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TL;DR

Added environment variable support with dotenvy and created an example .env file for configuration.

What changed?

  • Added .env.example file with database URL and VirusTotal API key configuration
  • Integrated dotenvy for loading environment variables from .env files
  • Added support for environment variable configuration with double underscore (__) separator
  • Optimized memory usage by boxing large key structures in MeshIdentity
  • Added once_cell for thread-safe UUID context management
  • Fixed various code issues:
    • Improved error handling for invalid log levels
    • Replaced .clone() with .to_owned() where appropriate
    • Added #[allow(unused)] annotations for code that will be implemented later
    • Fixed hex encoding in derive_hex_id
    • Removed unused methods in NodePeer

How to test?

  1. Copy .env.example to .env and customize with your configuration
  2. Verify the application loads environment variables correctly
  3. Check that the application falls back to default log level (Info) when an invalid level is provided
  4. Ensure UUID generation works correctly with the new thread-safe context

Why make this change?

This change improves the configuration management by supporting environment variables through .env files, making it easier to configure the application in different environments without modifying code. The memory optimizations for cryptographic keys and thread-safety improvements for UUID generation enhance the application's performance and reliability.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added an example environment configuration file to help users set up required environment variables.
    • Introduced a method to automatically infer the type of threat indicator from a given value.
  • Improvements

    • Enhanced environment variable loading to support overrides from a .env file.
    • Improved error handling during configuration initialization to provide better resilience to invalid settings.
    • Updated logging initialization to gracefully handle invalid log level values.
    • Standardized error handling and import usage for I/O operations.
    • Refined UUID generation for improved thread safety and concurrency.
    • Simplified data transformations and method implementations for better code clarity.
    • Streamlined server configuration to allow customizable bind address and port.
    • Optimized key management by reducing unnecessary cloning operations.
    • Simplified node initialization by internally managing identity loading or generation.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved thread safety when generating UUIDs, ensuring reliable operation in concurrent environments.
  • Removals

    • Removed certain public key and signature getter methods from the node peer interface.

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This update introduces a new example environment file, adds dependencies for environment variable management and lazy initialization, and modifies cryptographic key storage to use boxed pointers. It enhances error handling for configuration loading and logging, makes minor optimizations to key management, and removes unused methods. Several API signatures and internal implementations are updated for improved thread safety and flexibility.

Changes

File(s) Change Summary
.env.example Added example environment file with placeholders for database URL and API key.
Cargo.toml Added dotenvy and once_cell dependencies; reformatted existing dependencies.
src/api.rs Removed mesh_identity field; boxed verifying_key in MeshIdentity::Remote; added address parameter to start_server.
src/crypto/mesh_identity.rs Changed MeshIdentity variants to use boxed keys; adjusted key assignment and minor argument passing.
src/crypto/symmetric_key_manager.rs Replaced .clone() with .to_owned(); removed unnecessary clone in key rotation.
src/main.rs Removed explicit MeshIdentity handling; updated Node::new to return Result; improved log level parsing with fallback; used settings for server address and port.
src/models.rs Added public infer_type method to ThreatIndicator for type inference based on value patterns; simplified error handling imports.
src/node.rs Changed Node::new to fallible constructor loading MeshIdentity internally; simplified indicator filtering; removed get_public_key and get_signature from NodePeer.
src/settings.rs Broadened error type for Settings::new; added .env loading with override; configured environment variable parsing with separator and prefix.
src/uuid.rs Replaced constant context with mutex-protected static for thread safety; updated method signatures and formatting logic.
src/logging.rs Replaced unqualified io imports with fully qualified std::io usage; simplified error construction.

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    participant App as Application
    participant Settings as Settings Loader
    participant Env as Environment
    participant Logger as EncryptedLogger

    App->>Settings: new()
    Settings->>Env: Load .env (dotenvy)
    Env-->>Settings: Environment variables (with overrides)
    Settings-->>App: Result<Settings, Error>
    App->>Logger: Initialize with log level from settings
    Logger-->>App: Log level set (fallback to Info on error)
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    participant Node as Node
    participant Indicator as ThreatIndicator

    Node->>Indicator: infer_type(value)
    Indicator->>Indicator: Check if IP address
    Indicator->>Indicator: Match regex for URL, domain, email
    Indicator-->>Node: Return IndicatorType
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🧹 Nitpick comments (4)
src/models.rs (1)

97-122: Well-structured type inference implementation.

