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/***********************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Pieter Wuille *
* Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying *
* file COPYING or https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.*
***********************************************************************/
/****
* Please do not link this file directly. It is not part of the libsecp256k1
* project and does not promise any stability in its API, functionality or
* presence. Projects which use this code should instead copy this header
* and its accompanying .c file directly into their codebase.
****/
/* This file contains code snippets that parse DER private keys with
* various errors and violations. This is not a part of the library
* itself, because the allowed violations are chosen arbitrarily and
* do not follow or establish any standard.
*
* It also contains code to serialize private keys in a compatible
* manner.
*
* These functions are meant for compatibility with applications
* that require BER encoded keys. When working with secp256k1-specific
* code, the simple 32-byte private keys normally used by the
* library are sufficient.
*/
#ifndef SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H
#define SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H
#include <secp256k1.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/** Export a private key in DER format.
*
* Returns: 1 if the private key was valid.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot
* be NULL)
* Out: privkey: pointer to an array for storing the private key in BER.
* Should have space for 279 bytes, and cannot be NULL.
* privkeylen: Pointer to an int where the length of the private key in
* privkey will be stored.
* In: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key to export.
* compressed: 1 if the key should be exported in
* compressed format, 0 otherwise
*
* This function is purely meant for compatibility with applications that
* require BER encoded keys. When working with secp256k1-specific code, the
* simple 32-byte private keys are sufficient.
*
* Note that this function does not guarantee correct DER output. It is
* guaranteed to be parsable by secp256k1_ec_privkey_import_der
*/
SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int ec_privkey_export_der(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *privkey,
size_t *privkeylen,
const unsigned char *seckey,
int compressed
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4);
/** Import a private key in DER format.
* Returns: 1 if a private key was extracted.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL).
* Out: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte array for storing the private key.
* (cannot be NULL).
* In: privkey: pointer to a private key in DER format (cannot be NULL).
* privkeylen: length of the DER private key pointed to be privkey.
*
* This function will accept more than just strict DER, and even allow some BER
* violations. The public key stored inside the DER-encoded private key is not
* verified for correctness, nor are the curve parameters. Use this function
* only if you know in advance it is supposed to contain a secp256k1 private
* key.
*/
SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int ec_privkey_import_der(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
const unsigned char *privkey,
size_t privkeylen
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H */

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