KEYS: Asymmetric public-key algorithm crypto key subtype

Add a subtype for supporting asymmetric public-key encryption algorithms such
as DSA (FIPS-186) and RSA (PKCS#1 / RFC1337).

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.h b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.h
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+/* Public key algorithm internals
+ *
+ * See Documentation/crypto/asymmetric-keys.txt
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <crypto/public_key.h>
+
+extern struct asymmetric_key_subtype public_key_subtype;
+
+/*
+ * Public key algorithm definition.
+ */
+struct public_key_algorithm {
+	const char	*name;
+	u8		n_pub_mpi;	/* Number of MPIs in public key */
+	u8		n_sec_mpi;	/* Number of MPIs in secret key */
+	u8		n_sig_mpi;	/* Number of MPIs in a signature */
+	int (*verify_signature)(const struct public_key *key,
+				const struct public_key_signature *sig);
+};