nomos-specs/mixnet/node.py

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from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
from contextlib import suppress
from typing import Self, Tuple, TypeAlias
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.x25519 import (
X25519PrivateKey,
)
from pysphinx.sphinx import (
Payload,
ProcessedFinalHopPacket,
ProcessedForwardHopPacket,
SphinxPacket,
UnknownHeaderTypeError,
)
from mixnet.config import MixnetConfig, NodeAddress
from mixnet.poisson import poisson_interval_sec
PacketQueue: TypeAlias = "asyncio.Queue[Tuple[NodeAddress, SphinxPacket]]"
PacketPayloadQueue: TypeAlias = (
"asyncio.Queue[Tuple[NodeAddress, SphinxPacket | Payload]]"
)
class MixNode:
"""
A class handling incoming packets with delays
This class is defined separated with the MixNode class,
in order to define the MixNode as a simple dataclass for clarity.
"""
__config: MixnetConfig
inbound_socket: PacketQueue
outbound_socket: PacketPayloadQueue
__task: asyncio.Task # A reference just to prevent task from being garbage collected
@classmethod
async def new(
cls,
encryption_private_key: X25519PrivateKey,
config: MixnetConfig,
) -> Self:
self = cls()
self.__config = config
self.__establish_connections()
self.inbound_socket = asyncio.Queue()
self.outbound_socket = asyncio.Queue()
self.__task = asyncio.create_task(self.__run(encryption_private_key))
return self
async def __run(
self,
encryption_private_key: X25519PrivateKey,
):
"""
Read SphinxPackets from inbound socket and spawn a thread for each packet to process it.
This thread approximates a M/M/inf queue.
"""
# A set just for gathering a reference of tasks to prevent them from being garbage collected.
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.create_task
self.tasks = set()
while True:
_, packet = await self.inbound_socket.get()
task = asyncio.create_task(
self.__process_packet(
packet, encryption_private_key, self.__config.delay_rate_per_min
)
)
self.tasks.add(task)
# To discard the task from the set automatically when it is done.
task.add_done_callback(self.tasks.discard)
async def __process_packet(
self,
packet: SphinxPacket,
encryption_private_key: X25519PrivateKey,
delay_rate_per_min: int, # Poisson rate parameter: mu
):
"""
Process a single packet with a delay that follows exponential distribution,
and forward it to the next mix node or the mix destination
This thread is a single server (worker) in a M/M/inf queue that MixNodeRunner approximates.
"""
delay_sec = poisson_interval_sec(delay_rate_per_min)
await asyncio.sleep(delay_sec)
processed = packet.process(encryption_private_key)
match processed:
case ProcessedForwardHopPacket():
await self.outbound_socket.put(
(processed.next_node_address, processed.next_packet)
)
case ProcessedFinalHopPacket():
await self.outbound_socket.put(
(processed.destination_node_address, processed.payload)
)
case _:
raise UnknownHeaderTypeError
def set_config(self, config: MixnetConfig) -> None:
"""
Replace the old config with the new config received.
If topology has been changed, start establishing new network connections in background.
In real implementations, this method may be integrated in a long-running task.
Here in the spec, this method has been simplified as a setter, assuming the single-thread test environment.
"""
if self.__config.topology != config.topology:
self.__establish_connections()
self.__config = config
def __establish_connections(self) -> None:
"""
Establish network connections in advance based on the topology received.
This is just a preparation to forward subsequent packets as quickly as possible,
but this is not a strict requirement.
In real implementations, this should be a background task.
"""
pass
async def cancel(self) -> None:
self.__task.cancel()
with suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
await self.__task