PoC for filtering spammy events (#2456)

Demonstration of how you might add some hooks to filter out spammy events.
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Richard van der Hoff 2017-09-19 12:20:11 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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3 changed files with 70 additions and 18 deletions

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
def check_event_for_spam(event):
"""Checks if a given event is considered "spammy" by this server.
If the server considers an event spammy, then it will be rejected if
sent by a local user. If it is sent by a user on another server, then
users
Args:
event (synapse.events.EventBase): the event to be checked
Returns:
bool: True if the event is spammy.
"""
if not hasattr(event, "content") or "body" not in event.content:
return False
# for example:
#
# if "the third flower is green" in event.content["body"]:
# return True
return False

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# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
from twisted.internet import defer
from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
from synapse.crypto.event_signing import check_event_content_hash
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
import logging
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
from synapse.crypto.event_signing import check_event_content_hash
from synapse.events import spamcheck
from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_context_over_deferred, preserve_fn
from twisted.internet import defer
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
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return self._check_sigs_and_hashes([pdu])[0]
def _check_sigs_and_hashes(self, pdus):
"""Throws a SynapseError if a PDU does not have the correct
signatures.
"""Checks that each of the received events is correctly signed by the
sending server.
Args:
pdus (list[FrozenEvent]): the events to be checked
Returns:
FrozenEvent: Either the given event or it redacted if it failed the
content hash check.
list[Deferred]: for each input event, a deferred which:
* returns the original event if the checks pass
* returns a redacted version of the event (if the signature
matched but the hash did not)
* throws a SynapseError if the signature check failed.
"""
redacted_pdus = [
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pdu.event_id, pdu.get_pdu_json()
)
return redacted
if spamcheck.check_event_for_spam(pdu):
logger.warn(
"Event contains spam, redacting %s: %s",
pdu.event_id, pdu.get_pdu_json()
)
return redacted
return pdu
def errback(failure, pdu):

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# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
from synapse.events import spamcheck
from twisted.internet import defer
from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
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token_id=requester.access_token_id,
txn_id=txn_id
)
if spamcheck.check_event_for_spam(event):
raise SynapseError(
403, "Spam is not permitted here", Codes.FORBIDDEN
)
yield self.send_nonmember_event(
requester,
event,