cmd/{derp,derpprobe},prober,derp: add mesh support to derpprobe (#15414)

Add mesh key support to derpprobe for
probing derpers with verify set to true.

Move MeshKey checking to central point for code reuse.

Fix a bad error fmt msg.

Fixes tailscale/corp#27294
Fixes tailscale/corp#25756

Signed-off-by: Mike O'Driscoll <mikeo@tailscale.com>

cmd/derper/derper.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var (
 	runDERP     = flag.Bool("derp", true, "whether to run a DERP server. The only reason to set this false is if you're decommissioning a server but want to keep its bootstrap DNS functionality still running.")
 	flagHome    = flag.String("home", "", "what to serve at the root path. It may be left empty (the default, for a default homepage), \"blank\" for a blank page, or a URL to redirect to")
 
-	meshPSKFile     = flag.String("mesh-psk-file", defaultMeshPSKFile(), "if non-empty, path to file containing the mesh pre-shared key file. It should contain some hex string; whitespace is trimmed.")
+	meshPSKFile     = flag.String("mesh-psk-file", defaultMeshPSKFile(), "if non-empty, path to file containing the mesh pre-shared key file. It must be 64 lowercase hexadecimal characters; whitespace is trimmed.")
 	meshWith        = flag.String("mesh-with", "", "optional comma-separated list of hostnames to mesh with; the server's own hostname can be in the list. If an entry contains a slash, the second part names a hostname to be used when dialing the target.")
 	secretsURL      = flag.String("secrets-url", "", "SETEC server URL for secrets retrieval of mesh key")
 	secretPrefix    = flag.String("secrets-path-prefix", "prod/derp", "setec path prefix for \""+setecMeshKeyName+"\" secret for DERP mesh key")

cmd/derpprobe/derpprobe.go

@@ -5,23 +5,36 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/tailscale/setec/client/setec"
 	"tailscale.com/prober"
 	"tailscale.com/tsweb"
+	"tailscale.com/types/key"
 	"tailscale.com/version"
 
 	// Support for prometheus varz in tsweb
 	_ "tailscale.com/tsweb/promvarz"
 )
 
+const meshKeyEnvVar = "TAILSCALE_DERPER_MESH_KEY"
+const setecMeshKeyName = "meshkey"
+
+func defaultSetecCacheDir() string {
+	return filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".cache", "derper-secrets")
+}
+
 var (
+	dev                = flag.Bool("dev", false, "run in localhost development mode")
 	derpMapURL         = flag.String("derp-map", "https://login.tailscale.com/derpmap/default", "URL to DERP map (https:// or file://) or 'local' to use the local tailscaled's DERP map")
 	versionFlag        = flag.Bool("version", false, "print version and exit")
 	listen             = flag.String("listen", ":8030", "HTTP listen address")
@@ -37,6 +50,10 @@ var (
 	qdPacketsPerSecond = flag.Int("qd-packets-per-second", 0, "if greater than 0, queuing delay will be measured continuously using 260 byte packets (approximate size of a CallMeMaybe packet) sent at this rate per second")
 	qdPacketTimeout    = flag.Duration("qd-packet-timeout", 5*time.Second, "queuing delay packets arriving after this period of time from being sent are treated like dropped packets and don't count toward queuing delay timings")
 	regionCodeOrID     = flag.String("region-code", "", "probe only this region (e.g. 'lax' or '17'); if left blank, all regions will be probed")
+	meshPSKFile        = flag.String("mesh-psk-file", "", "if non-empty, path to file containing the mesh pre-shared key file. It must be 64 lowercase hexadecimal characters; whitespace is trimmed.")
+	secretsURL         = flag.String("secrets-url", "", "SETEC server URL for secrets retrieval of mesh key")
+	secretPrefix       = flag.String("secrets-path-prefix", "prod/derp", fmt.Sprintf("setec path prefix for \"%s\" secret for DERP mesh key", setecMeshKeyName))
+	secretsCacheDir    = flag.String("secrets-cache-dir", defaultSetecCacheDir(), "directory to cache setec secrets in (required if --secrets-url is set)")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -47,11 +64,16 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	p := prober.New().WithSpread(*spread).WithOnce(*probeOnce).WithMetricNamespace("derpprobe")
+	meshKey, err := getMeshKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to get mesh key: %v", err)
+	}
 	opts := []prober.DERPOpt{
 		prober.WithMeshProbing(*meshInterval),
 		prober.WithSTUNProbing(*stunInterval),
 		prober.WithTLSProbing(*tlsInterval),
 		prober.WithQueuingDelayProbing(*qdPacketsPerSecond, *qdPacketTimeout),
+		prober.WithMeshKey(meshKey),
 	}
 	if *bwInterval > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, prober.WithBandwidthProbing(*bwInterval, *bwSize, *bwTUNIPv4Address))
@@ -99,6 +121,53 @@ func main() {
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(*listen, mux))
 }
 
