try:
     from IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab.backend_inline import InlineBackend
 except ImportError:
     pass
 else:
     classes.append(InlineBackend)
 
 class IPythonConsoleApp(Configurable):
     name = 'ipython-console-mixin'
 
     description = """
         The IPython Mixin Console.
         
         This class contains the common portions of console client (QtConsole,
         ZMQ-based terminal console, etc).  It is not a full console, in that
         launched terminal subprocesses will not be able to accept input.
         
         The Console using this mixing supports various extra features beyond
         the single-process Terminal IPython shell, such as connecting to
         existing kernel, via:
         
             ipython <appname> --existing
         
         as well as tunnel via SSH
         
     """
 
     classes = classes
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     kernel_manager_class = KernelManager
     kernel_client_class = BlockingKernelClient
 
     kernel_argv = List(Unicode)
     # frontend flags&aliases to be stripped when building kernel_argv
     frontend_flags = Any(app_flags)
     frontend_aliases = Any(app_aliases)
 
     # create requested profiles by default, if they don't exist:
     auto_create = CBool(True)
     # connection info:
     
     sshserver = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""The SSH server to use to connect to the kernel.""")
     sshkey = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""Path to the ssh key to use for logging in to the ssh server.""")
     
     hb_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the heartbeat port [default: random]")
     shell_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the shell (ROUTER) port [default: random]")
     iopub_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the iopub (PUB) port [default: random]")
     stdin_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the stdin (DEALER) port [default: random]")
     connection_file = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""JSON file in which to store connection info [default: kernel-<pid>.json]
 
         This file will contain the IP, ports, and authentication key needed to connect
         clients to this kernel. By default, this file will be created in the security-dir
         of the current profile, but can be specified by absolute path.
         """)
     def _connection_file_default(self):
         return 'kernel-%i.json' % os.getpid()
 
     existing = CUnicode('', config=True,
         help="""Connect to an already running kernel""")
 
     confirm_exit = CBool(True, config=True,
         help="""
         Set to display confirmation dialog on exit. You can always use 'exit' or 'quit',
         to force a direct exit without any confirmation.""",
     )
 
 
     def build_kernel_argv(self, argv=None):
         """build argv to be passed to kernel subprocess"""
         if argv is None:
             argv = sys.argv[1:]
         self.kernel_argv = swallow_argv(argv, self.frontend_aliases, self.frontend_flags)
         # kernel should inherit default config file from frontend
         self.kernel_argv.append("--IPKernelApp.parent_appname='%s'" % self.name)
     
     def init_connection_file(self):
         """find the connection file, and load the info if found.
         
         The current working directory and the current profile's security
         directory will be searched for the file if it is not given by
         absolute path.
         
         When attempting to connect to an existing kernel and the `--existing`
         argument does not match an existing file, it will be interpreted as a
         fileglob, and the matching file in the current profile's security dir
         with the latest access time will be used.
         
         After this method is called, self.connection_file contains the *full path*
         to the connection file, never just its name.
         """
         if self.existing:
             try:
                 cf = find_connection_file(self.existing)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.critical("Could not find existing kernel connection file %s", self.existing)
                 self.exit(1)
             self.log.info("Connecting to existing kernel: %s" % cf)
             self.connection_file = cf
         else:
             # not existing, check if we are going to write the file
             # and ensure that self.connection_file is a full path, not just the shortname
             try:
                 cf = find_connection_file(self.connection_file)
             except Exception:
                 # file might not exist
                 if self.connection_file == os.path.basename(self.connection_file):
                     # just shortname, put it in security dir
                     cf = os.path.join(self.profile_dir.security_dir, self.connection_file)
                 else:
                     cf = self.connection_file
                 self.connection_file = cf
         
         # should load_connection_file only be used for existing?
         # as it is now, this allows reusing ports if an existing
         # file is requested
         try:
             self.load_connection_file()
         except Exception:
             self.log.error("Failed to load connection file: %r", self.connection_file, exc_info=True)
             self.exit(1)
     
     def load_connection_file(self):
         """load ip/port/hmac config from JSON connection file"""
         # this is identical to IPKernelApp.load_connection_file
         # perhaps it can be centralized somewhere?
         try:
             fname = filefind(self.connection_file, ['.', self.profile_dir.security_dir])
         except IOError:
             self.log.debug("Connection File not found: %s", self.connection_file)
             return
         self.log.debug(u"Loading connection file %s", fname)
         with open(fname) as f:
             cfg = json.load(f)
         
         self.config.KernelManager.transport = cfg.get('transport', 'tcp')
         self.config.KernelManager.ip = cfg.get('ip', LOCALHOST)
         
         for channel in ('hb', 'shell', 'iopub', 'stdin'):
             name = channel + '_port'
             if getattr(self, name) == 0 and name in cfg:
                 # not overridden by config or cl_args
                 setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
         if 'key' in cfg:
             self.config.Session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
+        if 'signature_scheme' in cfg:
+            self.config.Session.signature_scheme = cfg['signature_scheme']
     
     def init_ssh(self):
         """set up ssh tunnels, if needed."""
         if not self.existing or (not self.sshserver and not self.sshkey):
             return
         
         self.load_connection_file()
         
         transport = self.config.KernelManager.transport
         ip = self.config.KernelManager.ip
         
         if transport != 'tcp':
             self.log.error("Can only use ssh tunnels with TCP sockets, not %s", transport)
             sys.exit(-1)
         
         if self.sshkey and not self.sshserver:
             # specifying just the key implies that we are connecting directly
             self.sshserver = ip
             ip = LOCALHOST
         
         # build connection dict for tunnels:
         info = dict(ip=ip,
                     shell_port=self.shell_port,
                     iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
                     stdin_port=self.stdin_port,
                     hb_port=self.hb_port
         )
         
         self.log.info("Forwarding connections to %s via %s"%(ip, self.sshserver))
         