The infer_type method uses a good progression of checks to determine the indicator type. The code is well-organized with clear return points for each type.

However, the regex patterns are recompiled on each function call, which could be inefficient for frequent calls.

Consider using lazy static initialization for the regex patterns to compile them only once:

+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+
+static URL_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    Regex::new(r"^https?://(?:www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&/=]*)$").unwrap()
+});
+
+static DOMAIN_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    Regex::new(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$").unwrap()
+});
+
+static EMAIL_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    Regex::new(r"^\S+@\S+\.\S+$").unwrap()
+});

 #[allow(unused)] // TODO: implement in watchers
 pub fn infer_type(value: &str) -> IndicatorType {
     if let Ok(ip) = value.parse::<IpAddr>() {
         return match ip {
             IpAddr::V4(_) => IndicatorType::Ipv4Address,
             IpAddr::V6(_) => IndicatorType::Ipv6Address,
         };
     }

-    let url_re = Regex::new(r"^https?://(?:www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&/=]*)$").unwrap();
-    if url_re.is_match(value) {
+    if URL_REGEX.is_match(value) {
         return IndicatorType::Url;
     }

-    let domain_re = Regex::new(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$").unwrap();
-    if domain_re.is_match(value) {
+    if DOMAIN_REGEX.is_match(value) {
         return IndicatorType::DomainName;
     }

-    let email_re = Regex::new(r"^\S+@\S+\.\S+$").unwrap();
-    if email_re.is_match(value) {
+    if EMAIL_REGEX.is_match(value) {
         return IndicatorType::EmailAddress;
     }

     IndicatorType::Other(value.to_string())
 }
.env.example (1)

1-2: Add explanatory comments to guide users configuring .env.

Providing a short comment for each placeholder reduces the risk of newcomers accidentally using the example values verbatim and clarifies that secrets must be supplied locally.

+# Database connection string (PostgreSQL URI)
 DTIM__DEFAULT__STORAGE__DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:pass@localhost/db"
+# VirusTotal API key ‒ replace with your real key
 DTIM__DEFAULT__WATCHERS__VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY="your_api_key"
src/main.rs (1)

85-91: Parsing can be simplified and made case-insensitive.

The current implementation works, but LevelFilter::from_str is already available through str::parse, which gives you case-insensitive parsing out of the box and reads a little cleaner:

-        LevelFilter::from_str(&settings.log_level).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        settings
+            .log_level
+            .parse::<LevelFilter>()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             log::warn!(
                 "Invalid log level: {}, defaulting to Info",
                 settings.log_level
             );
             LevelFilter::Info
         }),

No functional change, but the intent becomes clearer and you avoid having to import std::str::FromStr.

src/uuid.rs (1)

81-83: Consuming self in to_raw is surprising and limits usability.

Returning the raw string shouldn’t require giving up ownership; callers often want to keep the UUID afterwards.

-    pub fn to_raw(self) -> String {
-        self.0.to_string()
+    pub fn to_raw(&self) -> String {
+        self.0.to_string()
     }

This is a non-breaking change for current call-sites that already move, but it widens the method’s applicability.

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Cargo.toml (1)

28-30: Good addition of required dependencies.

The new dependencies dotenvy and once_cell align well with the PR objectives of supporting environment variables and implementing thread-safe UUID context management.

src/crypto/symmetric_key_manager.rs (2)

33-33: Good optimization using .to_owned() instead of .clone().

Using .to_owned() is more semantically correct when creating an owned copy from a borrowed value.


42-42: Good memory optimization by moving ownership.

This change removes an unnecessary clone operation by directly moving self.current_key into previous_key, which is more efficient than creating a clone.

src/uuid.rs (1)

71-77: 🛠️ Refactor suggestion

Remove lock acquisition after dropping the Mutex.

-        let ctx = TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT.lock().unwrap();
-        let ts = uuid::Timestamp::from_unix(
-            &*ctx,
+        let ts = uuid::Timestamp::from_unix(
+            &TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT,
             timestamp.timestamp() as u64,
             timestamp.timestamp_subsec_nanos(),
         );

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src/node.rs (2)

5-5: LGTM: Import order adjustment looks fine.

