3 * $Id: gfshare.h,v 1.4 2000/06/24 18:29:05 mdw Exp $
5 * Secret sharing over %$\gf{2^8}$%
7 * (c) 2000 Straylight/Edgeware
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
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30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
33 * Revision 1.4 2000/06/24 18:29:05 mdw
34 * Interface change: allow shares to be extracted from a context on demand,
35 * rather than building them all up-front.
37 * Revision 1.3 2000/06/18 23:12:15 mdw
38 * Change typesetting of Galois Field names.
40 * Revision 1.2 2000/06/17 11:05:27 mdw
41 * Add a commentary on the system.
43 * Revision 1.1 2000/06/17 10:56:30 mdw
44 * Fast but nonstandard secret sharing system.
48 /*----- Notes on the system -----------------------------------------------*
50 * This uses a variant of Shamir's secret sharing system. Shamir's original
51 * system used polynomials modulo a large prime. This implementation instead
52 * uses the field %$\gf{2^8}$%, represented by
54 * %$\gf{2}[x]/(x^8 + x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + 1)$%
56 * and shares each byte of the secret independently. It is therefore limited
57 * to 255 players, although this probably isn't a serious limitation in
60 * Share creation and reconstruction is extremely efficient. Contrast the
61 * performance of the straightforward implementation based on multiprecision
65 #ifndef CATACOMB_GFSHARE_H
66 #define CATACOMB_GFSHARE_H
72 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
74 #include <mLib/bits.h>
76 #ifndef CATACOMB_GRAND_H
80 /*----- Data structures ---------------------------------------------------*/
82 /* --- A secret sharing context --- */
84 typedef struct gfshare
{
85 unsigned t
; /* Threshold */
86 unsigned i
; /* Next free slot in vector */
87 size_t sz
; /* Size of the secret and shares */
88 void *s
; /* The secret */
89 octet
*v
; /* Vector of share information */
92 #define GFSHARE_INIT(t, sz) { t, 0, sz, 0, 0 }
94 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
96 /* --- @gfshare_create@ --- *
98 * Arguments: @gfshare *s@ = pointer to share context to initialize
99 * @unsigned t@ = threshold for the system
100 * @size_t sz@ = size of the secret
104 * Use: Initializes a sharing context.
107 extern void gfshare_create(gfshare */
*s*/
, unsigned /*t*/, size_t /*sz*/);
109 /* --- @gfshare_destroy@ --- *
111 * Arguments: @gfshare *s@ = pointer to share context to destroy
115 * Use: Disposes of a sharing context. The allocations for the
116 * individual shares and the vector @v@ are freed; the secret is
120 extern void gfshare_destroy(gfshare */
*s*/
);
122 /* --- @gfshare_mkshares@ --- *
124 * Arguments: @gfshare *s@ = pointer to share context to fill in
125 * @grand *r@ = pointer to random number source
129 * Use: Initializes a sharing context to be able to create shares.
130 * The context structure is expected to be mostly filled in. In
131 * particular, @t@ and @s@ must be initialized. If @v@ is zero,
132 * a vector of appropriate size is allocated. You should use
133 * the macro @GFSHARE_INIT@ or @gfshare_create@ to construct
137 extern void gfshare_mkshares(gfshare */
*s*/
, grand */
*r*/
);
139 /* --- @gfshare_get@ --- *
141 * Arguments: @gfshare *s@ = pointer to share conext
142 * @unsigned x@ = share index to fetch
143 * @void *buf@ = pointer to output buffer
145 * Returns: The share, as requested.
147 * Use: Extracts a share from the system. You may extract up to 255
148 * shares from the system. Shares are indexed from 0.
151 extern void gfshare_get(gfshare */
*s*/
, unsigned /*x*/, void */
*buf*/
);
153 /* --- @gfshare_add@ --- *
155 * Arguments: @gfshare *s@ = pointer to sharing context
156 * @unsigned x@ = which share number this is
157 * @const void *y@ = the share value
159 * Returns: Number of shares required before recovery may be performed.
161 * Use: Adds a share to the context. The context must have been
162 * initialized with the correct threshold @t@.
165 extern unsigned gfshare_add(gfshare */
*s*/
,
166 unsigned /*x*/, const void */
*y*/
);
168 /* --- @gfshare_combine@ --- *
170 * Arguments: @gfshare *s@ = pointer to share context
171 * @void *buf@ = pointer to output buffer for the secret
175 * Use: Reconstructs a secret, given enough shares.
178 extern void gfshare_combine(gfshare */
*s*/
, void */
*buf*/
);
180 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/