         # tunnels return a new set of ports, which will be on localhost:
         self.config.KernelManager.ip = LOCALHOST
         try:
             newports = tunnel_to_kernel(info, self.sshserver, self.sshkey)
         except:
             # even catch KeyboardInterrupt
             self.log.error("Could not setup tunnels", exc_info=True)
             self.exit(1)
         
         self.shell_port, self.iopub_port, self.stdin_port, self.hb_port = newports
         
         cf = self.connection_file
         base,ext = os.path.splitext(cf)
         base = os.path.basename(base)
         self.connection_file = os.path.basename(base)+'-ssh'+ext
         self.log.critical("To connect another client via this tunnel, use:")
         self.log.critical("--existing %s" % self.connection_file)
     
     def _new_connection_file(self):
         cf = ''
         while not cf:
             # we don't need a 128b id to distinguish kernels, use more readable
             # 48b node segment (12 hex chars).  Users running more than 32k simultaneous
             # kernels can subclass.
             ident = str(uuid.uuid4()).split('-')[-1]
             cf = os.path.join(self.profile_dir.security_dir, 'kernel-%s.json' % ident)
             # only keep if it's actually new.  Protect against unlikely collision
             # in 48b random search space
             cf = cf if not os.path.exists(cf) else ''
         return cf
 
     def init_kernel_manager(self):
         # Don't let Qt or ZMQ swallow KeyboardInterupts.
         if self.existing:
             self.kernel_manager = None
             return
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
         # Create a KernelManager and start a kernel.
         self.kernel_manager = self.kernel_manager_class(
                                 shell_port=self.shell_port,
                                 iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
                                 stdin_port=self.stdin_port,
                                 hb_port=self.hb_port,
                                 connection_file=self.connection_file,
                                 parent=self,
         )
         self.kernel_manager.client_factory = self.kernel_client_class
         self.kernel_manager.start_kernel(extra_arguments=self.kernel_argv)
         atexit.register(self.kernel_manager.cleanup_ipc_files)
 
         if self.sshserver:
             # ssh, write new connection file
             self.kernel_manager.write_connection_file()
 
         # in case KM defaults / ssh writing changes things:
         km = self.kernel_manager
         self.shell_port=km.shell_port
         self.iopub_port=km.iopub_port
         self.stdin_port=km.stdin_port
         self.hb_port=km.hb_port
         self.connection_file = km.connection_file
 
         atexit.register(self.kernel_manager.cleanup_connection_file)
 
     def init_kernel_client(self):
         if self.kernel_manager is not None:
             self.kernel_client = self.kernel_manager.client()
         else:
             self.kernel_client = self.kernel_client_class(
                                 shell_port=self.shell_port,
                                 iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
                                 stdin_port=self.stdin_port,
                                 hb_port=self.hb_port,
                                 connection_file=self.connection_file,
                                 parent=self,
             )
 
         self.kernel_client.start_channels()
 
 
 
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         """
         Classes which mix this class in should call:
                IPythonConsoleApp.initialize(self,argv)
         """
         self.init_connection_file()
         default_secure(self.config)
         self.init_ssh()
         self.init_kernel_manager()
         self.init_kernel_client()
 

IPython/kernel/connect.py

@@ -1,540 +1,557 b''
 """Utilities for connecting to kernels
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min Ragan-Kelley
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2013  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import glob
 import json
 import os
 import socket
 import sys
 from getpass import getpass
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import tempfile
 
 import zmq
 
 # external imports
 from IPython.external.ssh import tunnel
 
 # IPython imports
 # from IPython.config import Configurable
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind, get_ipython_dir
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes, bytes_to_str
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Bool, Integer, Unicode, CaselessStrEnum,
     HasTraits,
 )
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Working with Connection Files
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def write_connection_file(fname=None, shell_port=0, iopub_port=0, stdin_port=0, hb_port=0,
-                         control_port=0, ip=LOCALHOST, key=b'', transport='tcp'):
+                         control_port=0, ip=LOCALHOST, key=b'', transport='tcp',
+                         signature_scheme='hmac-sha256',
+                         ):
     """Generates a JSON config file, including the selection of random ports.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
 
     fname : unicode
         The path to the file to write
 
     shell_port : int, optional
         The port to use for ROUTER (shell) channel.
 
     iopub_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the SUB channel.
 
     stdin_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the ROUTER (raw input) channel.
 
     control_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the ROUTER (control) channel.
 
     hb_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the heartbeat REP channel.
 
     ip  : str, optional
         The ip address the kernel will bind to.
 
     key : str, optional
-        The Session key used for HMAC authentication.
+        The Session key used for message authentication.
+    
+    signature_scheme : str, optional
+        The scheme used for message authentication.
+        This has the form 'digest-hash', where 'digest'
+        is the scheme used for digests, and 'hash' is the name of the hash function
+        used by the digest scheme.
+        Currently, 'hmac' is the only supported digest scheme,
+        and 'sha256' is the default hash function.
 
     """
     # default to temporary connector file
     if not fname:
         fname = tempfile.mktemp('.json')
     
     # Find open ports as necessary.
     
     ports = []
     ports_needed = int(shell_port <= 0) + \
                    int(iopub_port <= 0) + \
                    int(stdin_port <= 0) + \
                    int(control_port <= 0) + \
                    int(hb_port <= 0)
     if transport == 'tcp':
         for i in range(ports_needed):
             sock = socket.socket()
             sock.bind(('', 0))
             ports.append(sock)
         for i, sock in enumerate(ports):
             port = sock.getsockname()[1]
             sock.close()
             ports[i] = port
     else:
         N = 1
         for i in range(ports_needed):
             while os.path.exists("%s-%s" % (ip, str(N))):
                 N += 1
             ports.append(N)
             N += 1
     if shell_port <= 0:
         shell_port = ports.pop(0)
     if iopub_port <= 0:
         iopub_port = ports.pop(0)
     if stdin_port <= 0:
         stdin_port = ports.pop(0)
     if control_port <= 0:
         control_port = ports.pop(0)
     if hb_port <= 0:
         hb_port = ports.pop(0)
     
     cfg = dict( shell_port=shell_port,
                 iopub_port=iopub_port,
                 stdin_port=stdin_port,
                 control_port=control_port,
                 hb_port=hb_port,
               )
     cfg['ip'] = ip
     cfg['key'] = bytes_to_str(key)
     cfg['transport'] = transport
+    cfg['signature_scheme'] = signature_scheme
     
     with open(fname, 'w') as f:
         f.write(json.dumps(cfg, indent=2))
     
     return fname, cfg
 
 
 def get_connection_file(app=None):
     """Return the path to the connection file of an app
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     app : IPKernelApp instance [optional]
         If unspecified, the currently running app will be used
     """
     if app is None:
         from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import IPKernelApp
         if not IPKernelApp.initialized():
             raise RuntimeError("app not specified, and not in a running Kernel")
 
         app = IPKernelApp.instance()
     return filefind(app.connection_file, ['.', app.profile_dir.security_dir])
 
 
 def find_connection_file(filename, profile=None):
     """find a connection file, and return its absolute path.
     