+func getMeshKey() (key.DERPMesh, error) {
+	var meshKey string
+
+	if *dev {
+		meshKey = os.Getenv(meshKeyEnvVar)
+		if meshKey == "" {
+			log.Printf("No mesh key specified for dev via %s\n", meshKeyEnvVar)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("Set mesh key from %s\n", meshKeyEnvVar)
+		}
+	} else if *secretsURL != "" {
+		meshKeySecret := path.Join(*secretPrefix, setecMeshKeyName)
+		fc, err := setec.NewFileCache(*secretsCacheDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("NewFileCache: %v", err)
+		}
+		log.Printf("Setting up setec store from %q", *secretsURL)
+		st, err := setec.NewStore(context.Background(),
+			setec.StoreConfig{
+				Client: setec.Client{Server: *secretsURL},
+				Secrets: []string{
+					meshKeySecret,
+				},
+				Cache: fc,
+			})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("NewStore: %v", err)
+		}
+		meshKey = st.Secret(meshKeySecret).GetString()
+		log.Println("Got mesh key from setec store")
+		st.Close()
+	} else if *meshPSKFile != "" {
+		b, err := setec.StaticFile(*meshPSKFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("StaticFile failed to get key: %v", err)
+		}
+		log.Println("Got mesh key from static file")
+		meshKey = b.GetString()
+	}
+	if meshKey == "" {
+		log.Printf("No mesh key found, mesh key is empty")
+		return key.DERPMesh{}, nil
+	}
+
+	return key.ParseDERPMesh(meshKey)
+}
+
 type overallStatus struct {
 	good, bad []string
 }

cmd/tsidp/depaware.txt

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/tsidp dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawar
         tailscale.com/envknob/featureknob                            from tailscale.com/client/web+
         tailscale.com/feature                                        from tailscale.com/ipn/ipnext+
         tailscale.com/health                                         from tailscale.com/control/controlclient+
-        tailscale.com/health/healthmsg                               from tailscale.com/ipn/ipnlocal
+        tailscale.com/health/healthmsg                               from tailscale.com/ipn/ipnlocal+
         tailscale.com/hostinfo                                       from tailscale.com/client/web+
         tailscale.com/internal/noiseconn                             from tailscale.com/control/controlclient
         tailscale.com/ipn                                            from tailscale.com/client/local+

derp/derp_client.go

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ type clientInfo struct {
 	// trusted clients.  It's required to subscribe to the
 	// connection list & forward packets. It's empty for regular
 	// users.
-	MeshKey string `json:"meshKey,omitempty"`
+	MeshKey key.DERPMesh `json:"meshKey,omitempty,omitzero"`
 
 	// Version is the DERP protocol version that the client was built with.
 	// See the ProtocolVersion const.
@@ -179,10 +179,21 @@ type clientInfo struct {
 	IsProber bool `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
+// Equal reports if two clientInfo values are equal.
+func (c *clientInfo) Equal(other *clientInfo) bool {
+	if c == nil || other == nil {
+		return c == other
+	}
+	if c.Version != other.Version || c.CanAckPings != other.CanAckPings || c.IsProber != other.IsProber {
+		return false
+	}
+	return c.MeshKey.Equal(other.MeshKey)
+}
+
 func (c *Client) sendClientKey() error {
 	msg, err := json.Marshal(clientInfo{
 		Version:     ProtocolVersion,
-		MeshKey:     c.meshKey.String(),
+		MeshKey:     c.meshKey,
 		CanAckPings: c.canAckPings,
 		IsProber:    c.isProber,
 	})

derp/derp_server.go

@@ -1364,14 +1364,11 @@ func (s *Server) isMeshPeer(info *clientInfo) bool {
 	// Since mesh keys are a fixed length, we don’t need to be concerned
 	// about timing attacks on client mesh keys that are the wrong length.
 	// See https://github.com/tailscale/corp/issues/28720
-	if info == nil || info.MeshKey == "" {
+	if info == nil || info.MeshKey.IsZero() {
 		return false
 	}
-	k, err := key.ParseDERPMesh(info.MeshKey)
+
-	if err != nil {
+	return s.meshKey.Equal(info.MeshKey)
-		return false
-	}
-	return s.meshKey.Equal(k)
 }
 
