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+//    OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
+//               over a single port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
+//               session authentication and key exchange,
+//               packet encryption, packet authentication, and
+//               packet compression.
+//
+//    Copyright (C) 2012-2015 OpenVPN Technologies, Inc.
+//
+//    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3
+//    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+//
+//    This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+//    along with this program in the COPYING file.
+//    If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// Get info about named pipe peer
+
+#ifndef OPENVPN_WIN_NPINFO_H
+#define OPENVPN_WIN_NPINFO_H
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <sddl.h>
+#include <aclapi.h>
+
+#include <openvpn/common/exception.hpp>
+#include <openvpn/win/winerr.hpp>
+#include <openvpn/win/scoped_handle.hpp>
+#include <openvpn/win/secattr.hpp>
+
+namespace openvpn {
+  namespace Win {
+    struct NamedPipePeerInfo
+    {
+      OPENVPN_EXCEPTION(npinfo_error);
+
+      // Servers must call this method to modify their process
+      // access rights to grant clients the
+      // PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION right, so that clients
+      // can validate the server's exe path via get_exe_path().
+      static void allow_client_query()
+      {
+	SecurityAttributes sa(
+          "D:"                         // discretionary ACL
+	  "(A;OICI;0x1000;;;S-1-1-0)"  // allow PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION access to Everyone
+	  ,
+	  false,
+	  "client query");
+
+	ACL* dacl;
+	BOOL bDaclPresent, bDaclDefaulted;
+	if (!::GetSecurityDescriptorDacl(sa.sa.lpSecurityDescriptor,
+					 &bDaclPresent,
+					 &dacl,
+					 &bDaclDefaulted))
+	  {
+	    const Win::LastError err;
+	    OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "allow_client_query: GetSecurityDescriptorDacl failed: " << err.message());
+	  }
+	if (!bDaclPresent)
+	  OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "allow_client_query: missing DACL");
+	const DWORD ssi_status = ::SetSecurityInfo(
+	    GetCurrentProcess(),
+	    SE_KERNEL_OBJECT,
+	    DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+	    NULL,
+	    NULL,
+	    dacl,
+	    NULL);
+	if (ssi_status != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+	  {
+	    const Win::Error err(ssi_status);
+	    OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "allow_client_query: SetSecurityInfo failed: " << err.message());
+	  }
+      }
+
+      // Get PID of process at other end of named pipe
+      static ULONG get_pid(const HANDLE np_handle, const bool client)
+      {
+	ULONG pid = 0;
+	if (client)
+	  {
+	    if (!::GetNamedPipeClientProcessId(np_handle, &pid))
+	      {
+		const Win::LastError err;
+		OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "GetNamedPipeClientProcessId failed: " << err.message());
+	      }
+	  }
+	else
+	  {
+	    if (!::GetNamedPipeServerProcessId(np_handle, &pid))
+	      {
+		const Win::LastError err;
+		OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "GetNamedPipeServerProcessId failed: " << err.message());
+	      }
+	  }
+	return pid;
+      }
+
+      // Get process handle given PID.
+      static Win::ScopedHANDLE get_process(const ULONG pid, const bool limited)
+      {
+	// open process
+	Win::ScopedHANDLE proc(::OpenProcess(
+	    limited ? PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION : PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS,
+	    FALSE,
+	    pid));
+	if (!proc.defined())
+	  {
+	    const Win::LastError err;
+	    OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "OpenProcess failed: " << err.message());
+	  }
+	return proc;
+      }
+
+      // Get exe path given process handle.
+      static std::wstring get_exe_path(const HANDLE proc)
+      {
+	// get exe path
+	const size_t exe_cap = 256;
+	wchar_t exe[exe_cap];
+	DWORD exe_size = exe_cap;
+	if (!::QueryFullProcessImageNameW(proc, 0, exe, &exe_size))
+	  {
+	    const Win::LastError err;
+	    OPENVPN_THROW(npinfo_error, "QueryFullProcessImageName failed: " << err.message());
+	  }
+	return std::wstring(exe, exe_size);
+      }
+    };
+
+    // Used by server to get info about clients
+    struct NamedPipePeerInfoClient : public NamedPipePeerInfo
+    {
+      NamedPipePeerInfoClient(const HANDLE handle)
+      {
+	const ULONG pid = get_pid(handle, true);
+	Win::ScopedHANDLE proc = get_process(pid, false);
+	exe_path = get_exe_path(proc());
+      }
+
+      std::wstring exe_path;
+    };
+
+    // Used by clients to get info about the server
+    struct NamedPipePeerInfoServer : public NamedPipePeerInfo
+    {
+      NamedPipePeerInfoServer(const HANDLE handle)
+      {
+	const ULONG pid = get_pid(handle, false);
+	Win::ScopedHANDLE proc = get_process(pid, true);
+	exe_path = get_exe_path(proc());
+      }
+
+      std::wstring exe_path;
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+#endif