Rename msg32 to msghash32 in ecdsa_sign/verify and add explanation

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Jonas Nick
2020-12-03 15:53:31 +00:00
parent 8f0c6f1545
commit f587f04e35
4 changed files with 40 additions and 33 deletions

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@@ -452,7 +452,14 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_compact(
* 0: incorrect or unparseable signature
* Args: ctx: a secp256k1 context object, initialized for verification.
* In: sig: the signature being verified (cannot be NULL)
* msg32: the 32-byte message hash being verified (cannot be NULL)
* msghash32: the 32-byte message hash being verified (cannot be NULL).
* The verifier must make sure to apply a cryptographic
* hash function to the message by itself and not accept an
* msghash32 value directly. Otherwise, it would be easy to
* create a "valid" signature without knowledge of the
* secret key. See also
* https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/81116/35586 for more
* background on this topic.
* pubkey: pointer to an initialized public key to verify with (cannot be NULL)
*
* To avoid accepting malleable signatures, only ECDSA signatures in lower-S
@@ -467,7 +474,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_compact(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
const secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sig,
const unsigned char *msg32,
const unsigned char *msghash32,
const secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4);
@@ -532,12 +539,12 @@ SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_nonce_function secp256k1_nonce_function_def
*
* Returns: 1: signature created
* 0: the nonce generation function failed, or the secret key was invalid.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
* Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
* In: msg32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
* seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
* noncefp:pointer to a nonce generation function. If NULL, secp256k1_nonce_function_default is used
* ndata: pointer to arbitrary data used by the nonce generation function (can be NULL)
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
* Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
* In: msghash32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
* seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
* noncefp: pointer to a nonce generation function. If NULL, secp256k1_nonce_function_default is used
* ndata: pointer to arbitrary data used by the nonce generation function (can be NULL)
*
* The created signature is always in lower-S form. See
* secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize for more details.
@@ -545,7 +552,7 @@ SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_nonce_function secp256k1_nonce_function_def
SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sig,
const unsigned char *msg32,
const unsigned char *msghash32,
const unsigned char *seckey,
secp256k1_nonce_function noncefp,
const void *ndata

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@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature_serialize_compact(
*
* Returns: 1: signature created
* 0: the nonce generation function failed, or the secret key was invalid.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
* Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
* In: msg32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
* seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
* noncefp:pointer to a nonce generation function. If NULL, secp256k1_nonce_function_default is used
* ndata: pointer to arbitrary data used by the nonce generation function (can be NULL)
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
* Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
* In: msghash32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
* seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
* noncefp: pointer to a nonce generation function. If NULL, secp256k1_nonce_function_default is used
* ndata: pointer to arbitrary data used by the nonce generation function (can be NULL)
*/
SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign_recoverable(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature *sig,
const unsigned char *msg32,
const unsigned char *msghash32,
const unsigned char *seckey,
secp256k1_nonce_function noncefp,
const void *ndata
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign_recoverable(
*
* Returns: 1: public key successfully recovered (which guarantees a correct signature).
* 0: otherwise.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for verification (cannot be NULL)
* Out: pubkey: pointer to the recovered public key (cannot be NULL)
* In: sig: pointer to initialized signature that supports pubkey recovery (cannot be NULL)
* msg32: the 32-byte message hash assumed to be signed (cannot be NULL)
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for verification (cannot be NULL)
* Out: pubkey: pointer to the recovered public key (cannot be NULL)
* In: sig: pointer to initialized signature that supports pubkey recovery (cannot be NULL)
* msghash32: the 32-byte message hash assumed to be signed (cannot be NULL)
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ecdsa_recover(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey,
const secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature *sig,
const unsigned char *msg32
const unsigned char *msghash32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4);
#ifdef __cplusplus