 // verifyClient checks whether the client is allowed to connect to the derper,

derp/derp_test.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -33,21 +34,53 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/tstest"
 	"tailscale.com/types/key"
 	"tailscale.com/types/logger"
+	"tailscale.com/util/must"
 )
 
 func TestClientInfoUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, in := range []string{
+	for i, in := range map[string]struct {
-		`{"Version":5,"MeshKey":"abc"}`,
+		json    string
-		`{"version":5,"meshKey":"abc"}`,
+		want    *clientInfo
+		wantErr string
 	}{
+		"empty": {
+			json: `{}`,
+			want: &clientInfo{},
+		},
+		"valid": {
+			json: `{"Version":5,"MeshKey":"6d529e9d4ef632d22d4a4214cb49da8f1ba1b72697061fb24e312984c35ec8d8"}`,
+			want: &clientInfo{MeshKey: must.Get(key.ParseDERPMesh("6d529e9d4ef632d22d4a4214cb49da8f1ba1b72697061fb24e312984c35ec8d8")), Version: 5},
+		},
+		"validLowerMeshKey": {
+			json: `{"version":5,"meshKey":"6d529e9d4ef632d22d4a4214cb49da8f1ba1b72697061fb24e312984c35ec8d8"}`,
+			want: &clientInfo{MeshKey: must.Get(key.ParseDERPMesh("6d529e9d4ef632d22d4a4214cb49da8f1ba1b72697061fb24e312984c35ec8d8")), Version: 5},
+		},
+		"invalidMeshKeyToShort": {
+			json:    `{"version":5,"meshKey":"abcdefg"}`,
+			wantErr: "invalid mesh key",
+		},
+		"invalidMeshKeyToLong": {
+			json:    `{"version":5,"meshKey":"ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"}`,
+			wantErr: "invalid mesh key",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(i, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
 			var got clientInfo
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(in), &got); err != nil {
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(in.json), &got)
-			t.Fatalf("[%d]: %v", i, err)
+			if in.wantErr != "" {
+				if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), in.wantErr) {
+					t.Errorf("Unmarshal(%q) = %v, want error containing %q", in.json, err, in.wantErr)
 				}
-		want := clientInfo{Version: 5, MeshKey: "abc"}
+				return
-		if got != want {
-			t.Errorf("[%d]: got %+v; want %+v", i, got, want)
 			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Unmarshal(%q) = %v, want no error", in.json, err)
+			}
+			if !got.Equal(in.want) {
+				t.Errorf("Unmarshal(%q) = %+v, want %+v", in.json, got, in.want)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1681,43 +1714,43 @@ func TestIsMeshPeer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	for name, tt := range map[string]struct {
-		info       *clientInfo
 		want       bool
+		meshKey    string
 		wantAllocs float64
 	}{
 		"nil": {
-			info:       nil,
 			want:       false,
 			wantAllocs: 0,
 		},
-		"empty": {
-			info:       &clientInfo{MeshKey: ""},
-			want:       false,
-			wantAllocs: 0,
-		},
-		"invalid": {
-			info:       &clientInfo{MeshKey: "invalid"},
-			want:       false,
-			wantAllocs: 2, // error message
-		},
 		"mismatch": {
-			info:       &clientInfo{MeshKey: "0badf00d00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"},
+			meshKey:    "6d529e9d4ef632d22d4a4214cb49da8f1ba1b72697061fb24e312984c35ec8d8",
 			want:       false,
 			wantAllocs: 1,
 		},
 		"match": {
-			info:       &clientInfo{MeshKey: testMeshKey},
+			meshKey:    testMeshKey,
 			want:       true,
-			wantAllocs: 1,
+			wantAllocs: 0,
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var got bool
+			var mKey key.DERPMesh
+			if tt.meshKey != "" {
+				mKey, err = key.ParseDERPMesh(tt.meshKey)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("ParseDERPMesh(%q) failed: %v", tt.meshKey, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			info := clientInfo{
+				MeshKey: mKey,
+			}
 			allocs := testing.AllocsPerRun(1, func() {
-				got = s.isMeshPeer(tt.info)
+				got = s.isMeshPeer(&info)
 			})
 			if got != tt.want {
-				t.Fatalf("got %t, want %t: info = %#v", got, tt.want, tt.info)
+				t.Fatalf("got %t, want %t: info = %#v", got, tt.want, info)
 			}
 