     The current working directory and the profile's security
     directory will be searched for the file if it is not given by
     absolute path.
     
     If profile is unspecified, then the current running application's
     profile will be used, or 'default', if not run from IPython.
     
     If the argument does not match an existing file, it will be interpreted as a
     fileglob, and the matching file in the profile's security dir with
     the latest access time will be used.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     filename : str
         The connection file or fileglob to search for.
     profile : str [optional]
         The name of the profile to use when searching for the connection file,
         if different from the current IPython session or 'default'.
     
     Returns
     -------
     str : The absolute path of the connection file.
     """
     from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication as IPApp
     try:
         # quick check for absolute path, before going through logic
         return filefind(filename)
     except IOError:
         pass
     
     if profile is None:
         # profile unspecified, check if running from an IPython app
         if IPApp.initialized():
             app = IPApp.instance()
             profile_dir = app.profile_dir
         else:
             # not running in IPython, use default profile
             profile_dir = ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name(get_ipython_dir(), 'default')
     else:
         # find profiledir by profile name:
         profile_dir = ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name(get_ipython_dir(), profile)
     security_dir = profile_dir.security_dir
     
     try:
         # first, try explicit name
         return filefind(filename, ['.', security_dir])
     except IOError:
         pass
     
     # not found by full name
     
     if '*' in filename:
         # given as a glob already
         pat = filename
     else:
         # accept any substring match
         pat = '*%s*' % filename
     matches = glob.glob( os.path.join(security_dir, pat) )
     if not matches:
         raise IOError("Could not find %r in %r" % (filename, security_dir))
     elif len(matches) == 1:
         return matches[0]
     else:
         # get most recent match, by access time:
         return sorted(matches, key=lambda f: os.stat(f).st_atime)[-1]
 
 
 def get_connection_info(connection_file=None, unpack=False, profile=None):
     """Return the connection information for the current Kernel.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     connection_file : str [optional]
         The connection file to be used. Can be given by absolute path, or
         IPython will search in the security directory of a given profile.
         If run from IPython, 
         
         If unspecified, the connection file for the currently running
         IPython Kernel will be used, which is only allowed from inside a kernel.
     unpack : bool [default: False]
         if True, return the unpacked dict, otherwise just the string contents
         of the file.
     profile : str [optional]
         The name of the profile to use when searching for the connection file,
         if different from the current IPython session or 'default'.
         
     
     Returns
     -------
     The connection dictionary of the current kernel, as string or dict,
     depending on `unpack`.
     """
     if connection_file is None:
         # get connection file from current kernel
         cf = get_connection_file()
     else:
         # connection file specified, allow shortnames:
         cf = find_connection_file(connection_file, profile=profile)
     
     with open(cf) as f:
         info = f.read()
     
     if unpack:
         info = json.loads(info)
         # ensure key is bytes:
         info['key'] = str_to_bytes(info.get('key', ''))
     return info
 
 
 def connect_qtconsole(connection_file=None, argv=None, profile=None):
     """Connect a qtconsole to the current kernel.
     
     This is useful for connecting a second qtconsole to a kernel, or to a
     local notebook.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     connection_file : str [optional]
         The connection file to be used. Can be given by absolute path, or
         IPython will search in the security directory of a given profile.
         If run from IPython, 
         
         If unspecified, the connection file for the currently running
         IPython Kernel will be used, which is only allowed from inside a kernel.
     argv : list [optional]
         Any extra args to be passed to the console.
     profile : str [optional]
         The name of the profile to use when searching for the connection file,
         if different from the current IPython session or 'default'.
     
     
     Returns
     -------
     subprocess.Popen instance running the qtconsole frontend
     """
     argv = [] if argv is None else argv
     
     if connection_file is None:
         # get connection file from current kernel
         cf = get_connection_file()
     else:
         cf = find_connection_file(connection_file, profile=profile)
     
     cmd = ';'.join([
         "from IPython.qt.console import qtconsoleapp",
         "qtconsoleapp.main()"
     ])
     
     return Popen([sys.executable, '-c', cmd, '--existing', cf] + argv,
         stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True,
     )
 
 
 def tunnel_to_kernel(connection_info, sshserver, sshkey=None):
     """tunnel connections to a kernel via ssh
     
     This will open four SSH tunnels from localhost on this machine to the
     ports associated with the kernel.  They can be either direct
     localhost-localhost tunnels, or if an intermediate server is necessary,
     the kernel must be listening on a public IP.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     connection_info : dict or str (path)
         Either a connection dict, or the path to a JSON connection file
     sshserver : str
         The ssh sever to use to tunnel to the kernel. Can be a full
         `user@server:port` string. ssh config aliases are respected.
     sshkey : str [optional]
         Path to file containing ssh key to use for authentication.
         Only necessary if your ssh config does not already associate
         a keyfile with the host.
     
