HTTP/3: add proxy CONNECT and MASQUE CONNECT-UDP support (ngtcp2 QUIC)

This patch adds two major proxy capabilities to curl (ngtcp2 QUIC):
- HTTP/3 Proxy CONNECT: Tunnel HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 traffic through an
  HTTPS proxy that speaks HTTP/3 (QUIC) using the standard CONNECT
  method over an HTTP/3 connection.
- MASQUE CONNECT-UDP: Tunnel HTTP/3 (QUIC) traffic through an HTTP
  proxy (speaking HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, or HTTP/3) using the extended
  CONNECT method with the CONNECT-UDP protocol (RFC9297 & RFC9298).

Public API additions:
- `CURLPROXY_HTTPS3`: new proxy type constant for HTTP/3 proxy
- `--proxy-http3`: new CLI flag to negotiate HTTP/3 with HTTPS proxy

The implementation adds two new filters:
- `H3-PROXY` - enables negotiating HTTP/3 (QUIC) to the proxy and
  running CONNECT/CONNECT-UDP through that proxy transport.
- `CAPSULE` - dedicated filter inserted between QUIC transport and
  HTTP-PROXY to handle datagram capsule encapsulation/decapsulation.

Here is how the curl filter chaining looks in different scenarios:
- HTTP/3 Proxy CONNECT (tunneling TCP protocols over QUIC proxy):
  conn -> HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2  -> SSL -> HTTP-PROXY ->
                                 H3-PROXY -> HAPPY-EYEBALLS -> UDP
- MASQUE CONNECT-UDP (tunneling QUIC over any proxy):
  conn -> HTTP/3 -> CAPSULE -> HTTP-PROXY -> H3-PROXY ->
                               HAPPY-EYEBALLS -> UDP
  conn -> HTTP/3 -> CAPSULE -> HTTP-PROXY -> H1-PROXY or H2-PROXY ->
                               SSL -> HAPPY-EYEBALLS -> TCP

- Both features currently require the ngtcp2 QUIC backend.
- Both features are experimental (disabled by default). Enable with
  `--enable-proxy-http3`(autotools) or `-DUSE_PROXY_HTTP3=ON`(CMake).

Tests:
- tests/unit/unit3400.c: Unit tests for capsule protocol encode/decode
- tests/http/test_60_h3_proxy.py: Comprehensive pytest integration suite
- tests/http/testenv/h2o.py: Managing h2o instances with HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2,
  and HTTP/3 (QUIC) listeners, proxy.connect and proxy.connect-udp enabled.

References:
  RFC 9297 - HTTP Datagrams and the Capsule Protocol
  RFC 9298 - Proxying UDP in HTTP
  RFC 9000 §16 — Variable-Length Integer Encoding

