XHTTP transport: New options for bypassing CDN's potential detection

app/dns/nameserver_doh.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	utls "github.com/refraction-networking/utls"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/common/net/cnc"
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/common/protocol/dns"
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/common/session"
+	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/common/utils"
 	dns_feature "github.com/xtls/xray-core/features/dns"
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/features/routing"
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/transport/internet"
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ func (s *DoHNameServer) dohHTTPSContext(ctx context.Context, b []byte) ([]byte,
 
 	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/dns-message")
 	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/dns-message")
-
-	req.Header.Set("X-Padding", strings.Repeat("X", int(crypto.RandBetween(100, 1000))))
+	req.Header.Set("X-Padding", utils.H2Base62Pad(crypto.RandBetween(100, 1000)))
 
 	hc := s.httpClient
 

common/utils/padding.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"math/rand/v2"
+)
+
+var (
+	// 8 ÷ (397/62)
+	h2packCorrectionFactor = 1.2493702770780857
+	base62TotalCharsNum    = 62
+	base62Chars            = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+)
+
+// H2Base62Pad generates a base62 padding string for HTTP/2 header
+// The total len will be slightly longer than the input to match the length after h2(h3 also) header huffman encoding
+func H2Base62Pad[T int32 | int64 | int](expectedLen T) string {
+	actualLenFloat := float64(expectedLen) * h2packCorrectionFactor
+	actualLen := int(actualLenFloat)
+	result := make([]byte, actualLen)
+	for i := range actualLen {
+		result[i] = base62Chars[rand.N(base62TotalCharsNum)]
+	}
+	return string(result)
+}

infra/conf/transport_internet.go

@@ -228,6 +228,19 @@ type SplitHTTPConfig struct {
 	Mode                 string            `json:"mode"`
 	Headers              map[string]string `json:"headers"`
 	XPaddingBytes        Int32Range        `json:"xPaddingBytes"`
+	XPaddingObfsMode     bool              `json:"xPaddingObfsMode"`
+	XPaddingKey          string            `json:"xPaddingKey"`
+	XPaddingHeader       string            `json:"xPaddingHeader"`
+	XPaddingPlacement    string            `json:"xPaddingPlacement"`
+	XPaddingMethod       string            `json:"xPaddingMethod"`
+	UplinkHTTPMethod     string            `json:"uplinkHTTPMethod"`
+	SessionPlacement     string            `json:"sessionPlacement"`
+	SessionKey           string            `json:"sessionKey"`
+	SeqPlacement         string            `json:"seqPlacement"`
+	SeqKey               string            `json:"seqKey"`
+	UplinkDataPlacement  string            `json:"uplinkDataPlacement"`
+	UplinkDataKey        string            `json:"uplinkDataKey"`
+	UplinkChunkSize      uint32            `json:"uplinkChunkSize"`
 	NoGRPCHeader         bool              `json:"noGRPCHeader"`
 	NoSSEHeader          bool              `json:"noSSEHeader"`
 	ScMaxEachPostBytes   Int32Range        `json:"scMaxEachPostBytes"`
@@ -287,6 +300,107 @@ func (c *SplitHTTPConfig) Build() (proto.Message, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("xPaddingBytes cannot be disabled")
 	}
 
+	if c.XPaddingKey == "" {
+		c.XPaddingKey = "x_padding"
+	}
+
+	if c.XPaddingHeader == "" {
+		c.XPaddingHeader = "X-Padding"
+	}
+
+	switch c.XPaddingPlacement {
+	case "":
+		c.XPaddingPlacement = "queryInHeader"
+	case "cookie", "header", "query", "queryInHeader":
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported padding placement: " + c.XPaddingPlacement)
+	}
+
+	switch c.XPaddingMethod {
+	case "":
+		c.XPaddingMethod = "repeat-x"
+	case "repeat-x", "tokenish":
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported padding method: " + c.XPaddingMethod)
+	}
+
+	switch c.UplinkDataPlacement {
+	case "":
+		c.UplinkDataPlacement = "body"
+	case "cookie", "header":
+		if c.Mode != "packet-up" {
+			return nil, errors.New("UplinkDataPlacement can be " + c.UplinkDataPlacement + " only in packet-up mode")
+		}
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported uplink data placement: " + c.UplinkDataPlacement)
+	}
+
+	if c.UplinkHTTPMethod == "" {
+		c.UplinkHTTPMethod = "POST"
+	}
+	c.UplinkHTTPMethod = strings.ToUpper(c.UplinkHTTPMethod)
+
+	if c.UplinkHTTPMethod == "GET" && c.Mode != "packet-up" {
+		return nil, errors.New("uplinkHTTPMethod can be GET only in packet-up mode")
+	}
+
+	switch c.SessionPlacement {
+	case "":
+		c.SessionPlacement = "path"
+	case "cookie", "header", "query":
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported session placement: " + c.SessionPlacement)
+	}
+
+	switch c.SeqPlacement {
+	case "":
+		c.SeqPlacement = "path"
+	case "cookie", "header", "query":
+		if c.SessionPlacement == "path" {
+			return nil, errors.New("SeqPlacement must be path when SessionPlacement is path")
+		}
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported seq placement: " + c.SeqPlacement)
+	}
+
+	if c.SessionPlacement != "path" && c.SessionKey == "" {
+		switch c.SessionPlacement {
+		case "cookie", "query":
+			c.SessionKey = "x_session"
+		case "header":
+			c.SessionKey = "X-Session"
+		}
+	}
+
+	if c.SeqPlacement != "path" && c.SeqKey == "" {
+		switch c.SeqPlacement {
+		case "cookie", "query":
+			c.SeqKey = "x_seq"
+		case "header":
+			c.SeqKey = "X-Seq"
+		}
+	}
+
+	if c.UplinkDataPlacement != "body" && c.UplinkDataKey == "" {
+		switch c.UplinkDataPlacement {
+		case "cookie":
+			c.UplinkDataKey = "x_data"
+		case "header":
+			c.UplinkDataKey = "X-Data"
+		}
+	}
+
+	if c.UplinkChunkSize == 0 {
+		switch c.UplinkDataPlacement {
+		case "cookie":
+			c.UplinkChunkSize = 3 * 1024 // 3KB
+		case "header":
+			c.UplinkChunkSize = 4 * 1024 // 4KB
+		}
+	} else if c.UplinkChunkSize < 64 {
+		c.UplinkChunkSize = 64
+	}
+
 	if c.Xmux.MaxConnections.To > 0 && c.Xmux.MaxConcurrency.To > 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("maxConnections cannot be specified together with maxConcurrency")
 	}
@@ -305,6 +419,19 @@ func (c *SplitHTTPConfig) Build() (proto.Message, error) {
 		Mode:                 c.Mode,
 		Headers:              c.Headers,
 		XPaddingBytes:        newRangeConfig(c.XPaddingBytes),
+		XPaddingObfsMode:     c.XPaddingObfsMode,
+		XPaddingKey:          c.XPaddingKey,
+		XPaddingHeader:       c.XPaddingHeader,
+		XPaddingPlacement:    c.XPaddingPlacement,
+		XPaddingMethod:       c.XPaddingMethod,
+		UplinkHTTPMethod:     c.UplinkHTTPMethod,
+		SessionPlacement:     c.SessionPlacement,
+		SeqPlacement:         c.SeqPlacement,
+		SessionKey:           c.SessionKey,
+		SeqKey:               c.SeqKey,
+		UplinkDataPlacement:  c.UplinkDataPlacement,
+		UplinkDataKey:        c.UplinkDataKey,
+		UplinkChunkSize:      c.UplinkChunkSize,
 		NoGRPCHeader:         c.NoGRPCHeader,
 		NoSSEHeader:          c.NoSSEHeader,
 		ScMaxEachPostBytes:   newRangeConfig(c.ScMaxEachPostBytes),

