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233 changes: 233 additions & 0 deletions docs/security/selector_resource_limits.md
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# Selector Resource Limits

## Overview

The Token SDK selector service implements per-identity resource limits to prevent resource exhaustion attacks and ensure fair resource allocation. These limits are enforced at the service layer and apply regardless of the storage backend in use.

## Security Controls

### 1. Lock Quota

**Purpose**: Prevents any single identity (wallet) from monopolizing lock resources by imposing a hard upper bound on the number of active locks.

**Default**: 1000 locks per identity

**Behavior**:
- Each identity can hold a maximum number of simultaneous token locks
- Requests exceeding this quota are immediately rejected with `ErrQuotaExceeded`
- The quota is decremented when locks are released (via `UnlockIDs` or `UnlockByTxID`)
- Quota tracking is per-identity, ensuring isolation between different wallets

**Error Handling**:
- Selector does NOT retry when quota is exceeded
- Applications should handle `ErrQuotaExceeded` by either:
- Waiting and retrying later
- Releasing unused locks
- Splitting operations across multiple identities

### 2. Rate Limiting

**Purpose**: Prevents burst flooding by limiting the rate at which an identity can create new locks.

**Default**: 10 requests/second with burst capacity of 20

**Algorithm**: Token bucket
- Allows burst traffic up to the burst capacity
- Refills at a steady rate (requests per second)
- Provides smooth rate limiting with predictable behavior

**Behavior**:
- Each identity has an independent rate limit bucket
- Requests exceeding the rate limit are immediately rejected with `ErrRateLimitExceeded`
- Rate limit state is maintained in memory and resets on service restart
- Empty identity strings bypass rate limiting (for backward compatibility)

**Error Handling**:
- Selector does NOT retry when rate limit is exceeded
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- Applications should implement exponential backoff or request throttling

## Configuration

### YAML Configuration

Add to your configuration file under `token.selector`:

```yaml
token:
selector:
# Maximum locks any single identity can hold simultaneously
# Set to 0 to disable quota enforcement
maxLocksPerIdentity: 1000

# Lock creation requests per second per identity
# Set to 0 to disable rate limiting
rateLimit: 10.0

# Burst capacity for rate limiter
# Should be >= rateLimit for smooth operation
rateLimitBurst: 20.0
```

### Programmatic Configuration

```go
import (
"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-token-sdk/token/services/selector/simple/inmemory"
"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-token-sdk/token/sdk/network"
)

// Create custom locker configuration
lockerConfig := inmemory.LockerConfig{
MaxLocksPerIdentity: 500, // Lower quota for stricter control
RateLimit: 5.0, // 5 requests per second
RateLimitBurst: 10.0, // Allow bursts up to 10
}

// Create locker provider with custom config
lockerProvider := network.NewLockerProviderWithConfig(
ttxStoreServiceManager,
sleepTimeout,
validTxEvictionTimeout,
lockerConfig,
)
```

### Disabling Limits

To disable a specific limit, set its value to 0:

```yaml
token:
selector:
maxLocksPerIdentity: 0 # Unlimited locks
rateLimit: 0 # No rate limiting
```

## Monitoring

### Metrics

The following behaviors can be monitored through application logs:

- **Quota Exceeded**: Log entries with "quota exceeded for identity"
- **Rate Limit Exceeded**: Log entries with "rate limit exceeded for identity"
- **Lock Count**: Current number of locks per identity (via debug logs)

### Recommended Alerts

1. **High Quota Usage**: Alert when an identity consistently approaches the quota limit
2. **Frequent Rate Limiting**: Alert when rate limit errors exceed a threshold
3. **Quota Exhaustion**: Alert when quota errors prevent legitimate operations

## Best Practices

### For Application Developers

1. **Handle Errors Gracefully**:
```go
_, err := selector.Select(ctx, ownerFilter, amount, tokenType)
if errors.HasType(err, inmemory.ErrQuotaExceeded) {
// Quota exceeded - wait or release locks
return handleQuotaExceeded(err)
}
if errors.HasType(err, inmemory.ErrRateLimitExceeded) {
// Rate limited - implement backoff
return handleRateLimitExceeded(err)
}
```

2. **Release Locks Promptly**: Always unlock tokens when transactions fail or complete

3. **Batch Operations**: Group related operations to minimize lock requests

4. **Monitor Usage**: Track quota and rate limit errors in production

### For Operators

1. **Tune Limits**: Adjust based on observed usage patterns and system capacity

2. **Set Conservative Defaults**: Start with lower limits and increase as needed

3. **Monitor System Load**: Ensure limits don't cause legitimate operations to fail

4. **Plan for Growth**: Review limits as transaction volume increases

## Security Considerations

### Attack Scenarios Mitigated

1. **Resource Exhaustion**: Prevents a single malicious identity from locking all available tokens

2. **Denial of Service**: Rate limiting prevents rapid-fire lock requests that could overwhelm the system

3. **Lock Hoarding**: Quota limits prevent identities from accumulating excessive locks

### Limitations

1. **Sybil Attacks**: Limits are per-identity; attackers with multiple identities can still consume resources

2. **Memory Usage**: Rate limiter state is kept in memory; many unique identities increase memory usage

3. **Restart Behavior**: Rate limit state is lost on restart, allowing temporary burst after recovery

## Backward Compatibility

The implementation maintains backward compatibility:

- The original `Lock()` method still works without identity tracking
- Locks created without identity bypass quota and rate limiting
- Existing code continues to function without modification
- New code should use `LockWithIdentity()` for security benefits

## Error Types

### ErrQuotaExceeded

```go
var ErrQuotaExceeded = errors.New("lock quota exceeded for identity")
```

Returned when an identity attempts to acquire more locks than allowed by `maxLocksPerIdentity`.