 			if allocs != tt.wantAllocs && tt.want {

prober/derp.go

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 type derpProber struct {
 	p            *Prober
 	derpMapURL   string // or "local"
+	meshKey      key.DERPMesh
 	udpInterval  time.Duration
 	meshInterval time.Duration
 	tlsInterval  time.Duration
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ type derpProber struct {
 	udpProbeFn  func(string, int) ProbeClass
 	meshProbeFn func(string, string) ProbeClass
 	bwProbeFn   func(string, string, int64) ProbeClass
-	qdProbeFn   func(string, string, int, time.Duration) ProbeClass
+	qdProbeFn   func(string, string, int, time.Duration, key.DERPMesh) ProbeClass
 
 	sync.Mutex
 	lastDERPMap   *tailcfg.DERPMap
@@ -143,6 +144,12 @@ func WithRegionCodeOrID(regionCode string) DERPOpt {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithMeshKey(meshKey key.DERPMesh) DERPOpt {
+	return func(d *derpProber) {
+		d.meshKey = meshKey
+	}
+}
+
 // DERP creates a new derpProber.
 //
 // If derpMapURL is "local", the DERPMap is fetched via
@@ -250,7 +257,7 @@ func (d *derpProber) probeMapFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 					wantProbes[n] = true
 					if d.probes[n] == nil {
 						log.Printf("adding DERP queuing delay probe for %s->%s (%s)", server.Name, to.Name, region.RegionName)
-						d.probes[n] = d.p.Run(n, -10*time.Second, labels, d.qdProbeFn(server.Name, to.Name, d.qdPacketsPerSecond, d.qdPacketTimeout))
+						d.probes[n] = d.p.Run(n, -10*time.Second, labels, d.qdProbeFn(server.Name, to.Name, d.qdPacketsPerSecond, d.qdPacketTimeout, d.meshKey))
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -284,7 +291,7 @@ func (d *derpProber) probeMesh(from, to string) ProbeClass {
 			}
 
 			dm := d.lastDERPMap
-			return derpProbeNodePair(ctx, dm, fromN, toN)
+			return derpProbeNodePair(ctx, dm, fromN, toN, d.meshKey)
 		},
 		Class:  "derp_mesh",
 		Labels: Labels{"derp_path": derpPath},
@@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ func (d *derpProber) probeBandwidth(from, to string, size int64) ProbeClass {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return derpProbeBandwidth(ctx, d.lastDERPMap, fromN, toN, size, &transferTimeSeconds, &totalBytesTransferred, d.bwTUNIPv4Prefix)
+			return derpProbeBandwidth(ctx, d.lastDERPMap, fromN, toN, size, &transferTimeSeconds, &totalBytesTransferred, d.bwTUNIPv4Prefix, d.meshKey)
 		},
 		Class: "derp_bw",
 		Labels: Labels{
@@ -336,7 +343,7 @@ func (d *derpProber) probeBandwidth(from, to string, size int64) ProbeClass {
 // to the queuing delay measurement and are recorded as dropped. 'from' and 'to' are
 // expected to be names (DERPNode.Name) of two DERP servers in the same region,
 // and may refer to the same server.
-func (d *derpProber) probeQueuingDelay(from, to string, packetsPerSecond int, packetTimeout time.Duration) ProbeClass {
+func (d *derpProber) probeQueuingDelay(from, to string, packetsPerSecond int, packetTimeout time.Duration, meshKey key.DERPMesh) ProbeClass {
 	derpPath := "mesh"
 	if from == to {
 		derpPath = "single"
@@ -349,7 +356,7 @@ func (d *derpProber) probeQueuingDelay(from, to string, packetsPerSecond int, pa
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return derpProbeQueuingDelay(ctx, d.lastDERPMap, fromN, toN, packetsPerSecond, packetTimeout, &packetsDropped, qdh)
+			return derpProbeQueuingDelay(ctx, d.lastDERPMap, fromN, toN, packetsPerSecond, packetTimeout, &packetsDropped, qdh, meshKey)
 		},
 		Class:  "derp_qd",
 		Labels: Labels{"derp_path": derpPath},
@@ -368,15 +375,15 @@ func (d *derpProber) probeQueuingDelay(from, to string, packetsPerSecond int, pa
 // derpProbeQueuingDelay continuously sends data between two local DERP clients
 // connected to two DERP servers in order to measure queuing delays. From and to
 // can be the same server.
-func derpProbeQueuingDelay(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tailcfg.DERPNode, packetsPerSecond int, packetTimeout time.Duration, packetsDropped *expvar.Float, qdh *histogram) (err error) {
+func derpProbeQueuingDelay(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tailcfg.DERPNode, packetsPerSecond int, packetTimeout time.Duration, packetsDropped *expvar.Float, qdh *histogram, meshKey key.DERPMesh) (err error) {
 	// This probe uses clients with isProber=false to avoid spamming the derper
 	// logs with every packet sent by the queuing delay probe.
-	fromc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, from, false)
+	fromc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, from, false, meshKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer fromc.Close()
-	toc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, to, false)
+	toc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, to, false, meshKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -674,15 +681,15 @@ func derpProbeUDP(ctx context.Context, ipStr string, port int) error {
 // DERP clients connected to two DERP servers.If tunIPv4Address is specified,
 // probes will use a TCP connection over a TUN device at this address in order
 // to exercise TCP-in-TCP in similar fashion to TCP over Tailscale via DERP.
-func derpProbeBandwidth(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tailcfg.DERPNode, size int64, transferTimeSeconds, totalBytesTransferred *expvar.Float, tunIPv4Prefix *netip.Prefix) (err error) {
+func derpProbeBandwidth(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tailcfg.DERPNode, size int64, transferTimeSeconds, totalBytesTransferred *expvar.Float, tunIPv4Prefix *netip.Prefix, meshKey key.DERPMesh) (err error) {
 	// This probe uses clients with isProber=false to avoid spamming the derper logs with every packet
 	// sent by the bandwidth probe.
-	fromc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, from, false)
+	fromc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, from, false, meshKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer fromc.Close()
-	toc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, to, false)
+	toc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, to, false, meshKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -712,13 +719,13 @@ func derpProbeBandwidth(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tail
 
