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@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ impl Drop for EphemeralSecret {
}
impl EphemeralSecret {
/// Utility function to make it easier to call `x25519()` with
/// an ephemeral secret key and montegomery point as input and
/// a shared secret as the output.
/// Perform a Diffie-Hellman key agreement between `self` and
/// `their_public` key to produce a `SharedSecret`.
pub fn diffie_hellman(self, their_public: &PublicKey) -> SharedSecret {
SharedSecret(self.0 * their_public.0)
}
@ -81,7 +80,9 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a EphemeralSecret> for PublicKey {
}
/// A DH static secret key.
/// A static secret key for Diffie-Hellman. Unlike an EphemeralSecret, this key
/// does not enforce that it's used only once, and can be saved and loaded from
/// a byte array.
pub struct StaticSecret(pub (crate) Scalar);
/// Overwrite static secret key material with null bytes when it goes out of scope.
@ -92,9 +93,8 @@ impl Drop for StaticSecret {
}
impl StaticSecret {
/// Utility function to make it easier to call `x25519()` with
/// a static secret key and montegomery point as input and
/// a shared secret as the output.
/// Perform a Diffie-Hellman key agreement between `self` and
/// `their_public` key to produce a `SharedSecret`.
pub fn diffie_hellman(&self, their_public: &PublicKey) -> SharedSecret {
SharedSecret(&self.0 * their_public.0)
}
@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl StaticSecret {
StaticSecret(clamp_scalar(bytes))
}
/// Convert a x25519 `StaticSecret` key to its underlying sequence of bytes.
/// Save a x25519 `StaticSecret` key's bytes.
pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; 32] {
self.0.to_bytes()
}
@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl StaticSecret {
}
impl From<[u8; 32]> for StaticSecret {
/// Given a byte array, construct a x25519 `StaticSecret`.
/// Load a `StaticSecret` from a byte array.
fn from(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> StaticSecret {
StaticSecret(Scalar::from_bits(bytes))
}
@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ fn clamp_scalar(scalar: [u8; 32]) -> Scalar {
/// The bare, byte-oriented x25519 function, exactly as specified in RFC7748.
///
/// This can be used with [`X25519_BASEPOINT_BYTES`] for people who
/// cannot use the better, safer, and faster ephemeral DH API.
/// cannot use the better, safer, and faster DH API.
pub fn x25519(k: [u8; 32], u: [u8; 32]) -> [u8; 32] {
(clamp_scalar(k) * MontgomeryPoint(u)).to_bytes()
}
/// The X25519 basepoint, for use with the bare, byte-oriented x25519
/// function. This is provided for people who cannot use the typed
/// ephemeral DH API for some reason.
/// DH API for some reason.
pub const X25519_BASEPOINT_BYTES: [u8; 32] = [
9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
];