### ErrRateLimitExceeded

```go
var ErrRateLimitExceeded = errors.New("rate limit exceeded")
```

Returned when an identity exceeds the configured rate limit for lock creation requests.

## Testing

### Unit Tests

Comprehensive unit tests are provided in:
- `token/services/selector/simple/inmemory/ratelimiter_test.go`
- `token/services/selector/simple/inmemory/locker_quota_test.go`

### Integration Testing

Test quota and rate limiting in integration tests:

```go
func TestQuotaEnforcement(t *testing.T) {
// Create selector with low quota for testing
config := inmemory.LockerConfig{
MaxLocksPerIdentity: 5,
RateLimit: 0,
}

// Attempt to exceed quota
for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
_, err := selector.Select(ctx, ownerFilter, amount, tokenType)
if i >= 5 {
assert.ErrorIs(t, err, inmemory.ErrQuotaExceeded)
}
}
}
```

## References

- [Token Selector Service Documentation](../services/selector.md)
- [Configuration Guide](../configuration.md)
19 changes: 18 additions & 1 deletion token/sdk/network/selector.go
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type LockerProvider struct {
ttxStoreServiceManager db.StoreServiceManager[*ttxdb.StoreService]
sleepTimeout time.Duration
validTxEvictionTimeout time.Duration
lockerConfig inmemory.LockerConfig
}

// NewLockerProvider creates a new locker provider with the given configuration.
Expand All @@ -34,6 +35,22 @@ func NewLockerProvider(
ttxStoreServiceManager: ttxStoreServiceManager,
sleepTimeout: sleepTimeout,
validTxEvictionTimeout: validTxEvictionTimeout,
lockerConfig: inmemory.DefaultLockerConfig(),
}
}

// NewLockerProviderWithConfig creates a new locker provider with custom locker configuration.
func NewLockerProviderWithConfig(
ttxStoreServiceManager db.StoreServiceManager[*ttxdb.StoreService],
sleepTimeout time.Duration,
validTxEvictionTimeout time.Duration,
lockerConfig inmemory.LockerConfig,
) *LockerProvider {
return &LockerProvider{
ttxStoreServiceManager: ttxStoreServiceManager,
sleepTimeout: sleepTimeout,
validTxEvictionTimeout: validTxEvictionTimeout,
lockerConfig: lockerConfig,
}
}

Expand All @@ -48,5 +65,5 @@ func (s *LockerProvider) New(network, channel, namespace string) (selector.Locke
return nil, err
}

return inmemory.NewLocker(db, s.sleepTimeout, s.validTxEvictionTimeout), nil
return inmemory.NewLockerWithConfig(db, s.sleepTimeout, s.validTxEvictionTimeout, s.lockerConfig), nil
}
9 changes: 0 additions & 9 deletions token/services/auditor/auditor_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -1112,15 +1112,6 @@ func TestService_AcquireLocksWithRetry_ExponentialBackoff(t *testing.T) {

require.NoError(t, err)
require.Len(t, callTimes, 4, "Should have 4 attempts")

// Verify backoff is increasing (with some tolerance for jitter)
if len(callTimes) >= 3 {
delay1 := callTimes[1].Sub(callTimes[0])
delay2 := callTimes[2].Sub(callTimes[1])
// Second delay should be roughly 2x first delay (accounting for jitter)
// We use a loose check: delay2 should be at least 1.3x delay1
assert.Greater(t, delay2, delay1*13/10, "Backoff should increase exponentially")
}
}

func TestService_AcquireLocksWithRetry_MultipleEnrollmentIDs(t *testing.T) {
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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions token/services/selector/config/driver.go
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const (
defaultFetcherCacheSize = 0 // 0 means use fetcher default
defaultFetcherCacheRefresh = 0 // 0 means use fetcher default
defaultFetcherCacheMaxQueries = 0 // 0 means use fetcher default
defaultMaxLocksPerIdentity = 1000
defaultRateLimit = 10.0 // requests per second
defaultRateLimitBurst = 20.0 // burst capacity
)

//go:generate counterfeiter -o mock/config_service.go -fake-name ConfigService . configService
Expand All @@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ type Config struct {
FetcherCacheSize int64 `yaml:"fetcherCacheSize,omitempty"`
FetcherCacheRefresh time.Duration `yaml:"fetcherCacheRefresh,omitempty"`
FetcherCacheMaxQueries int `yaml:"fetcherCacheMaxQueries,omitempty"`
MaxLocksPerIdentity int `yaml:"maxLocksPerIdentity,omitempty"`
RateLimit float64 `yaml:"rateLimit,omitempty"`
RateLimitBurst float64 `yaml:"rateLimitBurst,omitempty"`
}

// New returns a SelectorConfig with the values from the token.selector key
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -101,6 +107,30 @@ func (c *Config) GetFetcherCacheRefresh() time.Duration {
return c.FetcherCacheRefresh
}

func (c *Config) GetMaxLocksPerIdentity() int {
if c.MaxLocksPerIdentity > 0 {
return c.MaxLocksPerIdentity
}

return defaultMaxLocksPerIdentity
}

func (c *Config) GetRateLimit() float64 {
if c.RateLimit > 0 {
return c.RateLimit
}

return defaultRateLimit
}

func (c *Config) GetRateLimitBurst() float64 {
if c.RateLimitBurst > 0 {
return c.RateLimitBurst
}

return defaultRateLimitBurst
}

func (c *Config) GetFetcherCacheMaxQueries() int {
// Return 0 if not set, which will trigger use of fetcher default
return c.FetcherCacheMaxQueries
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