The import order adjustment for PrivacyConfig is a minor change that doesn't affect functionality.


108-111: Good code simplification.

The transformation pipeline for indicators to STIX JSON objects has been simplified by consolidating .map(...).filter_map(...) into a single .filter_map(...) call. This change improves code readability and efficiency by directly filtering out None values from the to_stix conversion.

src/api.rs (2)

34-35: Appropriate use of #[allow(unused)] with documentation.

Adding the #[allow(unused)] attribute with a TODO comment is a good way to suppress compiler warnings while documenting the intention for future implementation.


85-88:

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Consistent use of boxed key type.

Changing to Box<VerifyingKey> maintains consistency with the updated MeshIdentity struct in the crypto module, which now boxes key fields for better memory management.

You may want to verify that all code using MeshIdentity::verifying_key() has been updated to handle the boxed reference correctly:


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Consistent boxed key usage verified

MeshIdentity::verifying_key() still returns a &VerifyingKey via Rust’s deref coercion, so all existing call sites remain correct. No changes are required to the following usages:

  • src/node.rs:
    MeshIdentity::derive_hex_id(&self.identity.verifying_key().to_bytes())
  • src/main.rs:
    let base64_pubkey = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(mesh_identity.verifying_key().to_bytes());
  • src/crypto/mesh_identity.rs:
    let verifying_key = signing_key.verifying_key();
src/crypto/mesh_identity.rs (4)

16-17: Memory optimization through boxing large key structures.

Boxing the cryptographic keys in the MeshIdentity enum variants is a good optimization. This change reduces the size of the enum instances by storing pointers to the keys rather than embedding the keys directly in the enum, which can improve performance when these objects are frequently copied or moved.

Also applies to: 21-21


39-40: Consistent boxing of keys in the construction path.

The implementation correctly boxes the keys when constructing the Local variant, maintaining consistency with the updated struct definition.


76-76: Minor optimization in derive_hex_id.

The change to pass hash directly to hex::encode instead of using a reference is a minor optimization that simplifies the code without altering functionality.


85-90:

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Verify method implementation with boxed fields.

The verifying_key() method needs to be reviewed to ensure it correctly dereferences the boxed keys:

If the implementation hasn't been updated, it should return &**verifying_key to dereference the Box.


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rg -n "enum MeshIdentity" -A 10 src/crypto/mesh_identity.rs

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Remove unnecessary manual dereference in verifying_key

Rust’s auto‐deref coercion lets &Box<VerifyingKey> be returned as &VerifyingKey directly, so the current implementation is already correct. You don’t need to change it to &**verifying_key—in fact, that would move the boxed key and fail to compile.

Likely an incorrect or invalid review comment.

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use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
use std::ops::Deref;
use std::str;
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::sync::Mutex;
use uuid::ContextV7;

static TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT: Lazy<Mutex<ContextV7>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(ContextV7::new()));

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🛠️ Refactor suggestion

Mutex around ContextV7 appears unnecessary and adds overhead.

ContextV7 is already thread-safe (internally uses atomics), so a Mutex only serialises access that could otherwise be lock-free. Replacing it with a plain Lazy<ContextV7> removes contention and simplifies code:

-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;

-static TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT: Lazy<Mutex<ContextV7>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(ContextV7::new()));
+static TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT: Lazy<ContextV7> = Lazy::new(ContextV7::new);

Corresponding change in new_v7_from_datetime (see next comment).

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.env.example (3)

1-4: Consider adding a usage instruction header
It may help developers if you include a top‐of‐file comment like:

# Copy this file to .env and update the values below

or a reference to the README so it’s clear how to use and populate this example file.


6-8: Clarify placeholders for sensitive values
The DATABASE_URL and VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY entries are marked as sensitive, but it would be helpful to add a brief inline note—e.g.:

# Replace with your actual PostgreSQL URL
DTIM__DEFAULT__STORAGE__DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:pass@localhost/db"
# Obtain from VirusTotal dashboard
DTIM__DEFAULT__WATCHERS__VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY="your_api_key"

This small tweak reduces confusion when developers fill in their own credentials.


8-8: Add a trailing newline
Unix‐style text files should end with a newline character. Adding one here prevents potential warnings or issues in some editors and tools.

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