Support Secp256r1 curve (NIST P-256) #81
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| git = "https:/KZen-networks/ring.git" | ||
| branch = "feature/p256" | ||
| optional = true | ||
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You probably explained it to me before, but why can't we take Ring from crate.io ?
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Because I forked and modified it (in order to extend the API of the keypair which is needed for this PR).
If we'll merge it to master (see ZenGo-X/ring#1) then we can publish KZen's repo with another name. How does that sound?
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can you give me a sense of what API extension were needed?
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Point arithmetics, serialization etc. (see PR)
src/elliptic/curves/secp256_r1.rs
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| /// The size (in bytes) of a P-256 signature | ||
| pub const SIGNATURE_SIZE: usize = 64; |
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what is P-256 signature ?
where do we use this const ?
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You're right, we don't we use it.
I'll push a commit to delete it.
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| fn add(&self, other: &Seed) -> Secp256r1Scalar { |
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Ring is not providing a way to do add/mul/sub/inv?
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Not for a field element.
I followed the same pattern as used in the Secp256k1 source, see https:/KZen-networks/curv/blob/master/src/elliptic/curves/secp256_k1.rs#L160.
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Hey @oleiba , Have you checked https:/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves ? |
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It looks like a very new library, first commit in Jan 2020, even after I started my work on this P256 integration. |
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There is another issue there: RustCrypto/elliptic-curves#29 |
The traits in that library started off in the |
Note: ring's branch dependency can be changed to
masteronce ZenGo-X/ring#1 is merged.