NUT-22: add in-band WebSocket authentication - #413
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Browsers cannot set the Blind-auth header on the WebSocket API, so a browser wallet has no way to authenticate a protected NUT-17 /v1/ws endpoint at upgrade time. Accept the BAT in-band instead: extend the NUT-17 WsRequestMethod enum with an authenticate command that carries the serialized BAT, spend it once, and authenticate the connection for its lifetime. Define the reject/timeout behavior and error codes for unauthenticated connections.
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Browsers cannot set the Blind-auth header on the WebSocket API, so a browser wallet has no way to authenticate a protected NUT-17 /v1/ws endpoint at upgrade time. Accept the BAT in-band instead: extend the NUT-17 WsRequestMethod enum with an authenticate command that carries the serialized BAT, spend it once, and authenticate the connection for its lifetime. Define the reject/timeout behavior and error codes for unauthenticated connections.