New pkg/zapauth verifies a JWT presented in OpAuthHello (0x00EF)
BEFORE the X25519+ML-KEM-768 hybrid handshake. Per-peer claims are
attached by ZAP peer ID and consulted on every opcode dispatch.
Backwards compatible: defaults to auth=off so v1.13.x clients keep
working. ZAP_AUTH_REQUIRED=true rejects unauthenticated peers; the
flip happens after every KMS deploys with bearer minting (luxfi/kms
v1.9.0 pkg/iamclient).
- pkg/zapauth/{verifier,verifier_test}.go — Verifier, JWKS cache,
AuthHello frame, stdlib-only signature verification (RS/ES/EdDSA).
- pkg/api/zap_kms_server.go — KMSZapConfig, StartKMSZAPWith, per-op
checkAuth gate, OpAuthHello handler.
- pkg/api/zap_kms_server_auth_test.go — required+advisory+missing+bad
token + nil-verifier integration tests against a self-contained
ES256 JWKS endpoint.
- cmd/mpcd/main.go — wires ZAP_JWKS_URL / ZAP_EXPECTED_ISS /
ZAP_EXPECTED_AUDIENCES / ZAP_AUTH_REQUIRED env vars.
- docs/zap-auth.md, LLM.md — protocol reference + LLM map entry.
Tests: pkg/zapauth (13/13), pkg/api KMSZAP (10/10 — 5 original +
5 new auth integration), pkg/zap (existing untouched).
mpcd — MPC Daemon
mpcd is a threshold-signature daemon. It speaks ZAP wire protocol over
TLS 1.3 directly between peers — no NATS, no Consul, no PostgreSQL in the
critical path. The daemon is the same binary in every deployment shape;
the operating mode is selected entirely by flags.
Operating modes
There is exactly one start command (mpcd start) and the topology is
determined by the --peer and --threshold flags:
| Topology | Flags | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Standalone (1-of-1 self-loop) | --threshold 1 (no --peer) |
Smoke tests, dev sandbox |
| Networked t-of-n cluster | --threshold t --peer ... (n−1 peers) |
Production |
In all cases mpcd runs the consensus-embedded transport
(pkg/transport). The "consensus" here is local PoA membership over the
node's own Ed25519 identities — it is intentionally not the Lux mainnet
chain, because key shares must never leave the cluster.
Standalone (1-of-1)
mpcd start \
--node-id solo \
--listen :9999 \
--api :9800 \
--data /var/lib/mpcd \
--threshold 1
Starts mpcd with itself as the only quorum member. /healthz will report
signing_quorum: true immediately. Keygen and signing of fresh wallets
require ≥2 parties — CGGMP21 and FROST cannot produce shares with a
single party — so this mode exists only for boot-up smoke tests, e2e
harness fixtures, and verifying TLS / membership / API plumbing. For real
signing, run a multi-node cluster.
Networked (t-of-n)
# Node 0
mpcd start --node-id node0 --listen :9999 --api :9800 \
--data /data/node0 --threshold 2 \
--peer [email protected]:9999 --peer [email protected]:9999
# Node 1
mpcd start --node-id node1 --listen :9999 --api :9800 \
--data /data/node1 --threshold 2 \
--peer [email protected]:9999 --peer [email protected]:9999
# Node 2 — same pattern
The daemon expects the cluster size n = len(peers) + 1 and rejects start
when threshold > n. See pkg/transport/registry.go::HasSigningQuorum for
the quorum arithmetic.
Smoke test
go test -tags=integration ./cmd/mpcd/... -count=1 -timeout 90s
standalone_test.go builds mpcd, runs it with --threshold 1 on free
ports and a fresh data directory, polls /healthz until quorum holds,
and asserts the response shape. It does not exercise keygen — see e2e/
for that.