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author | Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com> | 2015-11-13 00:12:43 +0100 |
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committer | Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com> | 2015-11-13 00:12:43 +0100 |
commit | 9e475d5a4d169e758cfb0c9f0633ed476e176b0e (patch) | |
tree | 356207f0a2f3f2fff39f71a342cb224c8062aa05 /src/secp256k1/contrib/lax_der_privatekey_parsing.h | |
parent | 38ed190eefccf8865d984e08f4dfe4063ed8a55b (diff) | |
parent | 1d84107924ab36e38092cae43f6ad50dd5ead9ed (diff) |
Update libsecp256k1
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diff --git a/src/secp256k1/contrib/lax_der_privatekey_parsing.h b/src/secp256k1/contrib/lax_der_privatekey_parsing.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2fd088f8ab --- /dev/null +++ b/src/secp256k1/contrib/lax_der_privatekey_parsing.h @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +/********************************************************************** + * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Pieter Wuille * + * Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying * + * file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.* + **********************************************************************/ + +/**** + * Please do not link this file directly. It is not part of the libsecp256k1 + * project and does not promise any stability in its API, functionality or + * presence. Projects which use this code should instead copy this header + * and its accompanying .c file directly into their codebase. + ****/ + +/* This file contains code snippets that parse DER private keys with + * various errors and violations. This is not a part of the library + * itself, because the allowed violations are chosen arbitrarily and + * do not follow or establish any standard. + * + * It also contains code to serialize private keys in a compatible + * manner. + * + * These functions are meant for compatibility with applications + * that require BER encoded keys. When working with secp256k1-specific + * code, the simple 32-byte private keys normally used by the + * library are sufficient. + */ + +#ifndef _SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H_ +#define _SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H_ + +#include <secp256k1.h> + +# ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C" { +# endif + +/** Export a private key in DER format. + * + * Returns: 1 if the private key was valid. + * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot + * be NULL) + * Out: privkey: pointer to an array for storing the private key in BER. + * Should have space for 279 bytes, and cannot be NULL. + * privkeylen: Pointer to an int where the length of the private key in + * privkey will be stored. + * In: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key to export. + * compressed: 1 if the key should be exported in + * compressed format, 0 otherwise + * + * This function is purely meant for compatibility with applications that + * require BER encoded keys. When working with secp256k1-specific code, the + * simple 32-byte private keys are sufficient. + * + * Note that this function does not guarantee correct DER output. It is + * guaranteed to be parsable by secp256k1_ec_privkey_import_der + */ +SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int ec_privkey_export_der( + const secp256k1_context* ctx, + unsigned char *privkey, + size_t *privkeylen, + const unsigned char *seckey, + int compressed +) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4); + +/** Import a private key in DER format. + * Returns: 1 if a private key was extracted. + * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL). + * Out: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte array for storing the private key. + * (cannot be NULL). + * In: privkey: pointer to a private key in DER format (cannot be NULL). + * privkeylen: length of the DER private key pointed to be privkey. + * + * This function will accept more than just strict DER, and even allow some BER + * violations. The public key stored inside the DER-encoded private key is not + * verified for correctness, nor are the curve parameters. Use this function + * only if you know in advance it is supposed to contain a secp256k1 private + * key. + */ +SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int ec_privkey_import_der( + const secp256k1_context* ctx, + unsigned char *seckey, + const unsigned char *privkey, + size_t privkeylen +) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3); + +#ifdef __cplusplus +} +#endif + +#endif |