catacomb-python
4 years agoalgorithms.c (KECCAK.extract): Fix method name in keyword-args string.
Mark Wooding [Mon, 14 Oct 2019 00:00:20 +0000 (01:00 +0100)]
algorithms.c (KECCAK.extract): Fix method name in keyword-args string.

4 years agoalgorithms.c (hLATIN_prf): Allow all supported sizes of key.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:59:30 +0000 (00:59 +0100)]
algorithms.c (hLATIN_prf): Allow all supported sizes of key.

4 years agoalgorithms.c: Add missing guard for `del' to property `set' functions.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:19:18 +0000 (01:19 +0100)]
algorithms.c: Add missing guard for `del' to property `set' functions.

Continuing the work of 9444777c58c60253afdabf5b45011440845770e0.

4 years agoutil.c: Make `default' arguments optional in `get', `setdefault', `pop'.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 17 Nov 2019 01:34:12 +0000 (01:34 +0000)]
util.c: Make `default' arguments optional in `get', `setdefault', `pop'.

Alas, `pop' is a little trickier than the others.

4 years agoutil.c: Fix sense of error check in `popitem'.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 17 Nov 2019 01:33:34 +0000 (01:33 +0000)]
util.c: Fix sense of error check in `popitem'.

4 years agocatacomb-python.h, *.c: Fix how Python `pgen' handlers handle exceptions.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:08:53 +0000 (19:08 +0000)]
catacomb-python.h, *.c: Fix how Python `pgen' handlers handle exceptions.

Oh, this was a mess.  The old code would convert an exception from a
Python handler into `PGEN_ABORT', and hope that the exception state was
still available when the overall operation ended.

This doesn't work.  In particular, steppers and testers are finalized by
calling them with `PGEN_DONE', and the interpreter doesn't like
re-entering Python with an exception set.  (In debug builds, this is an
assertion failure.)

Overhaul all of this nonsense.

  * Add a collection of utilities for saving and restoring the exception
    state.

  * Add a hook, in the `catacomb' module, for reporting `lost'
    exceptions, for the case where further exceptions are raised while
    responding to a first exception.

  * Use a larger `pypgev' structure to track the state of a Python event
    handler through the framework.  This structure holds a reference to
    the Python object itself, and a slot for recording an exception.

  * When a Python handler fails, stash the exception state in the slot
    provided by the `pypgev' structure if there isn't one already, and
    clear the pending exception.  If there is already an exception in
    the slot, then report the new exception through the hook described
    above.

  * Once a `pgen' operation completes, if it raised any exceptions at
    all, then the first of these is left in the exception slot.  If it
    fails otherwise, then we supply a generic exception.

4 years agorand.c, pgen.c: Invalidate random generators from pgen events.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 17:23:00 +0000 (17:23 +0000)]
rand.c, pgen.c: Invalidate random generators from pgen events.

I've not actually seen a crash from a Python program which keeps hold of
the random generator from a prime-generation event and tries to use it
after the operation has finished, but it was certainly possible.

Arrange for the event object to retain the random generator object (so
it always hands out the same one when requested), and invalidates it
when the event is itself invalidated.

This also involves messing with the `grand' code to cope with the idea
of invalidated random generators.

(cherry picked from commit d65d80d7c096e6afc500270ee29909f64869e5dc)

4 years agomp.c, util.c: Use `Py_ssize_t' for lengths.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:39:15 +0000 (22:39 +0000)]
mp.c, util.c: Use `Py_ssize_t' for lengths.

Missed some from the earlier pass.

4 years agoec.c: Pass a dummy length argument to `PyObject_AsReadBuffer'.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:42:32 +0000 (22:42 +0000)]
ec.c: Pass a dummy length argument to `PyObject_AsReadBuffer'.

Otherwise it just raises a `SystemException'.  So this code never
worked.

4 years agocatacomb-python.h, *.c: Fix how Python `pgen' handlers handle exceptions.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:08:53 +0000 (19:08 +0000)]
catacomb-python.h, *.c: Fix how Python `pgen' handlers handle exceptions.