     Returns
     -------
     
     (shell, iopub, stdin, hb) : ints
         The four ports on localhost that have been forwarded to the kernel.
     """
     if isinstance(connection_info, basestring):
         # it's a path, unpack it
         with open(connection_info) as f:
             connection_info = json.loads(f.read())
     
     cf = connection_info
     
     lports = tunnel.select_random_ports(4)
     rports = cf['shell_port'], cf['iopub_port'], cf['stdin_port'], cf['hb_port']
     
     remote_ip = cf['ip']
     
     if tunnel.try_passwordless_ssh(sshserver, sshkey):
         password=False
     else:
         password = getpass("SSH Password for %s: "%sshserver)
     
     for lp,rp in zip(lports, rports):
         tunnel.ssh_tunnel(lp, rp, sshserver, remote_ip, sshkey, password)
     
     return tuple(lports)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Mixin for classes that work with connection files
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 channel_socket_types = {
     'hb' : zmq.REQ,
     'shell' : zmq.DEALER,
     'iopub' : zmq.SUB,
     'stdin' : zmq.DEALER,
     'control': zmq.DEALER,
 }
 
 port_names = [ "%s_port" % channel for channel in ('shell', 'stdin', 'iopub', 'hb', 'control')]
 
 class ConnectionFileMixin(HasTraits):
     """Mixin for configurable classes that work with connection files"""
 
     # The addresses for the communication channels
     connection_file = Unicode('')
     _connection_file_written = Bool(False)
 
     transport = CaselessStrEnum(['tcp', 'ipc'], default_value='tcp', config=True)
+    signature_scheme = Unicode('')
 
     ip = Unicode(LOCALHOST, config=True,
         help="""Set the kernel\'s IP address [default localhost].
         If the IP address is something other than localhost, then
         Consoles on other machines will be able to connect
         to the Kernel, so be careful!"""
     )
 
     def _ip_default(self):
         if self.transport == 'ipc':
             if self.connection_file:
                 return os.path.splitext(self.connection_file)[0] + '-ipc'
             else:
                 return 'kernel-ipc'
         else:
             return LOCALHOST
 
     def _ip_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new == '*':
             self.ip = '0.0.0.0'
 
     # protected traits
 
     shell_port = Integer(0)
     iopub_port = Integer(0)
     stdin_port = Integer(0)
     control_port = Integer(0)
     hb_port = Integer(0)
 
     @property
     def ports(self):
         return [ getattr(self, name) for name in port_names ]
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Connection and ipc file management
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def get_connection_info(self):
         """return the connection info as a dict"""
         return dict(
             transport=self.transport,
             ip=self.ip,
             shell_port=self.shell_port,
             iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
             stdin_port=self.stdin_port,
             hb_port=self.hb_port,
             control_port=self.control_port,
+            signature_scheme=self.signature_scheme,
         )
 
     def cleanup_connection_file(self):
         """Cleanup connection file *if we wrote it*
 
         Will not raise if the connection file was already removed somehow.
         """
         if self._connection_file_written:
             # cleanup connection files on full shutdown of kernel we started
             self._connection_file_written = False
             try:
                 os.remove(self.connection_file)
             except (IOError, OSError, AttributeError):
                 pass
 
     def cleanup_ipc_files(self):
         """Cleanup ipc files if we wrote them."""
         if self.transport != 'ipc':
             return
         for port in self.ports:
             ipcfile = "%s-%i" % (self.ip, port)
             try:
                 os.remove(ipcfile)
             except (IOError, OSError):
                 pass
 
     def write_connection_file(self):
         """Write connection info to JSON dict in self.connection_file."""
         if self._connection_file_written:
             return
 
         self.connection_file, cfg = write_connection_file(self.connection_file,
             transport=self.transport, ip=self.ip, key=self.session.key,
             stdin_port=self.stdin_port, iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
             shell_port=self.shell_port, hb_port=self.hb_port,
             control_port=self.control_port,
+            signature_scheme=self.signature_scheme,
         )
         # write_connection_file also sets default ports:
         for name in port_names:
             setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
 
         self._connection_file_written = True
 
     def load_connection_file(self):
         """Load connection info from JSON dict in self.connection_file."""
         with open(self.connection_file) as f:
             cfg = json.loads(f.read())
 
         self.transport = cfg.get('transport', 'tcp')
         self.ip = cfg['ip']
         for name in port_names:
             setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
+        if 'key' in cfg:
         self.session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
+        if cfg.get('signature_scheme'):
+            self.session.signature_scheme = cfg['signature_scheme']
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Creating connected sockets
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _make_url(self, channel):
         """Make a ZeroMQ URL for a given channel."""
         transport = self.transport
         ip = self.ip
         port = getattr(self, '%s_port' % channel)
 
         if transport == 'tcp':
             return "tcp://%s:%i" % (ip, port)
         else:
             return "%s://%s-%s" % (transport, ip, port)
 
     def _create_connected_socket(self, channel, identity=None):
         """Create a zmq Socket and connect it to the kernel."""
         url = self._make_url(channel)
         socket_type = channel_socket_types[channel]
         self.log.info("Connecting to: %s" % url)
         sock = self.context.socket(socket_type)
         if identity:
             sock.identity = identity
         sock.connect(url)
         return sock
 
     def connect_iopub(self, identity=None):
         """return zmq Socket connected to the IOPub channel"""
         sock = self._create_connected_socket('iopub', identity=identity)
         sock.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, b'')
         return sock
 
     def connect_shell(self, identity=None):
         """return zmq Socket connected to the Shell channel"""
         return self._create_connected_socket('shell', identity=identity)
 
     def connect_stdin(self, identity=None):
         """return zmq Socket connected to the StdIn channel"""
         return self._create_connected_socket('stdin', identity=identity)
 
     def connect_hb(self, identity=None):
         """return zmq Socket connected to the Heartbeat channel"""
         return self._create_connected_socket('hb', identity=identity)
 
     def connect_control(self, identity=None):
         """return zmq Socket connected to the Heartbeat channel"""
         return self._create_connected_socket('control', identity=identity)
 
 
 __all__ = [
     'write_connection_file',
     'get_connection_file',
     'find_connection_file',
     'get_connection_info',
     'connect_qtconsole',
     'tunnel_to_kernel',
 ]

IPython/kernel/zmq/session.py

@@ -1,806 +1,830 b''
 """Session object for building, serializing, sending, and receiving messages in
 IPython. The Session object supports serialization, HMAC signatures, and
 metadata on messages.
 
