cass-npm

CaSS NPM is the CaSS Library, published and available on NPM.

Getting Started as a user of the library

We're assuming you're coming from the NPM / GitHub space. To see a developer guide, go to https://devs.cassproject.org/

• npm install --save cassproject

Getting Started as a contributor

The CaSS Library is a library, and as such can only be run self-contained against unit tests.

Dependencies

• git clone --recurse-submodules -b <branch> https://github.com/cassproject/cass-npm - Get the code.
• npm i - Install dependencies.

Tests

Running npm test requires Docker.

Release testing

• npm test - Runs unit tests in docker images against the CaSS 1.5 repositories using Node versions 12-16 and Cypress against Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Electron. Takes some time.

Development unit testing

Development unit tests presume you have a CaSS Repository running on localhost:80. You may get one by running docker run -d --name cass-test -p80:80 cassproject/cass:1.5.0

• npm automocha - Runs mocha unit tests against current Node environment. Will rerun unit tests on-save.
• npm mocha - Runs mocha unit tests.
• npm webpack:cypress - Runs unit tests in Cypress against Chrome (headless)
• npm webpack:cypressEdge - Runs unit tests in Cypress against Edge (headless)
• npm webpack:cypress:open - Runs unit tests in Cypress in development mode using webpack packaging. Will rerun unit tests on-save.
• npm browserify:cypress:open - Runs unit tests in Cypress in development mode using browserify packaging. Will rerun unit tests on-save.

Publish checklist

• npm upgrade --save Review dependencies, autocomplete version numbers to latest versions.
• Increment version number in package.json and yuidoc.json.
• Update changelog.
• npm install
• npm audit and fix any audit issues.
• npm test - Must not fail any tests.
• npm run webpack:cypressFirefoxHttps See if the firefox test case has changed.
• Document code coverage output by the previous step.
• Commit changes to GitHub.
• Tag release with semantic version from package.json, push tag.
• npm publish (must be npm logined)

Changelog

1.5.70

• Fixed issue with L2 caching of data with mismatched index/permanent records.
• Lots of updates to tests.

1.5.68

• Hardening and CI/CD testing.
• Fixed CEASN infinite loop.

1.5.66

• Fixed null pointer in L2 caching with arrays.

1.5.65

• Removed memory leak in EcCrypto when caching is off.
• Implemented multithreaded subtlecrypto decryption in Node.
• Improved L2 cache retrieval to avoid transactions and handles.
• Fixed bug with EcRepository.searchWithParams not calling eachSuccess.

1.5.63

• Prevent search from running success more than once.

1.5.62

• Fixed bug where setting a cache value to null was returning falsish.

1.5.61

• Fixed bug where EcRepository.precache was modifying array of urls passed in.

1.5.59

• Fixed bug with EcRepository.precache with CachingL2.

1.5.58

• Added L2 Caching (persists over F5 using IndexedDB)

1.5.54

• Fix bug in EcRepository.precache where a promise was not being returned.

1.5.53

• EcRepository precache no longer fails to invoke success/failure on precache with cached values.

1.5.52

• Fixed bug in EcRepository.deleteRegistered with owned objects -- ReferenceError.

1.5.51

• Fixed bug in node causing EPIPE and ENOTFOUND under heavy load.

1.5.49

• Fixed bug in precache.

1.5.48

• EcRepository.precache now returns all urls it can, regardless of whether they were fetched from the server.

1.5.47

• Fixed bug with EcRepository.get and registered data.

1.5.46

• Added addFrameworkSoft to EcFrameworkGraph -- works better with large, poor frameworks.

1.5.45

• Fixed an issue with caching registered data.
• Updated libraries

1.5.41

• Updates to CEASN Concept Scheme import
• Updated libraries
• Failing to log an error message now logs an error message.

1.5.40

• Fixed an issue found in downstream unit tests.

1.5.39

• Removed axios due to incompatibility with http2 and security findings.
• Now uses fetch for http/s traffic.
• To use fetch with http2 compatibility or on node 16, npm install undici (node's native fetch library, but with more features)
• Started investigating node 21 compatibility.

1.5.38

• Fixed issue with CTDL-ASN import.
• Use of cassproject library with Vite.js now has appropriate mitigations in place. You will need to include the following libraries
  • "buffer": "^6.0.3"
  • "stream": "npm:stream-browserify@^3.0.0"

1.5.37

• Can now search for and de-duplicate competencies on import.

1.5.35

• If --force-fips is enabled, always tries to use SHA-256 instead of crashing.

FIPS:

FIPS is supported both client-side and server-side in CaSS. Here is the relevant compatibility table.