 // derpProbeNodePair sends a small packet between two local DERP clients
 // connected to two DERP servers.
-func derpProbeNodePair(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tailcfg.DERPNode) (err error) {
+func derpProbeNodePair(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, from, to *tailcfg.DERPNode, meshKey key.DERPMesh) (err error) {
-	fromc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, from, true)
+	fromc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, from, true, meshKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer fromc.Close()
-	toc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, to, true)
+	toc, err := newConn(ctx, dm, to, true, meshKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1116,7 +1123,7 @@ func derpProbeBandwidthTUN(ctx context.Context, transferTimeSeconds, totalBytesT
 	return nil
 }
 
-func newConn(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, n *tailcfg.DERPNode, isProber bool) (*derphttp.Client, error) {
+func newConn(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, n *tailcfg.DERPNode, isProber bool, meshKey key.DERPMesh) (*derphttp.Client, error) {
 	// To avoid spamming the log with regular connection messages.
 	l := logger.Filtered(log.Printf, func(s string) bool {
 		return !strings.Contains(s, "derphttp.Client.Connect: connecting to")
@@ -1132,6 +1139,7 @@ func newConn(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, n *tailcfg.DERPNode, isPr
 		}
 	})
 	dc.IsProber = isProber
+	dc.MeshKey = meshKey
 	err := dc.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1165,7 +1173,7 @@ func newConn(ctx context.Context, dm *tailcfg.DERPMap, n *tailcfg.DERPNode, isPr
 		case derp.ServerInfoMessage:
 			errc <- nil
 		default:
-			errc <- fmt.Errorf("unexpected first message type %T", errc)
+			errc <- fmt.Errorf("unexpected first message type %T", m)
 		}
 	}()
 	select {

types/key/derp.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package key
 import (
 	"crypto/subtle"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
@@ -23,6 +24,27 @@ type DERPMesh struct {
 	k [32]byte             // 64-digit hexadecimal numbers fit in 32 bytes
 }
 
+// MarshalJSON implements the [encoding/json.Marshaler] interface.
+func (k DERPMesh) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(k.String())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the [encoding/json.Unmarshaler] interface.
+func (k *DERPMesh) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	json.Unmarshal(data, &s)
+
+	if hex.DecodedLen(len(s)) != len(k.k) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("types/key/derp: cannot unmarshal, incorrect size mesh key len: %d, must be %d, %w", hex.DecodedLen(len(s)), len(k.k), ErrInvalidMeshKey)
+	}
+	_, err := hex.Decode(k.k[:], []byte(s))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("types/key/derp: cannot unmarshal, invalid mesh key: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // DERPMeshFromRaw32 parses a 32-byte raw value as a DERP mesh key.
 func DERPMeshFromRaw32(raw mem.RO) DERPMesh {
 	if raw.Len() != 32 {