Algorithms - Diffie-Hellman

Functions

	Name
int	wc_InitDhKey(DhKey * key) This function initializes a Diffie-Hellman key for use in negotiating a secure secret key with the Diffie-Hellman exchange protocol.
void	wc_FreeDhKey(DhKey * key) This function frees a Diffie-Hellman key after it has been used to negotiate a secure secret key with the Diffie-Hellman exchange protocol.
int	wc_DhGenerateKeyPair(DhKey * key, WC_RNG * rng, byte * priv, word32 * privSz, byte * pub, word32 * pubSz) This function generates a public/private key pair based on the Diffie-Hellman public parameters, storing the private key in priv and the public key in pub. It takes an initialized Diffie-Hellman key and an initialized rng structure.
int	wc_DhAgree(DhKey * key, byte * agree, word32 * agreeSz, const byte * priv, word32 privSz, const byte * otherPub, word32 pubSz) This function generates an agreed upon secret key based on a local private key and a received public key. If completed on both sides of an exchange, this function generates an agreed upon secret key for symmetric communication. On successfully generating a shared secret key, the size of the secret key written will be stored in agreeSz.
int	wc_DhKeyDecode(const byte * input, word32 * inOutIdx, DhKey * key, word32 ) This function decodes a Diffie-Hellman key from the given input buffer containing the key in DER format. It stores the result in the DhKey structure.
int	wc_DhSetKey(DhKey * key, const byte * p, word32 pSz, const byte * g, word32 gSz) This function sets the key for a DhKey structure using the input private key parameters. Unlike wc_DhKeyDecode, this function does not require that the input key be formatted in DER format, and instead simply accepts the parsed input parameters p (prime) and g (base).
int	wc_DhParamsLoad(const byte * input, word32 inSz, byte * p, word32 * pInOutSz, byte * g, word32 * gInOutSz) This function loads the Diffie_Hellman parameters, p (prime) and g (base) out of the given input buffer, DER formatted.
const DhParams *	wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get(void ) This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_2048 be defined.
const DhParams *	wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get(void ) This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_3072 be defined.
const DhParams *	wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get(void ) This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_4096 be defined.
const DhParams *	wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get(void ) This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_6144 be defined.
const DhParams *	wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get(void ) This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_8192 be defined.
int	wc_DhCheckKeyPair(DhKey * key, const byte * pub, word32 pubSz, const byte * priv, word32 privSz) Checks DH keys for pair_wise consistency per process in SP 800_56Ar3, section 5.6.2.1.4, method (b) for FFC.
int	wc_DhCheckPrivKey(DhKey * key, const byte * priv, word32 pubSz) Check DH private key for invalid numbers.
int	wc_DhCheckPrivKey_ex(DhKey * key, const byte * priv, word32 pubSz, const byte * prime, word32 primeSz)
int	wc_DhCheckPubKey(DhKey * key, const byte * pub, word32 pubSz)
int	wc_DhCheckPubKey_ex(DhKey * key, const byte * pub, word32 pubSz, const byte * prime, word32 primeSz)
int	wc_DhExportParamsRaw(DhKey * dh, byte * p, word32 * pSz, byte * q, word32 * qSz, byte * g, word32 * gSz)
int	wc_DhGenerateParams(WC_RNG * rng, int modSz, DhKey * dh)
int	wc_DhSetCheckKey(DhKey * key, const byte * p, word32 pSz, const byte * g, word32 gSz, const byte * q, word32 qSz, int trusted, WC_RNG * rng)
int	wc_DhSetKey_ex(DhKey * key, const byte * p, word32 pSz, const byte * g, word32 gSz, const byte * q, word32 qSz)

Functions Documentation

function wc_InitDhKey

int wc_InitDhKey(
    DhKey * key
)

This function initializes a Diffie-Hellman key for use in negotiating a secure secret key with the Diffie-Hellman exchange protocol.

Parameters:

• key pointer to the DhKey structure to initialize for use with secure key exchanges

See:

• wc_FreeDhKey
• wc_DhGenerateKeyPair

Return: none No returns.

Example

DhKey key;
wc_InitDhKey(&key); // initialize DH key

function wc_FreeDhKey

void wc_FreeDhKey(
    DhKey * key
)

This function frees a Diffie-Hellman key after it has been used to negotiate a secure secret key with the Diffie-Hellman exchange protocol.

Parameters:

• key pointer to the DhKey structure to free

See: wc_InitDhKey

Return: none No returns.

Example

DhKey key;
// initialize key, perform key exchange

wc_FreeDhKey(&key); // free DH key to avoid memory leaks

function wc_DhGenerateKeyPair

int wc_DhGenerateKeyPair(
    DhKey * key,
    WC_RNG * rng,
    byte * priv,
    word32 * privSz,
    byte * pub,
    word32 * pubSz
)

This function generates a public/private key pair based on the Diffie-Hellman public parameters, storing the private key in priv and the public key in pub. It takes an initialized Diffie-Hellman key and an initialized rng structure.