 Also defined here are utilities for working with Sessions:
 * A SessionFactory to be used as a base class for configurables that work with
 Sessions.
 * A Message object for convenience that allows attribute-access to the msg dict.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min RK
 * Brian Granger
 * Fernando Perez
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2010-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import hashlib
 import hmac
 import logging
 import os
 import pprint
 import random
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 
 try:
     import cPickle
     pickle = cPickle
 except:
     cPickle = None
     import pickle
 
 import zmq
 from zmq.utils import jsonapi
 from zmq.eventloop.ioloop import IOLoop
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable, LoggingConfigurable
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import extract_dates, squash_dates, date_default
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes, str_to_unicode
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (CBytes, Unicode, Bool, Any, Instance, Set,
-                                        DottedObjectName, CUnicode, Dict, Integer)
+                                        DottedObjectName, CUnicode, Dict, Integer,
+                                        TraitError,
+)
 from IPython.kernel.zmq.serialize import MAX_ITEMS, MAX_BYTES
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # utility functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def squash_unicode(obj):
     """coerce unicode back to bytestrings."""
     if isinstance(obj,dict):
         for key in obj.keys():
             obj[key] = squash_unicode(obj[key])
             if isinstance(key, unicode):
                 obj[squash_unicode(key)] = obj.pop(key)
     elif isinstance(obj, list):
         for i,v in enumerate(obj):
             obj[i] = squash_unicode(v)
     elif isinstance(obj, unicode):
         obj = obj.encode('utf8')
     return obj
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # globals and defaults
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # ISO8601-ify datetime objects
 json_packer = lambda obj: jsonapi.dumps(obj, default=date_default)
 json_unpacker = lambda s: extract_dates(jsonapi.loads(s))
 
 pickle_packer = lambda o: pickle.dumps(o,-1)
 pickle_unpacker = pickle.loads
 
 default_packer = json_packer
 default_unpacker = json_unpacker
 
 DELIM = b"<IDS|MSG>"
 # singleton dummy tracker, which will always report as done
 DONE = zmq.MessageTracker()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Mixin tools for apps that use Sessions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 session_aliases = dict(
     ident = 'Session.session',
     user = 'Session.username',
     keyfile = 'Session.keyfile',
 )
 
 session_flags  = {
     'secure' : ({'Session' : { 'key' : str_to_bytes(str(uuid.uuid4())),
                             'keyfile' : '' }},
         """Use HMAC digests for authentication of messages.
         Setting this flag will generate a new UUID to use as the HMAC key.
         """),
     'no-secure' : ({'Session' : { 'key' : b'', 'keyfile' : '' }},
         """Don't authenticate messages."""),
 }
 
 def default_secure(cfg):
     """Set the default behavior for a config environment to be secure.
     
     If Session.key/keyfile have not been set, set Session.key to
     a new random UUID.
     """
     
     if 'Session' in cfg:
         if 'key' in cfg.Session or 'keyfile' in cfg.Session:
             return
     # key/keyfile not specified, generate new UUID:
     cfg.Session.key = str_to_bytes(str(uuid.uuid4()))
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class SessionFactory(LoggingConfigurable):
     """The Base class for configurables that have a Session, Context, logger,
     and IOLoop.
     """
 
     logname = Unicode('')
     def _logname_changed(self, name, old, new):
         self.log = logging.getLogger(new)
 
     # not configurable:
     context = Instance('zmq.Context')
     def _context_default(self):
         return zmq.Context.instance()
 
     session = Instance('IPython.kernel.zmq.session.Session')
 
     loop = Instance('zmq.eventloop.ioloop.IOLoop', allow_none=False)
     def _loop_default(self):
         return IOLoop.instance()
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(SessionFactory, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         if self.session is None:
             # construct the session
             self.session = Session(**kwargs)
 
 
 class Message(object):
     """A simple message object that maps dict keys to attributes.
 
     A Message can be created from a dict and a dict from a Message instance
     simply by calling dict(msg_obj)."""
 
     def __init__(self, msg_dict):
         dct = self.__dict__
         for k, v in dict(msg_dict).iteritems():
             if isinstance(v, dict):
                 v = Message(v)
             dct[k] = v
 
     # Having this iterator lets dict(msg_obj) work out of the box.
     def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self.__dict__.iteritems())
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return repr(self.__dict__)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return pprint.pformat(self.__dict__)
 
     def __contains__(self, k):
         return k in self.__dict__
 
     def __getitem__(self, k):
         return self.__dict__[k]
 
 
 def msg_header(msg_id, msg_type, username, session):
     date = datetime.now()
     return locals()
 
 def extract_header(msg_or_header):
     """Given a message or header, return the header."""
     if not msg_or_header:
         return {}
     try:
         # See if msg_or_header is the entire message.
         h = msg_or_header['header']
     except KeyError:
         try:
             # See if msg_or_header is just the header
             h = msg_or_header['msg_id']
         except KeyError:
             raise
         else:
             h = msg_or_header
     if not isinstance(h, dict):
         h = dict(h)
     return h
 
 class Session(Configurable):
     """Object for handling serialization and sending of messages.
 
     The Session object handles building messages and sending them
     with ZMQ sockets or ZMQStream objects.  Objects can communicate with each
     other over the network via Session objects, and only need to work with the
     dict-based IPython message spec. The Session will handle
     serialization/deserialization, security, and metadata.
 
     Sessions support configurable serialiization via packer/unpacker traits,
     and signing with HMAC digests via the key/keyfile traits.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
 
     debug : bool
         whether to trigger extra debugging statements
     packer/unpacker : str : 'json', 'pickle' or import_string
         importstrings for methods to serialize message parts.  If just
         'json' or 'pickle', predefined JSON and pickle packers will be used.
         Otherwise, the entire importstring must be used.
 
         The functions must accept at least valid JSON input, and output *bytes*.
 
