/* * mCaptcha - A proof of work based DoS protection system * Copyright © 2021 Aravinth Manivannan * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ //! mCaptcha is a proof of work based Denaial-of-Service attack protection system. //! This is is a server library that you can embed in your services to protect your //! servers. //! //! A commercial managed solution is in the works but I'd much rather prefer //! folks host their own instances as it will make the more decentralized and free. //! //! In mCaptcha, defense is adjusted in discrete levels that depend on the //! ammount of traffic that a service is experiencing. So users of this library are //! requested to benchmark their target machines before configuring their mCaptcha //! component. //! //! ## Terminology: //! - Difficulty(Factor): Minimum ammount of work that a client must do to make a valid //! request. //! - [Defense]: A datatype that various visitor-difficulty mappigns //! - [Visitor][crate::message::Visitor]: Smallest unit of traffic, usually a single request. The more you have, the busier //! your service is. Determines mCaptcha defense defense //! - Visitor threshold: The threshold at which [MCaptcha] will adjust defense defense //! //! ## Example: //! //! ```rust //! use m_captcha::{LevelBuilder, cache::HashCache, DefenseBuilder, message::Visitor, MCaptchaBuilder}; //! // traits from actix needs to be in scope for starting actor //! use actix::prelude::*; //! //! #[actix_rt::main] //! async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { //! // configure defense //! let defense = DefenseBuilder::default() //! // add as many defense as you see fit //! .add_level( //! LevelBuilder::default() //! // visitor_threshold is the threshold/limit at which //! // mCaptcha will adjust difficulty defense //! // it is advisable to set small values for the first //! // defense visitor_threshold and difficulty_factor //! // as this will be the work that clients will be //! // computing when there's no load //! .visitor_threshold(50) //! .difficulty_factor(500) //! .unwrap() //! .build() //! .unwrap(), //! ) //! .unwrap() //! .add_level( //! LevelBuilder::default() //! .visitor_threshold(5000) //! .difficulty_factor(50000) //! .unwrap() //! .build() //! .unwrap(), //! ) //! .unwrap() //! .build() //! .unwrap(); //! //! //let cache = HashCache::default().start(); //! //! // create and start MCaptcha actor //! let mcaptcha = MCaptchaBuilder::default() //! .defense(defense) //! // leaky bucket algorithm's emission interval //! .duration(30) //! // .cache(cache) //! .build() //! .unwrap() //! .start(); //! //! // increment count when user visits protected routes //! mcaptcha.send(Visitor).await.unwrap(); //! //! Ok(()) //! } //! ``` pub mod defense; pub mod errors; pub mod master; pub mod mcaptcha; /// message datatypes to interact with [MCaptcha] actor pub mod message { pub use crate::mcaptcha::Visitor; } /// message datatypes to interact with [MCaptcha] actor pub mod cache; pub mod pow; pub mod system; mod utils; pub use crate::cache::hashcache::HashCache; pub use defense::{Defense, DefenseBuilder, LevelBuilder}; pub use mcaptcha::{MCaptcha, MCaptchaBuilder};