Parameters:

• key pointer to the DhKey structure from which to generate the key pair
• rng pointer to an initialized random number generator (rng) with which to generate the keys
• priv pointer to a buffer in which to store the private key
• privSz will store the size of the private key written to priv
• pub pointer to a buffer in which to store the public key
• pubSz will store the size of the private key written to pub

See:

• wc_InitDhKey
• wc_DhSetKey
• wc_DhKeyDecode

Return:

• BAD_FUNC_ARG Returned if there is an error parsing one of the inputs to this function
• RNG_FAILURE_E Returned if there is an error generating a random number using rng
• MP_INIT_E May be returned if there is an error in the math library while generating the public key
• MP_READ_E May be returned if there is an error in the math library while generating the public key
• MP_EXPTMOD_E May be returned if there is an error in the math library while generating the public key
• MP_TO_E May be returned if there is an error in the math library while generating the public key

Example

DhKey key;
int ret;
byte priv[256];
byte pub[256];
word32 privSz, pubSz;

wc_InitDhKey(&key); // initialize key
// Set DH parameters using wc_DhSetKey or wc_DhKeyDecode
WC_RNG rng;
wc_InitRng(&rng); // initialize rng
ret = wc_DhGenerateKeyPair(&key, &rng, priv, &privSz, pub, &pubSz);

function wc_DhAgree

int wc_DhAgree(
    DhKey * key,
    byte * agree,
    word32 * agreeSz,
    const byte * priv,
    word32 privSz,
    const byte * otherPub,
    word32 pubSz
)

This function generates an agreed upon secret key based on a local private key and a received public key. If completed on both sides of an exchange, this function generates an agreed upon secret key for symmetric communication. On successfully generating a shared secret key, the size of the secret key written will be stored in agreeSz.

Parameters:

• key pointer to the DhKey structure to use to compute the shared key
• agree pointer to the buffer in which to store the secret key
• agreeSz will hold the size of the secret key after successful generation
• priv pointer to the buffer containing the local secret key
• privSz size of the local secret key
• otherPub pointer to a buffer containing the received public key
• pubSz size of the received public key

See: wc_DhGenerateKeyPair

Return:

• 0 Returned on successfully generating an agreed upon secret key
• MP_INIT_E May be returned if there is an error while generating the shared secret key
• MP_READ_E May be returned if there is an error while generating the shared secret key
• MP_EXPTMOD_E May be returned if there is an error while generating the shared secret key
• MP_TO_E May be returned if there is an error while generating the shared secret key

Example

DhKey key;
int ret;
byte priv[256];
byte agree[256];
word32 agreeSz;

// initialize key, set key prime and base
// wc_DhGenerateKeyPair -- store private key in priv
byte pub[] = { // initialized with the received public key };
ret = wc_DhAgree(&key, agree, &agreeSz, priv, sizeof(priv), pub,
sizeof(pub));
if ( ret != 0 ) {
    // error generating shared key
}

function wc_DhKeyDecode

int wc_DhKeyDecode(
    const byte * input,
    word32 * inOutIdx,
    DhKey * key,
    word32 
)

This function decodes a Diffie-Hellman key from the given input buffer containing the key in DER format. It stores the result in the DhKey structure.

Parameters:

• input pointer to the buffer containing the DER formatted Diffie-Hellman key
• inOutIdx pointer to an integer in which to store the index parsed to while decoding the key
• key pointer to the DhKey structure to initialize with the input key
• inSz length of the input buffer. Gives the max length that may be read

See: wc_DhSetKey

Return:

• 0 Returned on successfully decoding the input key
• ASN_PARSE_E Returned if there is an error parsing the sequence of the input
• ASN_DH_KEY_E Returned if there is an error reading the private key parameters from the parsed input

Example

DhKey key;
word32 idx = 0;

byte keyBuff[1024];
// initialize with DER formatted key
wc_DhKeyInit(&key);
ret = wc_DhKeyDecode(keyBuff, &idx, &key, sizeof(keyBuff));

if ( ret != 0 ) {
    // error decoding key
}

function wc_DhSetKey

int wc_DhSetKey(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * p,
    word32 pSz,
    const byte * g,
    word32 gSz
)

This function sets the key for a DhKey structure using the input private key parameters. Unlike wc_DhKeyDecode, this function does not require that the input key be formatted in DER format, and instead simply accepts the parsed input parameters p (prime) and g (base).

