fix(0005d): require TLS on a public bind (close N4 plaintext control plane)

The H2 guard refused "public bind without enforce" and "TLS flags without
enforce", but it still ALLOWED a public bind with enforce and no --tls-cert: the
control plane then served metadata (subjects, pubkeys, sealed keys, the social
graph) over plaintext HTTP publicly, so audit H5 reappeared as the N4 gap (TLS
was a capability, not a requirement; report 0006).

Fix: validateBootConfig now also refuses a non-loopback --bind unless both
--tls-cert and --tls-key are set. Public deployments must serve HTTPS; loopback
dev is unaffected (no TLS still allowed there).

Verification (cmd/membershipd/config_test.go):
- TestGap_PublicEnforceNoTLS: validateBootConfig("0.0.0.0", enforce, "", "")
  now returns an error mentioning --tls-cert (golden public+enforce+TLS allowed;
  edge loopback-without-TLS still allowed).
- TestBootConfigPolicy table updated: public+enforce+notls / +certonly / +keyonly
  and lan-ip+enforce+notls are now refused; public+enforce+tls and
  loopback+enforce+tls allowed.
- CGO_ENABLED=0 go build ./... && go vet ./... && go test -count=1 ./...  green.

Refs: report 0006 N4, issue 0005d.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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parent db8618ddc3
commit d01da9d396
2 changed files with 43 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ func isLoopbackBind(bind string) bool {
// configuration that would expose the bus without enforced authentication:
//
// - a non-loopback --bind without --bus-auth enforce (the data plane and
// control plane would both accept anyone), and
// control plane would both accept anyone),
// - --tls-cert/--tls-key without --bus-auth enforce (TLS encrypts the channel
// but authenticates no one — encrypted access for everybody is still open).
// but authenticates no one — encrypted access for everybody is still open), and
// - a non-loopback --bind WITHOUT --tls-cert/--tls-key (the control plane would
// serve metadata over plaintext HTTP publicly — audit H5 reappearing, the N4
// gap the re-audit found: TLS was available but not mandatory).
//
// It is a pure function of the parsed flags so the command can fail fast at
// startup and tests can assert the policy without booting a server.
@@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ func validateBootConfig(bind string, mode membership.AuthMode, tlsCert, tlsKey s
"refusing to start: --tls-cert/--tls-key set but --bus-auth is %q; TLS without enforced auth is fail-open (encrypted channel, no authentication) — set --bus-auth enforce",
mode)
}
if !isLoopbackBind(bind) && (tlsCert == "" || tlsKey == "") {
return fmt.Errorf(
"refusing to start: --bind %q is not loopback but --tls-cert/--tls-key are not both set; a public control plane must serve HTTPS or its metadata (subjects, pubkeys, sealed keys, the social graph) travels in cleartext to a network MITM (audit H5/N4) — provide a CA-signed --tls-cert/--tls-key, or bind 127.0.0.1 for local dev",
bind)
}
return nil
}