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authorlloyd <[email protected]>2008-10-13 19:32:51 +0000
committerlloyd <[email protected]>2008-10-13 19:32:51 +0000
commitdcbc874d87fcbeb7336b1dacf84f8060cef9c851 (patch)
tree3e57215ede61ac1bf6317759ae89668de1307400 /src/pubkey/dl_group
parent6caafe6f6212101ab31e7cd9bc6f83d7764603e2 (diff)
Another batch of InSiTo Doxygen comments
Diffstat (limited to 'src/pubkey/dl_group')
-rw-r--r--src/pubkey/dl_group/dl_group.h120
1 files changed, 108 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/pubkey/dl_group/dl_group.h b/src/pubkey/dl_group/dl_group.h
index 7d631433e..b999a8c04 100644
--- a/src/pubkey/dl_group/dl_group.h
+++ b/src/pubkey/dl_group/dl_group.h
@@ -11,16 +11,34 @@
namespace Botan {
-/*************************************************
-* Discrete Logarithm Group *
-*************************************************/
+/**
+* This class represents discrete logarithm groups. It holds a prime p,
+* a prime q = (p-1)/2 and g = x^((p-1)/q) mod p.
+*/
class BOTAN_DLL DL_Group
{
public:
+ /**
+ * Get the prime p.
+ * @return the prime p
+ */
const BigInt& get_p() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Get the prime q.
+ * @return the prime q
+ */
const BigInt& get_q() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Get the base g.
+ * @return the base g
+ */
const BigInt& get_g() const;
+ /**
+ * The DL group encoding format variants.
+ */
enum Format {
ANSI_X9_42,
ANSI_X9_57,
@@ -32,23 +50,101 @@ class BOTAN_DLL DL_Group
PKCS3_DH_PARAMETERS = PKCS_3
};
+ /**
+ * Determine the prime creation for DL groups.
+ */
enum PrimeType { Strong, Prime_Subgroup, DSA_Kosherizer };
- bool verify_group(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, bool) const;
+ /**
+ * Perform validity checks on the group.
+ * @param rng the rng to use
+ * @param strong whether to perform stronger by lengthier tests
+ * @return true if the object is consistent, false otherwise
+ */
+ bool verify_group(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, bool strong) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Encode this group into a string using PEM encoding.
+ * @param format the encoding format
+ * @return the string holding the PEM encoded group
+ */
+ std::string PEM_encode(Format format) const;
- std::string PEM_encode(Format) const;
- SecureVector<byte> DER_encode(Format) const;
- void BER_decode(DataSource&, Format);
- void PEM_decode(DataSource&);
+ /**
+ * Encode this group into a string using DER encoding.
+ * @param format the encoding format
+ * @return the string holding the DER encoded group
+ */
+ SecureVector<byte> DER_encode(Format format) const;
+ /**
+ * Decode a DER/BER encoded group into this instance.
+ * @param src a DataSource providing the encoded group
+ * @param format the format of the encoded group
+ */
+ void BER_decode(DataSource& src, Format format);
+
+ /**
+ * Decode a PEM encoded group into this instance.
+ * @param src a DataSource providing the encoded group
+ */
+ void PEM_decode(DataSource& src);
+
+ /**
+ * Construct a DL group with uninitialized internal value.
+ * Use this constructor is you wish to set the groups values
+ * from a DER or PEM encoded group.
+ */
DL_Group();
- DL_Group(const std::string&);
- DL_Group(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, PrimeType, u32bit, u32bit = 0);
- DL_Group(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, const MemoryRegion<byte>&,
- u32bit = 1024, u32bit = 0);
+ /**
+ * Construct a DL group that is registered in the configuration.
+ * @param name the name that is configured in the global configuration
+ * for the desired group. If no configuration file is specified,
+ * the default values from the file policy.cpp will be used. For instance,
+ * use "modp/ietf/768" as name.
+ */
+ DL_Group(const std::string& name);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new group randomly.
+ * @param rng the random number generator to use
+ * @param type specifies how the creation of primes p and q shall
+ * be performed. If type=Strong, then p will be determined as a
+ * safe prime, and q will be chosen as (p-1)/2. If
+ * type=Prime_Subgroup and qbits = 0, then the size of q will be
+ * determined according to the estimated difficulty of the DL
+ * problem. If type=DSA_Kosherizer, DSA primes will be created.
+ * @param pbits the number of bits of p
+ * @param qbits the number of bits of q. Leave it as 0 to have
+ * the value determined according to pbits.
+ */
+ DL_Group(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, PrimeType type,
+ u32bit pbits, u32bit qbits = 0);
+ /**
+ * Create a DSA group with a given seed.
+ * @param rng the random number generator to use
+ * @param seed the seed to use to create the random primes
+ * @param pbits the desired bit size of the prime p
+ * @param qbits the desired bit size of the prime q.
+ */
+ DL_Group(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, const MemoryRegion<byte>& seed,
+ u32bit pbits = 1024, u32bit qbits = 0);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a DL group. The prime q will be determined according to p.
+ * @param p the prime p
+ * @param g the base g
+ */
DL_Group(const BigInt& p, const BigInt& g);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a DL group.
+ * @param p the prime p
+ * @param q the prime q
+ * @param g the base g
+ */
DL_Group(const BigInt& p, const BigInt& g, const BigInt& q);
private:
static BigInt make_dsa_generator(const BigInt&, const BigInt&);