blocksync: witnesses for verification, not fully working yet

2026-04-16 05:37:17 +00:00 · 2022-04-20 15:23:50 +02:00
parent e227b9ea07
commit 38d36b59ec
5 changed files with 634 additions and 45 deletions
--- a/internal/blocksync/pool.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/pool.go
@@ -113,19 +113,22 @@ func NewBlockPool(
 	start int64,
 	requestsCh chan<- BlockRequest,
 	errorsCh chan<- peerError,
+	witnessRequestCh chan<- HeaderRequest,
 ) *BlockPool {

 	bp := &BlockPool{
-		logger:     logger,
-		peers:      make(map[types.NodeID]*bpPeer),
-		requesters: make(map[int64]*bpRequester),
+		logger:            logger,
+		peers:             make(map[types.NodeID]*bpPeer),
+		requesters:        make(map[int64]*bpRequester),
+		witnessRequesters: make(map[int64]*witnessRequester),
 		// verificationRequesters: make(map[int64]*bpRequester),
-		height:       start,
-		startHeight:  start,
-		numPending:   0,
-		requestsCh:   requestsCh,
-		errorsCh:     errorsCh,
-		lastSyncRate: 0,
+		height:            start,
+		startHeight:       start,
+		numPending:        0,
+		requestsCh:        requestsCh,
+		errorsCh:          errorsCh,
+		witnessRequestsCh: witnessRequestCh,
+		lastSyncRate:      0,
 	}
 	bp.BaseService = *service.NewBaseService(logger, "BlockPool", bp)
 	return bp
@@ -295,6 +298,10 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) RedoRequest(height int64) types.NodeID {
 	return peerID
 }

+func (pool *BlockPool) AddWitnessHeader(header *types.Header) {
+	pool.witnessRequesters[header.Height].header = header
+}
+
 // AddBlock validates that the block comes from the peer it was expected from and calls the requester to store it.
 // TODO: ensure that blocks come in order for each peer.
 func (pool *BlockPool) AddBlock(peerID types.NodeID, block *types.Block, blockSize int) {
@@ -481,7 +488,7 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) makeNextRequester(ctx context.Context) {
 	witnessRequester := newWitnessRequester(pool.logger, pool, nextHeight)
 	witnessRequester.excludePeerID = request.peerID
 	pool.requesters[nextHeight] = request
-
+	pool.witnessRequesters[nextHeight] = witnessRequester
 	atomic.AddInt32(&pool.numPending, 1)

 	err := request.Start(ctx)
--- a/internal/blocksync/pool_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/pool_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ func TestBlockPoolBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	peers := makePeers(10, start+1, 1000)
 	errorsCh := make(chan peerError, 1000)
 	requestsCh := make(chan BlockRequest, 1000)
-	pool := NewBlockPool(log.NewNopLogger(), start, requestsCh, errorsCh)
+	witnessRequestCh := make(chan HeaderRequest, 1000)
+	pool := NewBlockPool(log.NewNopLogger(), start, requestsCh, errorsCh, witnessRequestCh)

 	if err := pool.Start(ctx); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ func TestBlockPoolTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	peers := makePeers(10, start+1, 1000)
 	errorsCh := make(chan peerError, 1000)
 	requestsCh := make(chan BlockRequest, 1000)
-	pool := NewBlockPool(logger, start, requestsCh, errorsCh)
+	witnessRequestCh := make(chan HeaderRequest, 1000)
+	pool := NewBlockPool(logger, start, requestsCh, errorsCh, witnessRequestCh)
 	err := pool.Start(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -206,8 +208,8 @@ func TestBlockPoolRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	requestsCh := make(chan BlockRequest)
 	errorsCh := make(chan peerError)
-
-	pool := NewBlockPool(log.NewNopLogger(), 1, requestsCh, errorsCh)
+	witnessRequestCh := make(chan HeaderRequest, 1000)
+	pool := NewBlockPool(log.NewNopLogger(), 1, requestsCh, errorsCh, witnessRequestCh)
 	err := pool.Start(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(func() { cancel(); pool.Wait() })
--- a/internal/blocksync/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/reactor.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ type Reactor struct {