         For example, to use msgpack:
         packer = 'msgpack.packb', unpacker='msgpack.unpackb'
     pack/unpack : callables
         You can also set the pack/unpack callables for serialization directly.
     session : bytes
         the ID of this Session object.  The default is to generate a new UUID.
     username : unicode
         username added to message headers.  The default is to ask the OS.
     key : bytes
         The key used to initialize an HMAC signature.  If unset, messages
         will not be signed or checked.
     keyfile : filepath
         The file containing a key.  If this is set, `key` will be initialized
         to the contents of the file.
 
     """
 
     debug=Bool(False, config=True, help="""Debug output in the Session""")
 
     packer = DottedObjectName('json',config=True,
             help="""The name of the packer for serializing messages.
             Should be one of 'json', 'pickle', or an import name
             for a custom callable serializer.""")
     def _packer_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new.lower() == 'json':
             self.pack = json_packer
             self.unpack = json_unpacker
             self.unpacker = new
         elif new.lower() == 'pickle':
             self.pack = pickle_packer
             self.unpack = pickle_unpacker
             self.unpacker = new
         else:
             self.pack = import_item(str(new))
 
     unpacker = DottedObjectName('json', config=True,
         help="""The name of the unpacker for unserializing messages.
         Only used with custom functions for `packer`.""")
     def _unpacker_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new.lower() == 'json':
             self.pack = json_packer
             self.unpack = json_unpacker
             self.packer = new
         elif new.lower() == 'pickle':
             self.pack = pickle_packer
             self.unpack = pickle_unpacker
             self.packer = new
         else:
             self.unpack = import_item(str(new))
 
     session = CUnicode(u'', config=True,
         help="""The UUID identifying this session.""")
     def _session_default(self):
         u = unicode(uuid.uuid4())
         self.bsession = u.encode('ascii')
         return u
 
     def _session_changed(self, name, old, new):
         self.bsession = self.session.encode('ascii')
 
     # bsession is the session as bytes
     bsession = CBytes(b'')
 
     username = Unicode(str_to_unicode(os.environ.get('USER', 'username')),
         help="""Username for the Session. Default is your system username.""",
         config=True)
 
     metadata = Dict({}, config=True,
         help="""Metadata dictionary, which serves as the default top-level metadata dict for each message.""")
 
     # message signature related traits:
     
     key = CBytes(b'', config=True,
         help="""execution key, for extra authentication.""")
     def _key_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
-            self.auth = hmac.HMAC(new)
+            self.auth = hmac.HMAC(new, digestmod=self.digest_mod)
         else:
             self.auth = None
     
+    signature_scheme = Unicode('hmac-sha256', config=True,
+        help="""The digest scheme used to construct the message signatures.
+        Must have the form 'hmac-HASH'.""")
+    def _signature_scheme_changed(self, name, old, new):
+        if not new.startswith('hmac-'):
+            raise TraitError("signature_scheme must start with 'hmac-', got %r" % new)
+        hash_name = new.split('-', 1)[1]
+        try:
+            self.digest_mod = getattr(hashlib, hash_name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise TraitError("hashlib has no such attribute: %s" % hash_name)
+    
+    digest_mod = Any()
+    def _digest_mod_default(self):
+        return hashlib.sha256
+    
     auth = Instance(hmac.HMAC)
     
     digest_history = Set()
     digest_history_size = Integer(2**16, config=True,
         help="""The maximum number of digests to remember.
         
         The digest history will be culled when it exceeds this value.
         """
     )
 
     keyfile = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""path to file containing execution key.""")
     def _keyfile_changed(self, name, old, new):
         with open(new, 'rb') as f:
             self.key = f.read().strip()
 
     # for protecting against sends from forks
     pid = Integer()
     
     # serialization traits:
     
     pack = Any(default_packer) # the actual packer function
     def _pack_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if not callable(new):
             raise TypeError("packer must be callable, not %s"%type(new))
 
     unpack = Any(default_unpacker) # the actual packer function
     def _unpack_changed(self, name, old, new):
         # unpacker is not checked - it is assumed to be
         if not callable(new):
             raise TypeError("unpacker must be callable, not %s"%type(new))
     
     # thresholds:
     copy_threshold = Integer(2**16, config=True,
         help="Threshold (in bytes) beyond which a buffer should be sent without copying.")
     buffer_threshold = Integer(MAX_BYTES, config=True,
         help="Threshold (in bytes) beyond which an object's buffer should be extracted to avoid pickling.")
     item_threshold = Integer(MAX_ITEMS, config=True,
         help="""The maximum number of items for a container to be introspected for custom serialization.
         Containers larger than this are pickled outright.
         """
     )
 
     
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """create a Session object
 
         Parameters
         ----------
 
         debug : bool
             whether to trigger extra debugging statements
         packer/unpacker : str : 'json', 'pickle' or import_string
             importstrings for methods to serialize message parts.  If just
             'json' or 'pickle', predefined JSON and pickle packers will be used.
             Otherwise, the entire importstring must be used.
 
             The functions must accept at least valid JSON input, and output
             *bytes*.
 
             For example, to use msgpack:
             packer = 'msgpack.packb', unpacker='msgpack.unpackb'
         pack/unpack : callables
             You can also set the pack/unpack callables for serialization
             directly.
         session : unicode (must be ascii)
             the ID of this Session object.  The default is to generate a new
             UUID.
         bsession : bytes
             The session as bytes
         username : unicode
             username added to message headers.  The default is to ask the OS.
         key : bytes
             The key used to initialize an HMAC signature.  If unset, messages
             will not be signed or checked.
+        signature_scheme : str
+            The message digest scheme. Currently must be of the form 'hmac-HASH',
+            where 'HASH' is a hashing function available in Python's hashlib.
+            The default is 'hmac-sha256'.
+            This is ignored if 'key' is empty.
         keyfile : filepath
             The file containing a key.  If this is set, `key` will be
             initialized to the contents of the file.
         """
         super(Session, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         self._check_packers()
         self.none = self.pack({})
         # ensure self._session_default() if necessary, so bsession is defined:
         self.session
         self.pid = os.getpid()
 
     @property
     def msg_id(self):
         """always return new uuid"""
         return str(uuid.uuid4())
 
     def _check_packers(self):
         """check packers for binary data and datetime support."""
         pack = self.pack
         unpack = self.unpack
 