Sources: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2023/05/29/FIPS-3-0-8/

| --> Server --> | < 1.5.35 | >= 1.5.35 with OpenSSL 3.0.8 and --force-fips | >= 1.5.35 with OpenSSL 3.0.8 and --force-fips and env REJECT_SHA1=true | | - | - | - | - | | Client/Library | | | < 1.5.35 | SHA-1 (no FIPS) | SHA-1 (Verify only) | Incompatible | < 1.5.35 and OpenSSL 3.0.8 and env FIPS=true | SHA-1 (partial FIPS) | SHA-1 (Verify only) | Incompatible | >= 1.5.35 | SHA-1 (no FIPS) | SHA-1 (Verify only*), SHA-256 (FIPS) | SHA-256 (FIPS) | >= 1.5.35 and env FIPS=true | SHA-1 (partial FIPS) | SHA-1 (Verify only*), SHA-256 (FIPS) | SHA-256 (FIPS) | >= 1.5.35 and --force-fips | Incompatible | SHA-256 (FIPS) | SHA-256 (FIPS)

To get FIPS, it is recommended to use the docker container builds.

Partial FIPS means that we are still violating FIPS by using SHA-1 hashing. All other cryptographic operations are using the FIPS module.

Verify only uses the exception that permits SHA-1 verification but not generation.

Verify only* may fall back to SHA-1 verification if SHA-256 negotiation failed, but typically will not use SHA-1.

1.5.34

• FIPS support (Does not support SHA-1)
• Default signature method is now SHA-256
• Introduced backwards compatible method of using SHA-1 signatures with servers where the feature is not detected (1.5.34 and behind).

1.5.32

• Library updates.
• Skip empty rows in Relation import.

1.5.30

• Library updates.
• Using less memory for keys in decryption cache.

1.5.28

• Library updates.

1.5.27

• CORS Origins and CORS requests are now sent with credentials to enable cross origin credentialing.
• Extra lines in CSV import are ignored.

1.5.25

• Repo init now fetches max length of posts. Multiput now uses multiple requests if the POST length is too long.

1.5.23

• Fixed issue that was preventing use of webcrypto module.

1.5.22

• Code cleanup
• Better certificate authority support by setting global.ca

1.5.20

• Added history fetch (fetches a list of results)

1.5.19

• No longer use the selectedServerProxy URL to communicate in any context.

1.5.18

• (PR #268) Updated Progression Type from ceasn to asn
• (PR #264) Ignore sample lines in CEASN import

1.5.15

• Fixed issue combining use of client side certificates with HTTP/2
• Support import of ceasn:ProgressionModel
• Ignore sample data for CEASN import.
• Skip empty lines on CSV taxonomy import.
• Introduced way to debounce EcRepository.get to prevent multiple HTTP requests for the same piece of data in a race condition environment.
• EcPerson.getByPk now fetches people by their PK more reliably.

1.5.13

• Audit logging.
• Classification and Markings remain unencrypted on objects.
• Last login time field in stored identity object.

1.5.12

• Improved window crypto detection.

1.5.11

• Login fix for folks with contacts.

1.5.10

• FIPS support on Node 18 with custom Node 18 compilation and compiled OpenSSL library.

1.5.9

• Code coverage documentation
• Login record migration

1.5.8

• Added additional webworker fallback for forge in web worker mode.
• Fixes to http2 mode
• CTDLASN CSV Import fixes.
• Static analysis fixes.

1.5.7

• Browser crypto module now detected correctly

1.5.6

• Plugin support now informed by repository

1.5.5

• Compatibility with Vite
• Directories of private frameworks are no longer encrypted.

1.5.4

• HTTP2 support.

1.5.3

• Library Version Increment
• CTDL-ASN bug fix.

1.5.2

• Library Version Increment
• CTDL-ASN bug fix.

1.5.1

• CTDL-ASN bug fix.

1.5.0

• Version increment

0.5.31

• Optimized performance of EcFrameworkGraph

0.5.30

• Optimized performance of EcFrameworkGraph
• Library Updates

0.5.28

• Bug fixes and library updates.

0.5.26

• Revised method of SSO based decryption.

0.5.23

• Securing Proxy data structures and repository.
• Negative assertion handling in graphs was corrected.

0.5.20

• Bug fixes
• No longer depends on yuidoc, as yuidoc is included as part of the documentation script.

0.5.15 to 0.5.19

• Bug fixes
• Wide variety of Unit tests on multiple versions of CaSS and in browsers
• Updated CTDLASN CSV import
• Added support for proxy servers, separating where data goes from where data belongs. repo.selectedServerProxy

0.5.8 to 0.5.15

• Bug fixes.
• Can now POST unlimited amounts of data.
• Added unit tests in node (mocha), cypress

0.5.4 to 0.5.8

• Bug fixes.
• Performance improvements. Runs ~10x faster than 4.x.x.
• Added mocha test suite. npm run mocha or npm run automocha to execute.

0.5.4 to 0.5.5

• Now testing against Node 12-16
• Fixed node async worker based cryptography.

0.5.3 to 0.5.4

• Bug fixes. Dependency updates.

0.5.2 to 0.5.3

EcIdentityManager is now instantiatable and may be passed into many library functions. Many method signatures have changed.

BREAKING:

• All static EcIdentityManager methods are now instance methods.

