Crate winternitz

winternitz is a small crate implementing a quantum-resistant one-time signature scheme, the LDWM_SHA256_M20_W8 variant of LDWM (but not MTS) as described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-02.

Usage

Each private key may only be used to sign ONE message. Signing multiple messages with a single key could reveal your private key data.

extern crate rand;
extern crate winternitz;

use rand::{thread_rng, RngCore};

fn main() {
	// Fill up the space of a new private key with entropy.
	let mut privkey = [0; winternitz::PRIVKEY_SIZE];
	thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut privkey);

	// Generate your public key from your private key.
	let mut pubkey = [0; winternitz::PUBKEY_SIZE];
	winternitz::derive_pubkey(&privkey, &mut pubkey).unwrap();

	// Sign a message.
	let msg = b"squeamish ossifrage";
	let mut sig = [0; winternitz::SIG_SIZE];
	winternitz::sign(&privkey, msg, &mut sig).unwrap();

	// Verify a signature.
	assert!(winternitz::verify(&pubkey, msg, &sig).unwrap());
}

Modules

util

Constants

PRIVKEY_SIZE

The size (in bytes) of a private key

PUBKEY_SIZE

The size (in bytes) of a public key

SIG_SIZE

The size (in bytes) of a signature

Functions

derive_pubkey

Generate a public key from private entropy privkey.

sign

Sign a message msg with privkey, returning the signature.

verify

Verify a signature sig of message msg from public key pubkey.