security: harden web server, daemon socket, and write paths

Security review findings, fixed and verified:

Critical
- Fix unauthenticated arbitrary file read: the SPA catch-all route
  joined the raw URL path onto the dist dir without containment, so
  encoded '..' segments (/%2e%2e/etc/passwd) leaked any file readable
  by the root server. Resolve with realpath and reject paths outside
  the dist dir (fail-closed 404).

High
- Daemon socket: serve_start no longer accepts caller-chosen
  host/port. The socket is world-connectable (unprivileged CLI users),
  so callers could previously rebind the root web server to 0.0.0.0.
  The daemon now always binds the operator-configured address and
  reports it in the response; the CLI warns on mismatch.

Medium
- Remove the per-request max_delta_khz override from the API: the
  server-enforced safety cap is now authoritative. CLI direct paths
  (write, profile apply, verify) honor the configured cap; --max-delta
  still overrides for explicit root use.
- Snapshot restore: confine filepath to the snapshot directory
  (realpath containment; blocks symlink escapes).
- Login lockout: honor X-Forwarded-For only for peers listed in the
  new trusted_proxies config (rightmost untrusted hop), so the
  per-IP lockout works behind a reverse proxy. Spoofed headers from
  untrusted peers are ignored.
- /api/shutdown: new allow_api_shutdown config (default true);
  shared systems can disable the API shutdown path.

TLS (opt-in, like auth)
- New ssl_certfile/ssl_keyfile config + CLI flags (serve start,
  service install/configure, --no-ssl to disable). When active:
  HTTPS for UI/API, wss:// for WebSockets, Secure session cookie,
  CLI auto-switches to https://. Cert/key paths are validated up
  front with a clear error instead of a silent uvicorn crash.

Tests & docs
- tests/test_security.py: standalone regression tests (no new deps)
  covering SPA containment, snapshot containment, cap removal,
  client-IP derivation, proxy normalization, TLS scheme detection,
  and daemon host/port hardening.
- README + Usage-Guide: TLS section, new config keys, updated
  security notes.
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@@ -145,6 +145,27 @@ Adding the first user **switches the server into authenticated mode immediately*
- The user store file should stay root-owned and `0600` (the CLI enforces this).
- The web UI and API are still only as safe as the network path to the server — bind to a trusted interface (`--host`) and/or firewall the port. Authentication protects against casual access, not a determined network attacker.
- The `nvcurve user` commands and the user store require root; day-to-day sign-in does not.
- The login lockout is keyed by client IP. Behind a reverse proxy all clients share the proxy's IP — set `trusted_proxies` in `/etc/nvcurve/config.json` (e.g. `["127.0.0.1"]`) so the lockout uses the real client IP from `X-Forwarded-For`. The header is only honoured for peers you list there (it is spoofable otherwise).
- On shared systems consider setting `allow_api_shutdown: false` so users cannot stop the server via the API (manage it with systemd instead).
- The frequency safety cap (`max_delta_khz`) is enforced by the server from its config; API clients cannot raise it per request. The CLI's `--max-delta` (root-only, direct hardware path) can still override it for a single write.
## TLS (HTTPS)
The server speaks **plain HTTP by default**. When you expose it beyond localhost, enable TLS so credentials and session cookies are not sent in cleartext:
```bash
# Persistent (stored in /etc/nvcurve/config.json, used by the daemon too)
sudo nvcurve service configure --ssl-certfile /path/to/cert.pem --ssl-keyfile /path/to/key.pem
# One-off
nvcurve serve start --ssl-certfile /path/to/cert.pem --ssl-keyfile /path/to/key.pem
```
- Both files must be set for TLS to activate; the UI then lives at `https://<host>:8042` and the WebSocket upgrades to `wss://` automatically.
- To disable TLS again: `sudo nvcurve service configure --no-ssl` (removes the certificate/key from the config).
- The session cookie gets the `Secure` flag, so it is only sent over HTTPS.
- A self-signed certificate is fine for a home LAN (the browser shows a warning); for multi-user setups use a certificate your browser trusts.
- The CLI detects TLS from the config/runtime info and switches to `https://` automatically.
## CLI Reference
@@ -251,13 +272,14 @@ nvcurve service uninstall
sudo nvcurve service configure --auto-serve
sudo nvcurve service configure --no-auto-serve
sudo nvcurve service configure --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8042
sudo nvcurve service configure --ssl-certfile /path/to/cert.pem --ssl-keyfile /path/to/key.pem
```
## Configuration Files
| File | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `/etc/nvcurve/config.json` | Persistent config (host, port, auto-serve, default profiles) |
| `/etc/nvcurve/config.json` | Persistent config (host, port, auto-serve, TLS, safety cap, default profiles) |
| `/etc/nvcurve/profiles/*.json` | Saved profiles |
| `/var/cache/nvcurve/snapshots/` | Auto-saved snapshots before writes |
| `/run/nvcurve.json` | Runtime server info (host, port, PID) |