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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "network-predicate.hpp"
+#include "common/config-file.hpp"
+#include "core/network.hpp"
+
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+
+NetworkPredicateBase::NetworkPredicateBase()
+{
+  this->clear();
+}
+
+NetworkPredicateBase::~NetworkPredicateBase() = default;
+
+void
+NetworkPredicateBase::clear()
+{
+  m_whitelist = std::set<std::string>{"*"};
+  m_blacklist.clear();
+}
+
+void
+NetworkPredicateBase::parseList(std::set<std::string>& set,
+                                const boost::property_tree::ptree& list,
+                                const std::string& section)
+{
+  set.clear();
+
+  for (const auto& item : list) {
+    if (item.first == "*") {
+      // insert wildcard
+      set.insert(item.first);
+    }
+    else {
+      if (!isRuleSupported(item.first)) {
+        NDN_THROW(ConfigFile::Error("Unrecognized rule '" + item.first +
+                                    "' in section '" + section + "'"));
+      }
+
+      auto value = item.second.get_value<std::string>();
+      if (!isRuleValid(item.first, value)) {
+        NDN_THROW(ConfigFile::Error("Malformed " + item.first + " '" + value +
+                                    "' in section '" + section + "'"));
+      }
+      set.insert(value);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void
+NetworkPredicateBase::parseList(std::set<std::string>& set,
+                                std::initializer_list<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> list)
+{
+  set.clear();
+
+  for (const auto& item : list) {
+    if (item.first == "*") {
+      // insert wildcard
+      set.insert(item.first);
+    }
+    else {
+      if (!isRuleSupported(item.first)) {
+        NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("Unrecognized rule '" + item.first + "'"));
+      }
+
+      if (!isRuleValid(item.first, item.second)) {
+        NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("Malformed " + item.first + " '" + item.second + "'"));
+      }
+      set.insert(item.second);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void
+NetworkPredicateBase::parseWhitelist(const boost::property_tree::ptree& list)
+{
+  parseList(m_whitelist, list, "whitelist");
+}
+
+void
+NetworkPredicateBase::parseBlacklist(const boost::property_tree::ptree& list)
+{
+  parseList(m_blacklist, list, "blacklist");
+}
+
+void
+NetworkPredicateBase::assign(std::initializer_list<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> whitelist,
+                             std::initializer_list<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> blacklist)
+{
+  parseList(m_whitelist, whitelist);
+  parseList(m_blacklist, blacklist);
+}
+
+bool
+NetworkInterfacePredicate::isRuleSupported(const std::string& key)
+{
+  return key == "ifname" || key == "ether" || key == "subnet";
+}
+
+bool
+NetworkInterfacePredicate::isRuleValid(const std::string& key, const std::string& value)
+{
+  if (key == "ifname") {
+    // very basic sanity check for interface names
+    return !value.empty();
+  }
+  else if (key == "ether") {
+    // validate ethernet address
+    return !ndn::ethernet::Address::fromString(value).isNull();
+  }
+  else if (key == "subnet") {
+    // example subnet: 10.0.0.0/8
+    return Network::isValidCidr(value);
+  }
+  else {
+    NDN_THROW(std::logic_error("Only supported rules are expected"));
+  }
+}
+
+bool
+IpAddressPredicate::isRuleSupported(const std::string& key)
+{
+  return key == "subnet";
+}
+
+bool
+IpAddressPredicate::isRuleValid(const std::string& key, const std::string& value)
+{
+  if (key == "subnet") {
+    // example subnet: 10.0.0.0/8
+    return Network::isValidCidr(value);
+  }
+  else {
+    NDN_THROW(std::logic_error("Only supported rules are expected"));
+  }
+}
+
+bool
+NetworkPredicateBase::operator==(const NetworkPredicateBase& other) const
+{
+  return this->m_whitelist == other.m_whitelist &&
+         this->m_blacklist == other.m_blacklist;
+}
+
+static bool
+doesMatchPattern(const std::string& ifname, const std::string& pattern)
+{
+  // use fnmatch(3) to provide unix glob-style matching for interface names
+  // fnmatch returns 0 if there is a match
+  return ::fnmatch(pattern.data(), ifname.data(), 0) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool
+doesNetifMatchRule(const ndn::net::NetworkInterface& netif, const std::string& rule)
+{
+  // if '/' is in rule, this is a subnet, check if IP in subnet
+  if (rule.find('/') != std::string::npos) {
+    Network n = boost::lexical_cast<Network>(rule);
+    for (const auto& addr : netif.getNetworkAddresses()) {
+      if (n.doesContain(addr.getIp())) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return rule == "*" ||
+         doesMatchPattern(netif.getName(), rule) ||
+         netif.getEthernetAddress().toString() == rule;
+}
+
+bool
+NetworkInterfacePredicate::operator()(const ndn::net::NetworkInterface& netif) const
+{
+  return std::any_of(m_whitelist.begin(), m_whitelist.end(), bind(&doesNetifMatchRule, std::cref(netif), _1)) &&
+         std::none_of(m_blacklist.begin(), m_blacklist.end(), bind(&doesNetifMatchRule, std::cref(netif), _1));
+}
+
+static bool
+doesAddressMatchRule(const boost::asio::ip::address& address, const std::string& rule)
+{
+  // if '/' is in rule, this is a subnet, check if IP in subnet
+  if (rule.find('/') != std::string::npos) {
+    Network n = boost::lexical_cast<Network>(rule);
+    if (n.doesContain(address)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return rule == "*";
+}
+
+bool
+IpAddressPredicate::operator()(const boost::asio::ip::address& address) const
+{
+  return std::any_of(m_whitelist.begin(), m_whitelist.end(), bind(&doesAddressMatchRule, std::cref(address), _1)) &&
+         std::none_of(m_blacklist.begin(), m_blacklist.end(), bind(&doesAddressMatchRule, std::cref(address), _1));
+}
+
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd