Repository: bitcoin/bitcoin
File: src/httprpc.cpp (C++)

Code before:
                LogError("Invalid -rpccookieperms=%s; must be one of 'owner', 'group', or 'all'.", *cookie_perms_arg);
                return false;
            }
            cookie_perms = *perm_opt;
        }

        assert(strRPCUserColonPass.empty()); // Only support initializing once
        if (!GenerateAuthCookie(&strRPCUserColonPass, cookie_perms)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (strRPCUserColonPass.empty()) {
            LogInfo("RPC authentication cookie file generation is disabled.");
        } else {
            LogInfo("Using random cookie authentication.");
        }
    } else {
        LogPrintf("Config options rpcuser and rpcpassword will soon be deprecated. Locally-run instances may remove rpcuser to use cookie-based auth, or may be replaced with rpcauth. Please see share/rpcauth for rpcauth auth generation.\n");
        strRPCUserColonPass = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcuser", "") + ":" + gArgs.GetArg("-rpcpassword", "");
    }

    if (!gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth").empty()) {
        LogInfo("Using rpcauth authentication.\n");
        for (const std::string& rpcauth : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth")) {
            std::vector<std::string> fields{SplitString(rpcauth, ':')};
            const std::vector<std::string> salt_hmac{SplitString(fields.back(), '$')};
            if (fields.size() == 2 && salt_hmac.size() == 2) {
                fields.pop_back();
                fields.insert(fields.end(), salt_hmac.begin(), salt_hmac.end());
                g_rpcauth.push_back(fields);
            } else {
                LogPrintf("Invalid -rpcauth argument.\n");
                return false;
            }
        }
    }

    g_rpc_whitelist_default = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-rpcwhitelistdefault", !gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcwhitelist").empty());
    for (const std::string& strRPCWhitelist : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcwhitelist")) {
        auto pos = strRPCWhitelist.find(':');
        std::string strUser = strRPCWhitelist.substr(0, pos);
        bool intersect = g_rpc_whitelist.count(strUser);
        std::set<std::string>& whitelist = g_rpc_whitelist[strUser];
        if (pos != std::string::npos) {
            std::string strWhitelist = strRPCWhitelist.substr(pos + 1);
            std::vector<std::string> whitelist_split = SplitString(strWhitelist, ", ");
            std::set<std::string> new_whitelist{
                std::make_move_iterator(whitelist_split.begin()),
                std::make_move_iterator(whitelist_split.end())};
            if (intersect) {
                std::set<std::string> tmp_whitelist;
                std::set_intersection(new_whitelist.begin(), new_whitelist.end(),

Review comment (suggestion):
nit:
```suggestion
        std::array<unsigned char, CHMAC_SHA256::OUTPUT_SIZE> out;
```

Code after:
            LogInfo("RPC authentication cookie file generation is disabled.");
            break;
        case GenerateAuthCookieResult::OK:
            LogInfo("Using random cookie authentication.");
            break;
        }
    } else {
        LogInfo("Using rpcuser/rpcpassword authentication.");
        LogWarning("The use of rpcuser/rpcpassword is less secure, because credentials are configured in plain text. It is recommended that locally-run instances switch to cookie-based auth, or otherwise to use hashed rpcauth credentials. See share/rpcauth in the source directory for more information.");
        user = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcuser", "");
        pass = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcpassword", "");
    }

    // If there is a plaintext credential, hash it with a random salt before storage.
    if (!user.empty() || !pass.empty()) {
        // Generate a random 16 byte hex salt.
        std::array<unsigned char, 16> raw_salt;
        GetStrongRandBytes(raw_salt);
        std::string salt = HexStr(raw_salt);

        // Compute HMAC.
        std::array<unsigned char, CHMAC_SHA256::OUTPUT_SIZE> out;
        CHMAC_SHA256(UCharCast(salt.data()), salt.size()).Write(UCharCast(pass.data()), pass.size()).Finalize(out.data());
        std::string hash = HexStr(out);

        g_rpcauth.push_back({user, salt, hash});
    }

    if (!gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth").empty()) {
        LogInfo("Using rpcauth authentication.\n");
        for (const std::string& rpcauth : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth")) {
            std::vector<std::string> fields{SplitString(rpcauth, ':')};
            const std::vector<std::string> salt_hmac{SplitString(fields.back(), '$')};
            if (fields.size() == 2 && salt_hmac.size() == 2) {
                fields.pop_back();
                fields.insert(fields.end(), salt_hmac.begin(), salt_hmac.end());
                g_rpcauth.push_back(fields);
            } else {
                LogPrintf("Invalid -rpcauth argument.\n");
                return false;
            }
        }
    }

    g_rpc_whitelist_default = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-rpcwhitelistdefault", !gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcwhitelist").empty());
    for (const std::string& strRPCWhitelist : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcwhitelist")) {
        auto pos = strRPCWhitelist.find(':');
        std::string strUser = strRPCWhitelist.substr(0, pos);
        bool intersect = g_rpc_whitelist.count(strUser);
        std::set<std::string>& whitelist = g_rpc_whitelist[strUser];
        if (pos != std::string::npos) {