Package dsa

• import "crypto/dsa"
• Overview
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Overview

Package dsa implements the Digital Signature Algorithm, as defined in FIPS 186-3.

The DSA operations in this package are not implemented using constant-time algorithms.

Index

• Variables
• func GenerateKey(priv *PrivateKey, rand io.Reader) error
• func GenerateParameters(params *Parameters, rand io.Reader, sizes ParameterSizes) error
• func Sign(rand io.Reader, priv *PrivateKey, hash []byte) (r, s *big.Int, err error)
• func Verify(pub *PublicKey, hash []byte, r, s *big.Int) bool
• type ParameterSizes
• type Parameters
• type PrivateKey
• type PublicKey

Package files

dsa.go

Variables

ErrInvalidPublicKey results when a public key is not usable by this code. FIPS is quite strict about the format of DSA keys, but other code may be less so. Thus, when using keys which may have been generated by other code, this error must be handled.

var ErrInvalidPublicKey = errors.New("crypto/dsa: invalid public key")

func GenerateKeySource

func GenerateKey(priv *PrivateKey, rand io.Reader) error

GenerateKey generates a public&private key pair. The Parameters of the PrivateKey must already be valid (see GenerateParameters).

func GenerateParametersSource

func GenerateParameters(params *Parameters, rand io.Reader, sizes ParameterSizes) error

GenerateParameters puts a random, valid set of DSA parameters into params. This function can take many seconds, even on fast machines.

func SignSource

func Sign(rand io.Reader, priv *PrivateKey, hash []byte) (r, s *big.Int, err error)

Sign signs an arbitrary length hash (which should be the result of hashing a larger message) using the private key, priv. It returns the signature as a pair of integers. The security of the private key depends on the entropy of rand.

Note that FIPS 186-3 section 4.6 specifies that the hash should be truncated to the byte-length of the subgroup. This function does not perform that truncation itself.

Be aware that calling Sign with an attacker-controlled PrivateKey may require an arbitrary amount of CPU.

func VerifySource

func Verify(pub *PublicKey, hash []byte, r, s *big.Int) bool

Verify verifies the signature in r, s of hash using the public key, pub. It reports whether the signature is valid.

Note that FIPS 186-3 section 4.6 specifies that the hash should be truncated to the byte-length of the subgroup. This function does not perform that truncation itself.

type ParameterSizesSource

ParameterSizes is a enumeration of the acceptable bit lengths of the primes in a set of DSA parameters. See FIPS 186-3, section 4.2.

type ParameterSizes int

const (
        L1024N160 ParameterSizes = iota
        L2048N224
        L2048N256
        L3072N256
)

type ParametersSource

Parameters represents the domain parameters for a key. These parameters can be shared across many keys. The bit length of Q must be a multiple of 8.

type Parameters struct {
        P, Q, G *big.Int
}

type PrivateKeySource

PrivateKey represents a DSA private key.

type PrivateKey struct {
        PublicKey
        X *big.Int
}

type PublicKeySource

PublicKey represents a DSA public key.

type PublicKey struct {
        Parameters
        Y *big.Int
}