Parameters:

• key pointer to the DhKey structure on which to set the key
• p pointer to the buffer containing the prime for use with the key
• pSz length of the input prime
• g pointer to the buffer containing the base for use with the key
• gSz length of the input base

See: wc_DhKeyDecode

Return:

• 0 Returned on successfully setting the key
• BAD_FUNC_ARG Returned if any of the input parameters evaluate to NULL
• MP_INIT_E Returned if there is an error initializing the key parameters for storage
• ASN_DH_KEY_E Returned if there is an error reading in the DH key parameters p and g

Example

DhKey key;

byte p[] = { // initialize with prime };
byte g[] = { // initialize with base };
wc_DhKeyInit(&key);
ret = wc_DhSetKey(key, p, sizeof(p), g, sizeof(g));

if ( ret != 0 ) {
    // error setting key
}

function wc_DhParamsLoad

int wc_DhParamsLoad(
    const byte * input,
    word32 inSz,
    byte * p,
    word32 * pInOutSz,
    byte * g,
    word32 * gInOutSz
)

This function loads the Diffie-Hellman parameters, p (prime) and g (base) out of the given input buffer, DER formatted.

Parameters:

• input pointer to a buffer containing a DER formatted Diffie-Hellman certificate to parse
• inSz size of the input buffer
• p pointer to a buffer in which to store the parsed prime
• pInOutSz pointer to a word32 object containing the available size in the p buffer. Will be overwritten with the number of bytes written to the buffer after completing the function call
• g pointer to a buffer in which to store the parsed base
• gInOutSz pointer to a word32 object containing the available size in the g buffer. Will be overwritten with the number of bytes written to the buffer after completing the function call

See:

• wc_DhSetKey
• wc_DhKeyDecode

Return:

• 0 Returned on successfully extracting the DH parameters
• ASN_PARSE_E Returned if an error occurs while parsing the DER formatted DH certificate
• BUFFER_E Returned if there is inadequate space in p or g to store the parsed parameters

Example

byte dhCert[] = { initialize with DER formatted certificate };
byte p[MAX_DH_SIZE];
byte g[MAX_DH_SIZE];
word32 pSz = MAX_DH_SIZE;
word32 gSz = MAX_DH_SIZE;

ret = wc_DhParamsLoad(dhCert, sizeof(dhCert), p, &pSz, g, &gSz);
if ( ret != 0 ) {
    // error parsing inputs
}

function wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get

const DhParams * wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get(
    void 
)

This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_2048 be defined.

See:

• wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get

function wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get

const DhParams * wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get(
    void 
)

This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_3072 be defined.

See:

• wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get

function wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get

const DhParams * wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get(
    void 
)

This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_4096 be defined.

See:

• wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get

function wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get

const DhParams * wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get(
    void 
)

This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_6144 be defined.

See:

• wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get

function wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get

const DhParams * wc_Dh_ffdhe8192_Get(
    void 
)

This function returns ... and requires that HAVE_FFDHE_8192 be defined.

See:

• wc_Dh_ffdhe2048_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe3072_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe4096_Get
• wc_Dh_ffdhe6144_Get

function wc_DhCheckKeyPair

int wc_DhCheckKeyPair(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * pub,
    word32 pubSz,
    const byte * priv,
    word32 privSz
)

Checks DH keys for pair-wise consistency per process in SP 800-56Ar3, section 5.6.2.1.4, method (b) for FFC.

function wc_DhCheckPrivKey

int wc_DhCheckPrivKey(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * priv,
    word32 pubSz
)

Check DH private key for invalid numbers.

function wc_DhCheckPrivKey_ex

int wc_DhCheckPrivKey_ex(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * priv,
    word32 pubSz,
    const byte * prime,
    word32 primeSz
)

function wc_DhCheckPubKey

int wc_DhCheckPubKey(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * pub,
    word32 pubSz
)

function wc_DhCheckPubKey_ex

int wc_DhCheckPubKey_ex(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * pub,
    word32 pubSz,
    const byte * prime,
    word32 primeSz
)

function wc_DhExportParamsRaw

int wc_DhExportParamsRaw(
    DhKey * dh,
    byte * p,
    word32 * pSz,
    byte * q,
    word32 * qSz,
    byte * g,
    word32 * gSz
)

function wc_DhGenerateParams

int wc_DhGenerateParams(
    WC_RNG * rng,
    int modSz,
    DhKey * dh
)

function wc_DhSetCheckKey

int wc_DhSetCheckKey(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * p,
    word32 pSz,
    const byte * g,
    word32 gSz,
    const byte * q,
    word32 qSz,
    int trusted,
    WC_RNG * rng
)

function wc_DhSetKey_ex

int wc_DhSetKey_ex(
    DhKey * key,
    const byte * p,
    word32 pSz,
    const byte * g,
    word32 gSz,
    const byte * q,
    word32 qSz
)

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Updated on 2024-12-30 at 01:17:00 +0000