Signed-off-by: Aritra Basu <aritrbas+gh@cisco.com>

Closes #21153
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@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
#include "curlx/inet_ntop.h"
#include "curlx/strparse.h"
#include "vtls/vtls.h" /* for vtls cfilters */
#include "vquic/vquic.h" /* for QUIC cfilters */
#include "progress.h"
#include "conncache.h"
#include "multihandle.h"
@ -341,6 +342,66 @@ struct cf_setup_ctx {
uint8_t transport;
};
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
static CURLcode cf_setup_add_http_proxy(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
struct Curl_easy *data,
struct cf_setup_ctx *ctx)
{
CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
#ifndef USE_SSL
(void)cf;
(void)data;
(void)ctx;
#else
/* Skipping the Curl_conn_is_ssl check because SSL is a part of QUIC
For CURLPROXY_HTTPS and CURLPROXY_HTTPS2:
Curl_cft_setup --> Curl_cft_ssl --> Curl_cft_http_proxy --> ...
For CURLPROXY_HTTPS3:
Curl_cft_setup --> Curl_cft_http3 --> Curl_cft_http_proxy --> ... */
if(ctx->transport == TRNSPRT_QUIC && cf->conn->bits.httpproxy) {
if(!IS_QUIC_PROXY(cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype)) {
result = Curl_cf_ssl_proxy_insert_after(cf, data);
if(result)
return result;
}
}
else {
if(IS_HTTPS_PROXY(cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype)
&& !Curl_conn_is_ssl(cf->conn, cf->sockindex)
&& !IS_QUIC_PROXY(cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype)) {
result = Curl_cf_ssl_proxy_insert_after(cf, data);
if(result)
return result;
}
}
#endif /* USE_SSL */
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_HTTP
if(cf->conn->bits.tunnel_proxy) {
struct Curl_peer *dest; /* where HTTP should tunnel to */
bool udp_tun = false;
dest = Curl_conn_get_destination(cf->conn, cf->sockindex);
/* Use CONNECT-UDP only for explicit HTTP/3-only target tunnels.
Do not derive this from proxy transport (for example HTTPS3 proxy). */
if(data->state.http_neg.wanted == CURL_HTTP_V3x) {
#ifdef USE_PROXY_HTTP3
udp_tun = TRUE;
#else
failf(data, "HTTP/3 proxy tunnel support not built-in");
return CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN;
#endif /* USE_PROXY_HTTP3 */
}
result = Curl_cf_http_proxy_insert_after(cf, data, dest,
cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype,
udp_tun);
if(result)
return result;
}
#endif /* !CURL_DISABLE_HTTP */
return result;
}
#endif /* !CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */
static CURLcode cf_setup_connect(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
struct Curl_easy *data,
bool *done)
@ -364,7 +425,35 @@ connect_sub_chain:
}
if(ctx->state < CF_SETUP_CNNCT_EYEBALLS) {
result = cf_ip_happy_insert_after(cf, data, ctx->transport);
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_HTTP3) && \
defined(USE_PROXY_HTTP3)
if(IS_QUIC_PROXY(cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype) &&
cf->conn->bits.tunnel_proxy) {
/* For HTTPS3 proxy tunnels, H3-PROXY manages the QUIC connection
on top of the UDP socket. Let happy eyeballs race IPv4/IPv6 using
QUIC-transport UDP sockets so the socket is connected to the
proxy peer and H3-PROXY can send directly via send().
Filter chains:
H1/H2 target (CONNECT over QUIC):
SETUP --> HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 --> SSL --> HTTP-PROXY -->
H3-PROXY --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> UDP
H3 target (MASQUE CONNECT-UDP over QUIC):
SETUP --> HTTP/3 --> CAPSULE --> HTTP-PROXY -->
H3-PROXY --> HAPPY-EYEBALLS --> UDP */
result = cf_ip_happy_quic_udp_insert_after(cf, data);
}
/* When tunneling QUIC through an HTTP proxy (CONNECT-UDP),
the underlying conn to the proxy is TCP. */
else
#endif /* !CURL_DISABLE_HTTP && USE_HTTP3 && USE_PROXY_HTTP3 */
if(ctx->transport == TRNSPRT_QUIC && cf->conn->bits.httpproxy
&& !IS_QUIC_PROXY(cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype))
result = cf_ip_happy_insert_after(cf, data, TRNSPRT_TCP);
else
#endif /* !CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */
result = cf_ip_happy_insert_after(cf, data, ctx->transport);
if(result)
return result;
ctx->state = CF_SETUP_CNNCT_EYEBALLS;
@ -402,25 +491,9 @@ connect_sub_chain:
}
if(ctx->state < CF_SETUP_CNNCT_HTTP_PROXY && cf->conn->bits.httpproxy) {
#ifdef USE_SSL
if(IS_HTTPS_PROXY(cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype) &&
!Curl_conn_is_ssl(cf->conn, cf->sockindex)) {
result = Curl_cf_ssl_proxy_insert_after(cf, data);
if(result)
return result;
}
#endif /* USE_SSL */
#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_HTTP
if(cf->conn->bits.tunnel_proxy) {
struct Curl_peer *dest; /* where HTTP should tunnel to */
dest = Curl_conn_get_destination(cf->conn, cf->sockindex);
result = Curl_cf_http_proxy_insert_after(
cf, data, dest, cf->conn->http_proxy.proxytype);
if(result)
return result;
}
#endif /* !CURL_DISABLE_HTTP */
result = cf_setup_add_http_proxy(cf, data, ctx);
if(result)
return result;
ctx->state = CF_SETUP_CNNCT_HTTP_PROXY;
if(!cf->next || !cf->next->connected)
goto connect_sub_chain;
@ -445,21 +518,41 @@ connect_sub_chain:
goto connect_sub_chain;
}
if(ctx->state < CF_SETUP_CNNCT_SSL) {
#ifdef USE_SSL
if((ctx->ssl_mode == CURL_CF_SSL_ENABLE ||
(ctx->ssl_mode != CURL_CF_SSL_DISABLE &&
cf->conn->scheme->flags & PROTOPT_SSL)) && /* we want SSL */
!Curl_conn_is_ssl(cf->conn, cf->sockindex)) { /* it is missing */
result = Curl_cf_ssl_insert_after(cf, data);
/* Adding Curl_cf_quic_insert_after() because now we
need the next filter to be QUIC/HTTP/3 (which has SSL) */
#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_HTTP3) && \
defined(USE_PROXY_HTTP3)
if(ctx->transport == TRNSPRT_QUIC && cf->conn->bits.httpproxy &&
cf->conn->bits.tunnel_proxy &&
(data->state.http_neg.wanted == CURL_HTTP_V3x)) {
if(ctx->state < CF_SETUP_CNNCT_SSL) {
result = Curl_cf_quic_insert_after(cf);
if(result)
return result;
ctx->state = CF_SETUP_CNNCT_SSL;
}
#endif /* USE_SSL */
ctx->state = CF_SETUP_CNNCT_SSL;
if(!cf->next || !cf->next->connected)
goto connect_sub_chain;
}
else
#endif /* !CURL_DISABLE_HTTP && USE_HTTP3 && USE_PROXY_HTTP3 */
{
if(ctx->state < CF_SETUP_CNNCT_SSL) {
#ifdef USE_SSL
if((ctx->ssl_mode == CURL_CF_SSL_ENABLE ||
(ctx->ssl_mode != CURL_CF_SSL_DISABLE &&
cf->conn->scheme->flags & PROTOPT_SSL)) /* we want SSL */
&& !Curl_conn_is_ssl(cf->conn, cf->sockindex)) { /* it is missing */
result = Curl_cf_ssl_insert_after(cf, data);
if(result)
return result;
}
#endif /* USE_SSL */
ctx->state = CF_SETUP_CNNCT_SSL;
if(!cf->next || !cf->next->connected)
goto connect_sub_chain;
}
}
ctx->state = CF_SETUP_DONE;
cf->connected = TRUE;