         # check simple serialization
         msg = dict(a=[1,'hi'])
         try:
             packed = pack(msg)
         except Exception:
             raise ValueError("packer could not serialize a simple message")
 
         # ensure packed message is bytes
         if not isinstance(packed, bytes):
             raise ValueError("message packed to %r, but bytes are required"%type(packed))
 
         # check that unpack is pack's inverse
         try:
             unpacked = unpack(packed)
         except Exception:
             raise ValueError("unpacker could not handle the packer's output")
 
         # check datetime support
         msg = dict(t=datetime.now())
         try:
             unpacked = unpack(pack(msg))
         except Exception:
             self.pack = lambda o: pack(squash_dates(o))
             self.unpack = lambda s: extract_dates(unpack(s))
 
     def msg_header(self, msg_type):
         return msg_header(self.msg_id, msg_type, self.username, self.session)
 
     def msg(self, msg_type, content=None, parent=None, header=None, metadata=None):
         """Return the nested message dict.
 
         This format is different from what is sent over the wire. The
         serialize/unserialize methods converts this nested message dict to the wire
         format, which is a list of message parts.
         """
         msg = {}
         header = self.msg_header(msg_type) if header is None else header
         msg['header'] = header
         msg['msg_id'] = header['msg_id']
         msg['msg_type'] = header['msg_type']
         msg['parent_header'] = {} if parent is None else extract_header(parent)
         msg['content'] = {} if content is None else content
         msg['metadata'] = self.metadata.copy()
         if metadata is not None:
             msg['metadata'].update(metadata)
         return msg
 
     def sign(self, msg_list):
         """Sign a message with HMAC digest. If no auth, return b''.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         msg_list : list
             The [p_header,p_parent,p_content] part of the message list.
         """
         if self.auth is None:
             return b''
         h = self.auth.copy()
         for m in msg_list:
             h.update(m)
         return str_to_bytes(h.hexdigest())
 
     def serialize(self, msg, ident=None):
         """Serialize the message components to bytes.
 
         This is roughly the inverse of unserialize. The serialize/unserialize
         methods work with full message lists, whereas pack/unpack work with
         the individual message parts in the message list.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         msg : dict or Message
             The nexted message dict as returned by the self.msg method.
 
         Returns
         -------
         msg_list : list
             The list of bytes objects to be sent with the format:
             [ident1,ident2,...,DELIM,HMAC,p_header,p_parent,p_metadata,p_content,
              buffer1,buffer2,...]. In this list, the p_* entities are
             the packed or serialized versions, so if JSON is used, these
             are utf8 encoded JSON strings.
         """
         content = msg.get('content', {})
         if content is None:
             content = self.none
         elif isinstance(content, dict):
             content = self.pack(content)
         elif isinstance(content, bytes):
             # content is already packed, as in a relayed message
             pass
         elif isinstance(content, unicode):
             # should be bytes, but JSON often spits out unicode
             content = content.encode('utf8')
         else:
             raise TypeError("Content incorrect type: %s"%type(content))
 
         real_message = [self.pack(msg['header']),
                         self.pack(msg['parent_header']),
                         self.pack(msg['metadata']),
                         content,
         ]
 
         to_send = []
 
         if isinstance(ident, list):
             # accept list of idents
             to_send.extend(ident)
         elif ident is not None:
             to_send.append(ident)
         to_send.append(DELIM)
 
         signature = self.sign(real_message)
         to_send.append(signature)
 
         to_send.extend(real_message)
 
         return to_send
 
     def send(self, stream, msg_or_type, content=None, parent=None, ident=None,
              buffers=None, track=False, header=None, metadata=None):
         """Build and send a message via stream or socket.
 
         The message format used by this function internally is as follows:
 
         [ident1,ident2,...,DELIM,HMAC,p_header,p_parent,p_content,
          buffer1,buffer2,...]
 
         The serialize/unserialize methods convert the nested message dict into this
         format.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
 
         stream : zmq.Socket or ZMQStream
             The socket-like object used to send the data.
         msg_or_type : str or Message/dict
             Normally, msg_or_type will be a msg_type unless a message is being
             sent more than once. If a header is supplied, this can be set to
             None and the msg_type will be pulled from the header.
 
         content : dict or None
             The content of the message (ignored if msg_or_type is a message).
         header : dict or None
             The header dict for the message (ignored if msg_to_type is a message).
         parent : Message or dict or None
             The parent or parent header describing the parent of this message
             (ignored if msg_or_type is a message).
         ident : bytes or list of bytes
             The zmq.IDENTITY routing path.
         metadata : dict or None
             The metadata describing the message
         buffers : list or None
             The already-serialized buffers to be appended to the message.
         track : bool
             Whether to track.  Only for use with Sockets, because ZMQStream
             objects cannot track messages.
             
 
         Returns
         -------
         msg : dict
             The constructed message.
         """
         if not isinstance(stream, zmq.Socket):
             # ZMQStreams and dummy sockets do not support tracking.
             track = False
 
         if isinstance(msg_or_type, (Message, dict)):
             # We got a Message or message dict, not a msg_type so don't
             # build a new Message.
             msg = msg_or_type
         else:
             msg = self.msg(msg_or_type, content=content, parent=parent,
                            header=header, metadata=metadata)
         if not os.getpid() == self.pid:
             io.rprint("WARNING: attempted to send message from fork")
             io.rprint(msg)
             return
         buffers = [] if buffers is None else buffers
         to_send = self.serialize(msg, ident)
         to_send.extend(buffers)
         longest = max([ len(s) for s in to_send ])
         copy = (longest < self.copy_threshold)
         
         if buffers and track and not copy:
             # only really track when we are doing zero-copy buffers
             tracker = stream.send_multipart(to_send, copy=False, track=True)
         else:
             # use dummy tracker, which will be done immediately
             tracker = DONE
             stream.send_multipart(to_send, copy=copy)
 
         if self.debug:
             pprint.pprint(msg)
             pprint.pprint(to_send)
             pprint.pprint(buffers)
 
         msg['tracker'] = tracker
 
         return msg
 
     def send_raw(self, stream, msg_list, flags=0, copy=True, ident=None):
         """Send a raw message via ident path.
 