transport/internet/splithttp/browser_client.go

@@ -19,12 +19,35 @@ func (c *BrowserDialerClient) IsClosed() bool {
 	panic("not implemented yet")
 }
 
-func (c *BrowserDialerClient) OpenStream(ctx context.Context, url string, body io.Reader, uploadOnly bool) (io.ReadCloser, net.Addr, net.Addr, error) {
+func (c *BrowserDialerClient) OpenStream(ctx context.Context, url string, _ string, body io.Reader, uploadOnly bool) (io.ReadCloser, net.Addr, net.Addr, error) {
 	if body != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("bidirectional streaming for browser dialer not implemented yet")
 	}
 
-	conn, err := browser_dialer.DialGet(url, c.transportConfig.GetRequestHeader(url))
+	header := c.transportConfig.GetRequestHeader()
+	length := int(c.transportConfig.GetNormalizedXPaddingBytes().rand())
+	config := XPaddingConfig{Length: length}
+
+	if c.transportConfig.XPaddingObfsMode {
+		config.Placement = XPaddingPlacement{
+			Placement: c.transportConfig.XPaddingPlacement,
+			Key:       c.transportConfig.XPaddingKey,
+			Header:    c.transportConfig.XPaddingHeader,
+			RawURL:    url,
+		}
+		config.Method = PaddingMethod(c.transportConfig.XPaddingMethod)
+	} else {
+		config.Placement = XPaddingPlacement{
+			Placement: PlacementQueryInHeader,
+			Key:       "x_padding",
+			Header:    "Referer",
+			RawURL:    url,
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.transportConfig.ApplyXPaddingToHeader(header, config)
+
+	conn, err := browser_dialer.DialGet(url, header)
 	dummyAddr := &net.IPAddr{}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, dummyAddr, dummyAddr, err
@@ -33,13 +56,36 @@ func (c *BrowserDialerClient) OpenStream(ctx context.Context, url string, body i
 	return websocket.NewConnection(conn, dummyAddr, nil, 0), conn.RemoteAddr(), conn.LocalAddr(), nil
 }
 
-func (c *BrowserDialerClient) PostPacket(ctx context.Context, url string, body io.Reader, contentLength int64) error {
+func (c *BrowserDialerClient) PostPacket(ctx context.Context, url string, _ string, _ string, body io.Reader, contentLength int64) error {
 	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = browser_dialer.DialPost(url, c.transportConfig.GetRequestHeader(url), bytes)
+	header := c.transportConfig.GetRequestHeader()
+	length := int(c.transportConfig.GetNormalizedXPaddingBytes().rand())
+	config := XPaddingConfig{Length: length}
+
+	if c.transportConfig.XPaddingObfsMode {
+		config.Placement = XPaddingPlacement{
+			Placement: c.transportConfig.XPaddingPlacement,
+			Key:       c.transportConfig.XPaddingKey,
+			Header:    c.transportConfig.XPaddingHeader,
+			RawURL:    url,
+		}
+		config.Method = PaddingMethod(c.transportConfig.XPaddingMethod)
+	} else {
+		config.Placement = XPaddingPlacement{
+			Placement: PlacementQueryInHeader,
+			Key:       "x_padding",
+			Header:    "Referer",
+			RawURL:    url,
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.transportConfig.ApplyXPaddingToHeader(header, config)
+
+	err = browser_dialer.DialPost(url, header, bytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}