## Full Domain Hash
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A Full Domain Hash (FDH) is a useful cryptographic construction that limits the domain of the digest of a hash function (for example ensuring the digest is less than modulus `n` in RSA). Secondarily, it can also be used to extend the size of a hash digest to an arbitrary length, turning a regular hash function into an XOF hash function.
We construct an FDH by computing a number of cycles where:
`cycles=(target length)/(digest length) + 1`
We then compute:
`FDH(M) = HASH(M||0) || HASH(M||1) || ... || HASH(M||cycles−1)`
Where `HASH` is any hash function, `M` is the message, `||` denotes concatenation, and numerical values are single-byte `u8`.
FDHs are usually used with an RSA signature scheme where the target length is the size of the key, and the domain is less than modulus `n`. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Domain_Hash
This crate makes extensive use of the [`digest`](/digest) crate's cryptograhic hash traits, so most useful methods are implemented as part of `digest` traits. These traits are re-exported for convenience. See [https://github.com/RustCrypto/hashes](https://github.com/RustCrypto/hashes) for a list of compatible hashes.
It should be noted that FDH is not constant-time in relation to the message. While the variable-time natue of a FDH cannot be used to recover the message (except in pathological cases), it can be used to eliminate certain values from the set of all possible values for the message.
## Example
```rust
use sha2::Sha256;
use fdh::{FullDomainHash, VariableOutput, Input};
// Expand SHA256 from 256 bits to 1024 bits.
let output_bits = 1024;
let output_bytes = 1024 / 8;
let mut hasher = FullDomainHash::<Sha256>::new(output_bytes)?;
hasher.input(b"ATTACK AT DAWN");
let result = hasher.vec_result();
```
## `no_std`
This crate also supports `no_std`, so it can be used in embedded or other settings with no allocation.
```rust
#![no_std]
use sha2::Sha256;
use fdh::{FullDomainHash, Input, ExtendableOutput, XofReader};
// Expand SHA256 from 256 bits to 512 bits (and beyond!), reading it in 16 byte chunks.
let mut hasher = FullDomainHash::<Sha256>::default();
hasher.input(b"ATTACK AT DAWN");
let mut reader = hasher.xof_result();
let mut read_buf = <[u8; 16]>::default();
// Read the first 16 bytes into read_buf
reader.read(&mut read_buf);
// Read the second 16 bytes into read_buf
reader.read(&mut read_buf);
// If we want, we can just keep going, reading as many bits as we want indefinitely.
reader.read(&mut read_buf);
reader.read(&mut read_buf);
```
## Restricted Domain
This crate also supports getting a digest that is within a specific domain. It follows an algorithim like so:
```
fn digest_in_domain(message, iv):
digest = fdh(message, iv)
while not in_domain(digest):
iv++
digest = fdh(message, iv)
return digest, iv
```
The method `results_in_domain()` is provided to accomplish this. The helper methods `results_between()`, `results_lt()`, `results_gt()` are provided for the common case where the digest must be in a certain range.
An example that produces a digest that is odd:
```rust
use sha2::Sha512;
use fdh::{FullDomainHash, Input, VariableOutput};
use num_bigint::BigUint;
use num_integer::Integer;
// Get a full domain hash that is odd
let mut hasher = FullDomainHash::<Sha512>::new(64).unwrap();
hasher.input(b"ATTACKATDAWN");
fn digest_is_odd(digest: &[u8]) -> bool {
BigUint::from_bytes_be(digest).is_odd()
}
let iv = 0;
let (digest, iv) = hasher.results_in_domain(iv, digest_is_odd).unwrap();
```
## Contributors
1. Patrick Hayes ([linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdhayes/)) ([github](https://github.com/phayes)) - Available for hire.