 	requestsCh <-chan BlockRequest
 	errorsCh   <-chan peerError
+	witnessCh  <-chan HeaderRequest

 	metrics  *consensus.Metrics
 	eventBus *eventbus.EventBus
@@ -158,9 +159,11 @@ func (r *Reactor) OnStart(ctx context.Context) error {

 	requestsCh := make(chan BlockRequest, maxTotalRequesters)
 	errorsCh := make(chan peerError, maxPeerErrBuffer) // NOTE: The capacity should be larger than the peer count.
-	r.pool = NewBlockPool(r.logger, startHeight, requestsCh, errorsCh)
+	witnessRequestCh := make(chan HeaderRequest, maxTotalRequesters)
+	r.pool = NewBlockPool(r.logger, startHeight, requestsCh, errorsCh, witnessRequestCh)
 	r.requestsCh = requestsCh
 	r.errorsCh = errorsCh
+	r.witnessCh = witnessRequestCh

 	if r.blockSync.IsSet() {
 		if err := r.pool.Start(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -185,6 +188,27 @@ func (r *Reactor) OnStop() {
 	}
 }

+// respondToPeer loads a block and sends it to the requesting peer, if we have it.
+// Otherwise, we'll respond saying we do not have it.
+func (r *Reactor) sendHeaderToPeer(ctx context.Context, msg *bcproto.HeaderRequest, peerID types.NodeID, blockSyncCh *p2p.Channel) error {
+	block := r.store.LoadBlockProto(msg.Height)
+
+	if block != nil {
+		header := &block.Header
+
+		return blockSyncCh.Send(ctx, p2p.Envelope{
+			To:      peerID,
+			Message: &bcproto.HeaderResponse{Header: header},
+		})
+	}
+	r.logger.Info("peer requesting a block we do not have", "peer", peerID, "height", msg.Height)
+
+	return blockSyncCh.Send(ctx, p2p.Envelope{
+		To:      peerID,
+		Message: &bcproto.NoBlockResponse{Height: msg.Height},
+	})
+}
+
 // respondToPeer loads a block and sends it to the requesting peer, if we have it.
 // Otherwise, we'll respond saying we do not have it.
 func (r *Reactor) respondToPeer(ctx context.Context, msg *bcproto.BlockRequest, peerID types.NodeID, blockSyncCh *p2p.Channel) error {
@@ -227,6 +251,16 @@ func (r *Reactor) handleMessage(ctx context.Context, chID p2p.ChannelID, envelop
 	switch chID {
 	case BlockSyncChannel:
 		switch msg := envelope.Message.(type) {
+		case *bcproto.HeaderRequest:
+			return r.sendHeaderToPeer(ctx, msg, envelope.From, blockSyncCh)
+		case *bcproto.HeaderResponse:
+			header, err := types.HeaderFromProto(msg.Header)
+			if err != nil {
+				r.logger.Error("faled to convert header from proto", "err", err)
+				return err
+			}
+			r.pool.AddWitnessHeader(&header)
+
 		case *bcproto.BlockRequest:
 			return r.respondToPeer(ctx, msg, envelope.From, blockSyncCh)
 		case *bcproto.BlockResponse:
@@ -375,6 +409,18 @@ func (r *Reactor) requestRoutine(ctx context.Context, blockSyncCh *p2p.Channel)
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
+		case wreq := <-r.witnessCh:
+			if err := blockSyncCh.Send(ctx, p2p.Envelope{
+				To:      wreq.PeerID,
+				Message: &bcproto.HeaderRequest{Height: wreq.Height},
+			}); err != nil {
+				if err := blockSyncCh.SendError(ctx, p2p.PeerError{
+					NodeID: wreq.PeerID,
+					Err:    err,
+				}); err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+			}
 		case request := <-r.requestsCh:
 			if err := blockSyncCh.Send(ctx, p2p.Envelope{
 				To:      request.PeerID,
@@ -404,6 +450,17 @@ func (r *Reactor) requestRoutine(ctx context.Context, blockSyncCh *p2p.Channel)
 		}
 	}
 }
+func (r *Reactor) verifyWithWitnesses(newBlock *types.Block) error {
+	if r.pool.witnessRequesters[newBlock.Height] != nil {
+		witnessHeader := r.pool.witnessRequesters[newBlock.Height].header
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(witnessHeader.Hash(), newBlock.Hash()) {
+			r.logger.Error("hashes does not match with witness header")
+			return errors.New("header not matching the header provided by the witness")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