UPDATES:

• All functions with web interactions will optionally allow repo to be specified.
• All functions with web or decryption interactions will optionally allow eim to be specified.
• If repo is not specified, the library will employ several methods for operating on that data (in the case of get, delete). If it is specified, the library will strictly only operate on data in that repository. If that is not the case, that is now a defect.
• If eim is not specified, the library will use a default EcIdentityManager found at EcIdentityManager.default to perform any necessary operations. In an enforced multitenancy situation, we recommend setting EcIdentityManager.default to null, in order to force errors.
• If you are using eim, we strongly recommend disabling caching to prevent any tenancy leaks.

Migration Guide

1. Replace all: EcIdentityManager. -> EcIdentityManager.default.

As the new EcIdentityManager is instanceable and the static methods and properties are gone, use the default EcIdentityManager.

0.5.1 to 0.5.2

CAUTION:

• Caching has been altered. Results that are not found are now stored in the cache and used to speed up (failed) retreival of data.

4.x.x to 0.5.1

Please migrate your code in a separate branch, as you may need to wait for bug fixes and the like.

BREAKING:

• All blocking calls are now asynchronous, and the blocking calls have been removed, except for fallback EcCrypto methods.
• All callback based methods now primarily support promise / async / await methods.
• Removed all assertion processing methods except for EcFrameworkGraph.
• Removed rollup rule parsed language.
• Removed /bin/. It was a neat idea.
• Removed dependencies on most JS files in /lib/, except one to facilitate worker based asynchronous cryptography.
• All schema.org objects are now in a schema object. As an example, Thing is now schema.Thing, Person is now schema.Person. Schema.org objects have been updated to the most recent version.
• All CTDL objects are now in a ce object. As an example, CE’s version of Competency is now available under ce.Competency. CTDL objects have been updated to the most recent version.
• All objects have been moved from using a st-js shim to do class definitions to the ECMAScript 6 class object.
• Removed dependencies on antlr4, browser-or-node, pure-uuid, request, text-encoding, xmlhttprequest, and added dependencies to axios, web-worker, promise-worker.

Migration Guide

1. let out = Ec<something>.getBlocking(id) -> let out = await Ec<something>.get(id)

.getBlocking is gone. This pattern must be migrated throughout. null is the default return value if the method fails.

2. Ec<something>.<function>(<parameters>, success, failure)

This pattern will continue to function as expected. If failure is omitted, a new Error(error) will be thrown instead. The following patterns are available to augment use:

2.1 await Ec<something>.<function>(<parameters>,success,failure)

All such functions will now return a promise and function with await. If you find one that does not, that is a bug.

2.2 Ec<something>.<function>(<parameters>,success,failure) .then((output)=>console.log(output)) .catch((error)=>console.error(output))

• You may use promise chaining in conjunction with callbacks.
• The callbacks will operate first, and the promise chains will operate second.
• The callbacks are wired into the promises, so you may return something from the callbacks and they will be passed into the promises .then((something)=>{})
• The return value from success or failure will also be available as the result of an awaited promise.
• The return value from success or failure may also be a promise.
• success or failure methods may be async... that seems obvious, but you never know.

2.3 Ec<something>.<function>(<parameters>) .then( (output)=>console.log(output)) .catch((error)=>console.error(output))

You may also omit the callbacks. No callbacks are required. If failure is omitted, a new Error(error) will be thrown if an error occurs.

2.4 await Ec<something>.<function>(<parameters>) .then( (output)=>console.log(output)) .catch((error)=>console.error(output))

Await on promise based functions also work. This includes search and save and delete!

2.5 let out = await Ec<something>.<function>(<parameters>)

Anything that had a success(output) can now retreive that output using assignment.

• .search, EcEncryptedValue, EcFrameworkGraph and any other methods will either use the failure callback or, if it doesn't exist, will throw new Error(error) and need try/catch blocks or .catch((error)=>console.error(error)) to catch the errors.
• .get and Ec<RsaOaep/AesCtr>Async will return null if the operations fail, though you may use a failure method if desired, as the callbacks are still supported. These are a special case to mirror the blockable methods.

3. EcAssertion.get<encryptedField> / EcAssertion.set<encryptedField>

These methods now use awaitable promises to perform their cryptography.

4. else

If any of these patterns do not work, please ask before working around, as there are expected to be edge cases that have not yet been found.

5. Webpack configuration

If you're using the CaSS libraries with Webpack in the browser, you may need to add a rule to the Webpack configuration so that the application can understand the modern syntax used in the libraries. In the CaSS Editor application, this was accomplished by adding the following to the configureWebpack section of vue.config.js.

module: {
    rules: [
        {
            test: /\.m?js$/,
            exclude: {test: /node_modules/, // Exclude libraries in node_modules ...
                not: [
                    // Except for a few of them that needs to be transpiled because they use modern syntax
                    /cassproject/
                ]},
            use: {
                loader: 'babel-loader'
            }
        }
    ]
}

3.x to 4.x

• The cassproject library is no longer created in the eduworks/ec library, and resides entirely within the cass-npm repository.
• All functions work in an equivalent manner.
• You must combine cass-npm with a browserify type method to make it usable on the web.