         This method is used to send a already serialized message.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         stream : ZMQStream or Socket
             The ZMQ stream or socket to use for sending the message.
         msg_list : list
             The serialized list of messages to send. This only includes the
             [p_header,p_parent,p_metadata,p_content,buffer1,buffer2,...] portion of
             the message.
         ident : ident or list
             A single ident or a list of idents to use in sending.
         """
         to_send = []
         if isinstance(ident, bytes):
             ident = [ident]
         if ident is not None:
             to_send.extend(ident)
 
         to_send.append(DELIM)
         to_send.append(self.sign(msg_list))
         to_send.extend(msg_list)
         stream.send_multipart(msg_list, flags, copy=copy)
 
     def recv(self, socket, mode=zmq.NOBLOCK, content=True, copy=True):
         """Receive and unpack a message.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         socket : ZMQStream or Socket
             The socket or stream to use in receiving.
 
         Returns
         -------
         [idents], msg
             [idents] is a list of idents and msg is a nested message dict of
             same format as self.msg returns.
         """
         if isinstance(socket, ZMQStream):
             socket = socket.socket
         try:
             msg_list = socket.recv_multipart(mode, copy=copy)
         except zmq.ZMQError as e:
             if e.errno == zmq.EAGAIN:
                 # We can convert EAGAIN to None as we know in this case
                 # recv_multipart won't return None.
                 return None,None
             else:
                 raise
         # split multipart message into identity list and message dict
         # invalid large messages can cause very expensive string comparisons
         idents, msg_list = self.feed_identities(msg_list, copy)
         try:
             return idents, self.unserialize(msg_list, content=content, copy=copy)
         except Exception as e:
             # TODO: handle it
             raise e
 
     def feed_identities(self, msg_list, copy=True):
         """Split the identities from the rest of the message.
 
         Feed until DELIM is reached, then return the prefix as idents and
         remainder as msg_list. This is easily broken by setting an IDENT to DELIM,
         but that would be silly.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         msg_list : a list of Message or bytes objects
             The message to be split.
         copy : bool
             flag determining whether the arguments are bytes or Messages
 
         Returns
         -------
         (idents, msg_list) : two lists
             idents will always be a list of bytes, each of which is a ZMQ
             identity. msg_list will be a list of bytes or zmq.Messages of the
             form [HMAC,p_header,p_parent,p_content,buffer1,buffer2,...] and
             should be unpackable/unserializable via self.unserialize at this
             point.
         """
         if copy:
             idx = msg_list.index(DELIM)
             return msg_list[:idx], msg_list[idx+1:]
         else:
             failed = True
             for idx,m in enumerate(msg_list):
                 if m.bytes == DELIM:
                     failed = False
                     break
             if failed:
                 raise ValueError("DELIM not in msg_list")
             idents, msg_list = msg_list[:idx], msg_list[idx+1:]
             return [m.bytes for m in idents], msg_list
 
     def _add_digest(self, signature):
         """add a digest to history to protect against replay attacks"""
         if self.digest_history_size == 0:
             # no history, never add digests
             return
         
         self.digest_history.add(signature)
         if len(self.digest_history) > self.digest_history_size:
             # threshold reached, cull 10%
             self._cull_digest_history()
     
     def _cull_digest_history(self):
         """cull the digest history
         
         Removes a randomly selected 10% of the digest history
         """
         current = len(self.digest_history)
         n_to_cull = max(int(current // 10), current - self.digest_history_size)
         if n_to_cull >= current:
             self.digest_history = set()
             return
         to_cull = random.sample(self.digest_history, n_to_cull)
         self.digest_history.difference_update(to_cull)
     
     def unserialize(self, msg_list, content=True, copy=True):
         """Unserialize a msg_list to a nested message dict.
 
         This is roughly the inverse of serialize. The serialize/unserialize
         methods work with full message lists, whereas pack/unpack work with
         the individual message parts in the message list.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         msg_list : list of bytes or Message objects
             The list of message parts of the form [HMAC,p_header,p_parent,
             p_metadata,p_content,buffer1,buffer2,...].
         content : bool (True)
             Whether to unpack the content dict (True), or leave it packed
             (False).
         copy : bool (True)
             Whether to return the bytes (True), or the non-copying Message
             object in each place (False).
 
         Returns
         -------
         msg : dict
             The nested message dict with top-level keys [header, parent_header,
             content, buffers].
         """
         minlen = 5
         message = {}
         if not copy:
             for i in range(minlen):
                 msg_list[i] = msg_list[i].bytes
         if self.auth is not None:
             signature = msg_list[0]
             if not signature:
                 raise ValueError("Unsigned Message")
             if signature in self.digest_history:
                 raise ValueError("Duplicate Signature: %r" % signature)
             self._add_digest(signature)
             check = self.sign(msg_list[1:5])
             if not signature == check:
                 raise ValueError("Invalid Signature: %r" % signature)
         if not len(msg_list) >= minlen:
             raise TypeError("malformed message, must have at least %i elements"%minlen)
         header = self.unpack(msg_list[1])
         message['header'] = header
         message['msg_id'] = header['msg_id']
         message['msg_type'] = header['msg_type']
         message['parent_header'] = self.unpack(msg_list[2])
         message['metadata'] = self.unpack(msg_list[3])
         if content:
             message['content'] = self.unpack(msg_list[4])
         else:
             message['content'] = msg_list[4]
 
         message['buffers'] = msg_list[5:]
         return message
 
 def test_msg2obj():
     am = dict(x=1)
     ao = Message(am)
     assert ao.x == am['x']
 
     am['y'] = dict(z=1)
     ao = Message(am)
     assert ao.y.z == am['y']['z']
 
     k1, k2 = 'y', 'z'
     assert ao[k1][k2] == am[k1][k2]
 
     am2 = dict(ao)
     assert am['x'] == am2['x']
     assert am['y']['z'] == am2['y']['z']