 // poolRoutine handles messages from the poolReactor telling the reactor what to
 // do.
@@ -556,10 +613,18 @@ func (r *Reactor) poolRoutine(ctx context.Context, stateSynced bool, blockSyncCh
 					)
 					return
 				}
-				r.lastTrustedBlock = &BlockResponse{block: newBlock, commit: verifyBlock.LastCommit}
+
 			}
-			r.lastTrustedBlock.block = newBlock
-			r.lastTrustedBlock.commit = verifyBlock.LastCommit
+			if err := r.verifyWithWitnesses(newBlock); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			if r.lastTrustedBlock == nil {
+				r.lastTrustedBlock = &BlockResponse{block: newBlock, commit: verifyBlock.LastCommit}
+			} else {
+				r.lastTrustedBlock.block = newBlock
+				r.lastTrustedBlock.commit = verifyBlock.LastCommit
+			}
+
 			r.pool.PopRequest()

 			// TODO: batch saves so we do not persist to disk every block
--- a/proto/tendermint/blocksync/types.pb.go
+++ b/proto/tendermint/blocksync/types.pb.go
@@ -159,6 +159,96 @@ func (m *BlockResponse) GetBlock() *types.Block {
 	return nil
 }

+//Header requests requets the header from a specific heigth to validate
+// against witnesses
+type HeaderRequest struct {
+	Height int64 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=height,proto3" json:"height,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderRequest) Reset()         { *m = HeaderRequest{} }
+func (m *HeaderRequest) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*HeaderRequest) ProtoMessage()    {}
+func (*HeaderRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{3}
+}
+func (m *HeaderRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
+	return m.Unmarshal(b)
+}
+func (m *HeaderRequest) XXX_Marshal(b []byte, deterministic bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	if deterministic {
+		return xxx_messageInfo_HeaderRequest.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
+	} else {
+		b = b[:cap(b)]
+		n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return b[:n], nil
+	}
+}
+func (m *HeaderRequest) XXX_Merge(src proto.Message) {
+	xxx_messageInfo_HeaderRequest.Merge(m, src)
+}
+func (m *HeaderRequest) XXX_Size() int {
+	return m.Size()
+}
+func (m *HeaderRequest) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
+	xxx_messageInfo_HeaderRequest.DiscardUnknown(m)
+}
+
+var xxx_messageInfo_HeaderRequest proto.InternalMessageInfo
+
+func (m *HeaderRequest) GetHeight() int64 {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Height
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+type HeaderResponse struct {
+	Header *types.Header `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=header,proto3" json:"header,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderResponse) Reset()         { *m = HeaderResponse{} }
+func (m *HeaderResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*HeaderResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
+func (*HeaderResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{4}
+}
+func (m *HeaderResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
+	return m.Unmarshal(b)
+}
+func (m *HeaderResponse) XXX_Marshal(b []byte, deterministic bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	if deterministic {
+		return xxx_messageInfo_HeaderResponse.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
+	} else {
+		b = b[:cap(b)]
+		n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return b[:n], nil
+	}
+}
+func (m *HeaderResponse) XXX_Merge(src proto.Message) {
+	xxx_messageInfo_HeaderResponse.Merge(m, src)
+}
+func (m *HeaderResponse) XXX_Size() int {
+	return m.Size()
+}
+func (m *HeaderResponse) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
+	xxx_messageInfo_HeaderResponse.DiscardUnknown(m)
+}
+
+var xxx_messageInfo_HeaderResponse proto.InternalMessageInfo
+
+func (m *HeaderResponse) GetHeader() *types.Header {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Header
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // StatusRequest requests the status of a peer.
 type StatusRequest struct {
 }
@@ -167,7 +257,7 @@ func (m *StatusRequest) Reset()         { *m = StatusRequest{} }
 func (m *StatusRequest) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*StatusRequest) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*StatusRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{3}
+	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{5}
 }
 func (m *StatusRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -206,7 +296,7 @@ func (m *StatusResponse) Reset()         { *m = StatusResponse{} }
 func (m *StatusResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*StatusResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*StatusResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{4}
+	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{6}
 }
 func (m *StatusResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -256,6 +346,8 @@ type Message struct {
 	//	*Message_BlockResponse
 	//	*Message_StatusRequest
 	//	*Message_StatusResponse
+	//	*Message_HeaderRequest
+	//	*Message_HeaderResponse
 	Sum isMessage_Sum `protobuf_oneof:"sum"`
 }

