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mbedtls_ecp_group Struct Reference

The ECP group structure. More...

#include <ecp.h>

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Data Fields

mbedtls_ecp_group_id id
mbedtls_mpi P
mbedtls_mpi A
mbedtls_mpi B
mbedtls_ecp_point G
mbedtls_mpi N
size_t pbits
size_t nbits
unsigned int h
int(* modp )(mbedtls_mpi *)
int(* t_pre )(mbedtls_ecp_point *, void *)
int(* t_post )(mbedtls_ecp_point *, void *)
void * t_data
mbedtls_ecp_pointT
size_t T_size

Detailed Description

The ECP group structure.

We consider two types of curve equations:

In both cases, the generator (G) for a prime-order subgroup is fixed.

For Short Weierstrass, this subgroup is the whole curve, and its cardinality is denoted by N. Our code requires that N is an odd prime as mbedtls_ecp_mul() requires an odd number, and mbedtls_ecdsa_sign() requires that it is prime for blinding purposes.

For Montgomery curves, we do not store A, but (A + 2) / 4, which is the quantity used in the formulas. Additionally, nbits is not the size of N but the required size for private keys.

If modp is NULL, reduction modulo P is done using a generic algorithm. Otherwise, modp must point to a function that takes an mbedtls_mpi in the range of 0..2^(2*pbits)-1, and transforms it in-place to an integer which is congruent mod P to the given MPI, and is close enough to pbits in size, so that it may be efficiently brought in the 0..P-1 range by a few additions or subtractions. Therefore, it is only an approximative modular reduction. It must return 0 on success and non-zero on failure.

Definition at line 163 of file ecp.h.

Field Documentation

mbedtls_mpi mbedtls_ecp_group::A

For Short Weierstrass: A in the equation. For Montgomery curves: (A + 2) / 4.

Definition at line 167 of file ecp.h.

mbedtls_mpi mbedtls_ecp_group::B

For Short Weierstrass: B in the equation. For Montgomery curves: unused.

Definition at line 169 of file ecp.h.

mbedtls_ecp_point mbedtls_ecp_group::G

The generator of the subgroup used.

Definition at line 171 of file ecp.h.

unsigned int mbedtls_ecp_group::h

Definition at line 177 of file ecp.h.

mbedtls_ecp_group_id mbedtls_ecp_group::id

An internal group identifier.

Definition at line 165 of file ecp.h.

int(* mbedtls_ecp_group::modp)(mbedtls_mpi *)

The function for fast pseudo-reduction mod P (see above).

Definition at line 178 of file ecp.h.

mbedtls_mpi mbedtls_ecp_group::N

The order of G.

Definition at line 172 of file ecp.h.

size_t mbedtls_ecp_group::nbits

For Short Weierstrass: The number of bits in P. For Montgomery curves: the number of bits in the private keys.

Definition at line 174 of file ecp.h.

mbedtls_mpi mbedtls_ecp_group::P

The prime modulus of the base field.

Definition at line 166 of file ecp.h.

size_t mbedtls_ecp_group::pbits

The number of bits in P.

Definition at line 173 of file ecp.h.

mbedtls_ecp_point* mbedtls_ecp_group::T

Pre-computed points for ecp_mul_comb().

Definition at line 183 of file ecp.h.

void* mbedtls_ecp_group::t_data

Unused.

Definition at line 182 of file ecp.h.

int(* mbedtls_ecp_group::t_post)(mbedtls_ecp_point *, void *)

Unused.

Definition at line 181 of file ecp.h.

int(* mbedtls_ecp_group::t_pre)(mbedtls_ecp_point *, void *)

Unused.

Definition at line 180 of file ecp.h.

size_t mbedtls_ecp_group::T_size

The number of pre-computed points.

Definition at line 184 of file ecp.h.


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