p2p: fix gater blocklist setup (#5511)

## Motivation

The IP blockslists were not initialized properly. This results in "portscans", when the node tries to contact other nodes outside its local network on their private IP. See #5510 for more information

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ configuration is as follows:
   Fix problem in POST proving where too many files were opened at the same time.
 * [#5494](https://github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh/pull/5494)
   Make routing discovery more configurable and less spammy by default.
+* [#5511](https://github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh/pull/5511)
+  Fix dialing peers on their private IPs, which was causing "portscan" complaints.
 
 ## Release v1.3.5
 

fetch/fetch_test.go

@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ func TestFetch_PeerDroppedWhenMessageResultsInValidationReject(t *testing.T) {
 	p2pconf := p2p.DefaultConfig()
 	p2pconf.Listen = p2p.MustParseAddresses("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0")
 	p2pconf.DataDir = t.TempDir()
+	p2pconf.IP4Blocklist = nil
 
 	// Good host
 	h, err := p2p.New(ctx, lg, p2pconf, []byte{}, []byte{})

node/adminservice_api_test.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestPeerInfoApi(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.Genesis.Accounts = nil
 	cfg.P2P.DisableNatPort = true
 	cfg.P2P.Listen = p2p.MustParseAddresses("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0")
+	cfg.P2P.IP4Blocklist = nil
 
 	cfg.API.PublicListener = "0.0.0.0:0"
 	cfg.API.PrivateServices = nil

node/bad_peer_test.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func TestPeerDisconnectForMessageResultValidationReject(t *testing.T) {
 	conf1.DataDirParent = t.TempDir()
 	conf1.FileLock = filepath.Join(conf1.DataDirParent, "LOCK")
 	conf1.P2P.Listen = p2p.MustParseAddresses("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0")
+	conf1.P2P.IP4Blocklist = nil
 	// We setup the api to listen on an OS assigned port, which avoids the second instance getting stuck when
 	conf1.API.PublicListener = "0.0.0.0:0"
 	conf1.API.PrivateListener = "0.0.0.0:0"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func TestPeerDisconnectForMessageResultValidationReject(t *testing.T) {
 	conf2.DataDirParent = t.TempDir()
 	conf2.FileLock = filepath.Join(conf2.DataDirParent, "LOCK")
 	conf2.P2P.Listen = p2p.MustParseAddresses("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0")
+	conf2.P2P.IP4Blocklist = nil
 	conf2.API.PublicListener = "0.0.0.0:0"
 	conf2.API.PrivateListener = "0.0.0.0:0"
 	app2 := NewApp(t, &conf2, l)

p2p/host.go

@@ -246,23 +246,13 @@ func New(
 		bootnodesMap[pid.ID] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
-	directMap := make(map[peer.ID]struct{})
-	direct, err := parseIntoAddr(cfg.Direct)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	for _, pid := range direct {
-		directMap[pid.ID] = struct{}{}
-	}
 	// leaves a small room for outbound connections in order to
 	// reduce risk of network isolation
-	g := &gater{
-		inbound:  int(float64(cfg.HighPeers) * cfg.InboundFraction),
-		outbound: int(float64(cfg.HighPeers) * cfg.OutboundFraction),
-		direct:   directMap,
+	g, err := newGater(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't set up connection gater: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	g.direct = directMap
 	lopts := []libp2p.Option{
 		libp2p.Identity(key),
 		libp2p.ListenAddrs(cfg.Listen...),
@@ -402,7 +392,7 @@ func New(
 		WithConfig(cfg),
 		WithLog(logger),
 		WithBootnodes(bootnodesMap),
-		WithDirectNodes(directMap),
+		WithDirectNodes(g.direct),
 	)
 	return Upgrade(h, opts...)
 }

p2p/host_test.go

@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ func TestPrologue(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg1.DataDir = t.TempDir()
 			cfg1.Listen = tc.listen
 			cfg1.EnableQUICTransport = tc.enableQUIC
+			cfg1.IP4Blocklist = nil
 			cfg2 := DefaultConfig()
 			cfg2.DataDir = t.TempDir()
 			cfg2.Listen = tc.listen
 			cfg2.EnableQUICTransport = tc.enableQUIC
+			cfg2.IP4Blocklist = nil
 			cfg3 := DefaultConfig()
 			cfg3.DataDir = t.TempDir()
 			cfg3.Listen = tc.listen
 			cfg3.EnableQUICTransport = tc.enableQUIC
+			cfg3.IP4Blocklist = nil
 
 			nc1 := []byte("red")
 			h1, err := New(context.Background(), logtest.New(t), cfg1, nc1, nc1)
@@ -74,3 +77,71 @@ func TestPrologue(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBlocklist(t *testing.T) {
+	type testcase struct {
+		desc           string
+		address        string
+		clearBlocklist bool
+		errStr         string
+	}
+
+	testcases := []testcase{
+		{
+			desc:    "local IPv4 disallowed",
+			address: "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0",
+			errStr:  "gater disallows connection to peer",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:    "local IPv6 disallowed",
+			address: "/ip6/::/tcp/0",
+			errStr:  "gater disallows connection to peer",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "local IPv4 allowed",
+			address:        "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0",
+			clearBlocklist: true,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "local IPv4 allowed",
+			address:        "/ip6/::/tcp/0",
+			clearBlocklist: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg1 := DefaultConfig()
+			cfg1.DataDir = t.TempDir()
+			cfg1.Listen = MustParseAddresses(tc.address)
+			if tc.clearBlocklist {
+				cfg1.IP4Blocklist = nil
+				cfg1.IP6Blocklist = nil
+			}
+			h1, err := New(context.Background(), logtest.New(t), cfg1, nil, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			t.Cleanup(func() { h1.Stop() })
+
+			cfg2 := DefaultConfig()
+			cfg2.DataDir = t.TempDir()
+			cfg2.Listen = MustParseAddresses(tc.address)
+			if tc.clearBlocklist {
+				cfg2.IP4Blocklist = nil
+				cfg2.IP6Blocklist = nil
+			}
+			h2, err := New(context.Background(), logtest.New(t), cfg2, nil, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			t.Cleanup(func() { h2.Stop() })
+
+			err = h1.Connect(context.Background(), peer.AddrInfo{
+				ID:    h2.ID(),
+				Addrs: h2.Addrs(),
+			})
+			if tc.errStr == "" {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.errStr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

p2p/ping_test.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func TestPing(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg1.DataDir = t.TempDir()
 			cfg1.Listen = tc.listen
 			cfg1.EnableQUICTransport = tc.enableQUIC
+			cfg1.IP4Blocklist = nil
 			nc := []byte("foobar")
 			h1, err := New(context.Background(), logtest.New(t), cfg1, nc, nc)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func TestPing(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg2.Listen = tc.listen
 			cfg2.EnableQUICTransport = tc.enableQUIC
 			cfg2.PingPeers = []string{h1.ID().String()}
+			cfg2.IP4Blocklist = nil
 			h2, err := New(context.Background(), logtest.New(t), cfg2, nc, nc)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			h2.discovery.Start()