@@ -263,7 +355,7 @@ func (m *Message) Reset()         { *m = Message{} }
 func (m *Message) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Message) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*Message) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{5}
+	return fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07, []int{7}
 }
 func (m *Message) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -313,12 +405,20 @@ type Message_StatusRequest struct {
 type Message_StatusResponse struct {
 	StatusResponse *StatusResponse `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=status_response,json=statusResponse,proto3,oneof" json:"status_response,omitempty"`
 }
+type Message_HeaderRequest struct {
+	HeaderRequest *HeaderRequest `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=header_request,json=headerRequest,proto3,oneof" json:"header_request,omitempty"`
+}
+type Message_HeaderResponse struct {
+	HeaderResponse *HeaderResponse `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=header_response,json=headerResponse,proto3,oneof" json:"header_response,omitempty"`
+}

 func (*Message_BlockRequest) isMessage_Sum()    {}
 func (*Message_NoBlockResponse) isMessage_Sum() {}
 func (*Message_BlockResponse) isMessage_Sum()   {}
 func (*Message_StatusRequest) isMessage_Sum()   {}
 func (*Message_StatusResponse) isMessage_Sum()  {}
+func (*Message_HeaderRequest) isMessage_Sum()   {}
+func (*Message_HeaderResponse) isMessage_Sum()  {}

 func (m *Message) GetSum() isMessage_Sum {
 	if m != nil {
@@ -362,6 +462,20 @@ func (m *Message) GetStatusResponse() *StatusResponse {
 	return nil
 }

+func (m *Message) GetHeaderRequest() *HeaderRequest {
+	if x, ok := m.GetSum().(*Message_HeaderRequest); ok {
+		return x.HeaderRequest
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Message) GetHeaderResponse() *HeaderResponse {
+	if x, ok := m.GetSum().(*Message_HeaderResponse); ok {
+		return x.HeaderResponse
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // XXX_OneofWrappers is for the internal use of the proto package.
 func (*Message) XXX_OneofWrappers() []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{
@@ -370,6 +484,8 @@ func (*Message) XXX_OneofWrappers() []interface{} {
 		(*Message_BlockResponse)(nil),
 		(*Message_StatusRequest)(nil),
 		(*Message_StatusResponse)(nil),
+		(*Message_HeaderRequest)(nil),
+		(*Message_HeaderResponse)(nil),
 	}
 }

@@ -377,6 +493,8 @@ func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*BlockRequest)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.BlockRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*NoBlockResponse)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.NoBlockResponse")
 	proto.RegisterType((*BlockResponse)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.BlockResponse")
+	proto.RegisterType((*HeaderRequest)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.HeaderRequest")
+	proto.RegisterType((*HeaderResponse)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.HeaderResponse")
 	proto.RegisterType((*StatusRequest)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.StatusRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*StatusResponse)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.StatusResponse")
 	proto.RegisterType((*Message)(nil), "tendermint.blocksync.Message")
@@ -385,30 +503,35 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("tendermint/blocksync/types.proto", fileDescriptor_19b397c236e0fa07) }

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 func (m *BlockRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
@@ -502,6 +625,69 @@ func (m *BlockResponse) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
 }

