chore: deprecate a setting platform-user in favour of whitelist

src/init.cpp

@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(NodeContext& node)
     argsman.AddArg("-llmq-data-recovery=<n>", strprintf("Enable automated quorum data recovery (default: %u)", llmq::DEFAULT_ENABLE_QUORUM_DATA_RECOVERY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::MASTERNODE);
     argsman.AddArg("-llmq-qvvec-sync=<quorum_name>:<mode>", strprintf("Defines from which LLMQ type the masternode should sync quorum verification vectors. Can be used multiple times with different LLMQ types. <mode>: %d (sync always from all quorums of the type defined by <quorum_name>), %d (sync from all quorums of the type defined by <quorum_name> if a member of any of the quorums)", (int32_t)llmq::QvvecSyncMode::Always, (int32_t)llmq::QvvecSyncMode::OnlyIfTypeMember), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::MASTERNODE);
     argsman.AddArg("-masternodeblsprivkey=<hex>", "Set the masternode BLS private key and enable the client to act as a masternode", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::SENSITIVE, OptionsCategory::MASTERNODE);
-    argsman.AddArg("-platform-user=<user>", "Set the username for the \"platform user\", a restricted user intended to be used by Dash Platform, to the specified username.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::MASTERNODE);
+    argsman.AddArg("-deprecated-platform-user=<user>", "Set the username for the \"platform user\", a restricted user intended to be used by Dash Platform, to the specified username.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::MASTERNODE);
 
     argsman.AddArg("-acceptnonstdtxn", strprintf("Relay and mine \"non-standard\" transactions (%sdefault: %u)", "testnet/regtest only; ", !testnetChainParams->RequireStandard()), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-dustrelayfee=<amt>", strprintf("Fee rate (in %s/kB) used to define dust, the value of an output such that it will cost more than its value in fees at this fee rate to spend it. (default: %s)", CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(DUST_RELAY_TX_FEE)), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);

src/rpc/server.cpp

@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static bool ExecuteCommand(const CRPCCommand& command, const JSONRPCRequest& req
 {
     const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
     // Before executing the RPC Command, filter commands from platform rpc user
-    if (node.mn_activeman && request.authUser == gArgs.GetArg("-platform-user", defaultPlatformUser)) {
+    if (node.mn_activeman && request.authUser == gArgs.GetArg("-deprecated-platform-user", defaultPlatformUser)) {
         // replace this with structured binding in c++20
         std::string command_name = command.name;
         const auto& it = mapPlatformRestrictions.equal_range(command_name);

test/functional/rpc_platform_filter.py → test/functional/rpc_deprecated_platform_filter.py

@@ -114,24 +114,5 @@ def test_command(method, params, auth, expected_status, should_not_match=False):
         test_command("debug", ["1"], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
 
 
-        self.log.info("Restart node with -rpcexternaluser")
-        self.restart_node(0, extra_args=["-rpcexternaluser=platform-user"])
-
-        external_log_str = "HTTP: Calling handler for external user"
-        expected_log_str = "ThreadRPCServer method="
-        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[expected_log_str, external_log_str]):
-            test_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
-        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[expected_log_str], unexpected_msgs = [external_log_str]):
-            test_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
-
-        self.log.info("Restart node with multiple external users")
-        self.restart_node(0, extra_args=["-rpcexternaluser=platform-user,operator"])
-        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[expected_log_str, external_log_str]):
-            test_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
-        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[expected_log_str, external_log_str]):
-            test_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
-
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     HTTPBasicsTest().main()

test/functional/rpc_external_queue.py

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2024 The Dash Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Test that commands submitted by the platform user are filtered."""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import str_to_b64str, assert_equal
+
+import http.client
+import json
+import os
+import urllib.parse
+
+
+class HTTPBasicsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+        self.supports_cli = False
+
+    def setup_nodes(self):
+        self.add_nodes(self.num_nodes)
+        self.start_nodes()
+
+    def setup_chain(self):
+        super().setup_chain()
+        # Append rpcauth to dash.conf before initialization
+        rpcauthplatform = "rpcauth=platform-user:dd88fd676186f48553775d6fb5a2d344$bc1f7898698ead19c6ec7ff47055622dd7101478f1ff6444103d3dc03cd77c13"
+        # rpcuser : platform-user
+        # rpcpassword : password123
+        rpcauthoperator = "rpcauth=operator:e9b45dd0b61a7be72155535435365a3a$8fb7470bc6f74d8ceaf9a23f49b06127723bd563b3ed5d9cea776ef01803d191"
+        # rpcuser : operator
+        # rpcpassword : otherpassword
+
+        masternodeblskey="masternodeblsprivkey=58af6e39bb4d86b22bda1a02b134c2f5b71caffa1377540b02f7f1ad122f59e0"
+
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir+"/node0", "dash.conf"), 'a', encoding='utf8') as f:
+            f.write(masternodeblskey+"\n")
+            f.write(rpcauthplatform+"\n")
+            f.write(rpcauthoperator+"\n")
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        url = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
+
+        def send_command(method, params, auth, expected_status, should_not_match=False):
+            conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+            conn.connect()
+            body = {"method": method}
+            if len(params):
+                body["params"] = params
+            conn.request('POST', '/', json.dumps(body), {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(auth)})
+            resp = conn.getresponse()
+            if should_not_match:
+                assert resp.status != expected_status
+            else:
+                assert_equal(resp.status, expected_status)
+            conn.close()
+
+        rpcuser_authpair_platform = "platform-user:password123"
+        rpcuser_authpair_operator = "operator:otherpassword"
+        rpcuser_authpair_wrong = "platform-user:rpcpasswordwrong"
+
+        external_log_str = "HTTP: Calling handler for external user"
+        always_expected_log_str = "ThreadRPCServer method="
+
+        self.log.info('Try using a incorrect password for platform-user...')
+        send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_wrong, 401)
+
+        self.log.info("Check that there's no external queue by default")
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[always_expected_log_str], unexpected_msgs = [external_log_str]):
+            send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[always_expected_log_str], unexpected_msgs = [external_log_str]):
+            send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
+
+        self.log.info("Restart node with -rpcexternaluser")
+        self.restart_node(0, extra_args=["-rpcexternaluser=platform-user"])
+
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[always_expected_log_str, external_log_str]):
+            send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[always_expected_log_str], unexpected_msgs = [external_log_str]):
+            send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
+
+        self.log.info("Restart node with multiple external users")
+        self.restart_node(0, extra_args=["-rpcexternaluser=platform-user,operator"])
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[always_expected_log_str, external_log_str]):
+            send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=[always_expected_log_str, external_log_str]):
+            send_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    HTTPBasicsTest().main()

test/functional/test_runner.py

@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@
     'wallet_send.py --descriptors',
     'wallet_create_tx.py --descriptors',
     'p2p_fingerprint.py',
-    'rpc_platform_filter.py',
+    'rpc_deprecated_platform_filter.py',
+    'rpc_external_queue.py',
     'rpc_wipewallettxes.py',
     'feature_dip0020_activation.py',
     'feature_uacomment.py',