+func (m *HeaderRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	return m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderRequest) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	i := len(dAtA)
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.Height != 0 {
+		i = encodeVarintTypes(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Height))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x8
+	}
+	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderResponse) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	return m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderResponse) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	i := len(dAtA)
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.Header != nil {
+		{
+			size, err := m.Header.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:i])
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			i -= size
+			i = encodeVarintTypes(dAtA, i, uint64(size))
+		}
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0xa
+	}
+	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
+}
+
 func (m *StatusRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
 	size := m.Size()
 	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
@@ -695,6 +881,48 @@ func (m *Message_StatusResponse) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error)
 	}
 	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
 }
+func (m *Message_HeaderRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	return m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+}
+
+func (m *Message_HeaderRequest) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	i := len(dAtA)
+	if m.HeaderRequest != nil {
+		{
+			size, err := m.HeaderRequest.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:i])
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			i -= size
+			i = encodeVarintTypes(dAtA, i, uint64(size))
+		}
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x32
+	}
+	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
+}
+func (m *Message_HeaderResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	return m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+}
+
+func (m *Message_HeaderResponse) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	i := len(dAtA)
+	if m.HeaderResponse != nil {
+		{
+			size, err := m.HeaderResponse.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:i])
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			i -= size
+			i = encodeVarintTypes(dAtA, i, uint64(size))
+		}
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x3a
+	}
+	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
+}
 func encodeVarintTypes(dAtA []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
 	offset -= sovTypes(v)
 	base := offset
@@ -743,6 +971,31 @@ func (m *BlockResponse) Size() (n int) {
 	return n
 }

+func (m *HeaderRequest) Size() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.Height != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovTypes(uint64(m.Height))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (m *HeaderResponse) Size() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.Header != nil {
+		l = m.Header.Size()
+		n += 1 + l + sovTypes(uint64(l))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 func (m *StatusRequest) Size() (n int) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return 0
@@ -839,6 +1092,30 @@ func (m *Message_StatusResponse) Size() (n int) {
 	}
 	return n
 }
+func (m *Message_HeaderRequest) Size() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.HeaderRequest != nil {
+		l = m.HeaderRequest.Size()
+		n += 1 + l + sovTypes(uint64(l))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+func (m *Message_HeaderResponse) Size() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.HeaderResponse != nil {
+		l = m.HeaderResponse.Size()
+		n += 1 + l + sovTypes(uint64(l))
+	}
+	return n
+}

 func sovTypes(x uint64) (n int) {
 	return (math_bits.Len64(x|1) + 6) / 7
@@ -1070,6 +1347,161 @@ func (m *BlockResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+func (m *HeaderRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: HeaderRequest: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: HeaderRequest: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Height", wireType)
+			}
+			m.Height = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.Height |= int64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipTypes(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if (skippy < 0) || (iNdEx+skippy) < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+func (m *HeaderResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: HeaderResponse: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: HeaderResponse: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Header", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if m.Header == nil {
+				m.Header = &types.Header{}
+			}
+			if err := m.Header.Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipTypes(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if (skippy < 0) || (iNdEx+skippy) < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 func (m *StatusRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	l := len(dAtA)
 	iNdEx := 0
@@ -1412,6 +1844,76 @@ func (m *Message) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			}
 			m.Sum = &Message_StatusResponse{v}
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 6:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field HeaderRequest", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			v := &HeaderRequest{}
+			if err := v.Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			m.Sum = &Message_HeaderRequest{v}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 7:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field HeaderResponse", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthTypes
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			v := &HeaderResponse{}
+			if err := v.Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			m.Sum = &Message_HeaderResponse{v}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipTypes(dAtA[iNdEx:])
--- a/proto/tendermint/blocksync/types.proto
+++ b/proto/tendermint/blocksync/types.proto
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package tendermint.blocksync;
 option go_package = "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blocksync";

 import "tendermint/types/block.proto";
+  import "tendermint/types/types.proto";

 // BlockRequest requests a block for a specific height
 message BlockRequest {
@@ -21,6 +22,16 @@ message BlockResponse {
  tendermint.types.Block block = 1;
 }

+//Header requests requets the header from a specific heigth to validate
+// against witnesses
+message HeaderRequest {
+  int64 height = 1;
+}
+
+message HeaderResponse {
+  tendermint.types.Header header = 1;
+}
+
 // StatusRequest requests the status of a peer.
 message StatusRequest {}

@@ -37,5 +48,7 @@ message Message {
    BlockResponse   block_response    = 3;
    StatusRequest   status_request    = 4;
    StatusResponse  status_response   = 5;
+    HeaderRequest header_request = 6;
+    HeaderResponse header_response = 7;
  }
 }