Oh, this was a mess.  The old code would convert an exception from a
Python handler into `PGEN_ABORT', and hope that the exception state was
still available when the overall operation ended.

This doesn't work.  In particular, steppers and testers are finalized by
calling them with `PGEN_DONE', and the interpreter doesn't like
re-entering Python with an exception set.  (In debug builds, this is an
assertion failure.)

Overhaul all of this nonsense.

  * Add a collection of utilities for saving and restoring the exception
    state.

  * Add a hook, in the `catacomb' module, for reporting `lost'
    exceptions, for the case where further exceptions are raised while
    responding to a first exception.

  * Use a larger `pypgev' structure to track the state of a Python event
    handler through the framework.  This structure holds a reference to
    the Python object itself, and a slot for recording an exception.

  * When a Python handler fails, stash the exception state in the slot
    provided by the `pypgev' structure if there isn't one already, and
    clear the pending exception.  If there is already an exception in
    the slot, then report the new exception through the hook described
    above.

  * Once a `pgen' operation completes, if it raised any exceptions at
    all, then the first of these is left in the exception slot.  If it
    fails otherwise, then we supply a generic exception.

4 years agopgen.c (pgev_python): Delete pointless refcount manipulation.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:59:24 +0000 (18:59 +0000)]
pgen.c (pgev_python): Delete pointless refcount manipulation.

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py: Awful bodge for symbol conflict.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:19:41 +0000 (23:19 +0100)]
catacomb/__init__.py: Awful bodge for symbol conflict.

It seems that, in Debian jessie and later, the main Python binary now
exports `md5_init' and friends.  Unfortunately, this overrides
Catacomb's existing `md5_init' with a rather different version, and the
result is a segfault (on i386) or wrong answers (on amd64).

So, as an unpleasant bodge (while this broken thing makes its way
through Debian, see bug #868366), try to force the `RTLD_DEEPBIND' flag
when loading the module.  This is unfortunate, because Python doesn't
actually advertise this flag, at least in my version.

(cherry picked from commit a3ae4a9f590ef84d8e6eac0bc94873a9fd943073)

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py: Rearrange the imports.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:18:13 +0000 (23:18 +0100)]
catacomb/__init__.py: Rearrange the imports.

Sort the ordinary Python imports into alphabetical order (by module
name, rather than by import, if I'm only taking one or two symbols).
Move the main extension import into its own section, because it's going
to grow.

(cherry picked from commit 378ceeef4e0663d913cb448c32022522d39e7848)

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py: Import `sys' as a whole.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:16:02 +0000 (23:16 +0100)]
catacomb/__init__.py: Import `sys' as a whole.

We're only using `argv' in one place, so this isn't a significant
hardship.  And I'll want more things from `sys' soon.

(cherry picked from commit c04b289c577a5cdf6d5dd641f7b541d90a93adff)

4 years agomp.c, util.c: Use `Py_ssize_t' for lengths.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:39:15 +0000 (22:39 +0000)]
mp.c, util.c: Use `Py_ssize_t' for lengths.

Missed some from the earlier pass.

4 years agomp.c: Fix crash converting elliptic curve point-at-infinity to integer.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 10 Nov 2019 13:23:49 +0000 (13:23 +0000)]
mp.c: Fix crash converting elliptic curve point-at-infinity to integer.

4 years agopgen.c, rand.c: Check correct variable when rejecting delete operations.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:55:41 +0000 (18:55 +0000)]
pgen.c, rand.c: Check correct variable when rejecting delete operations.

4 years agorand.c (BBSPriv.generate): Release the event handler afterwards.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:53:56 +0000 (18:53 +0000)]
rand.c (BBSPriv.generate): Release the event handler afterwards.

4 years agomp.c: Return the result of `GFN' transformations as `GF'.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:54:55 +0000 (02:54 +0000)]
mp.c: Return the result of `GFN' transformations as `GF'.

And not `MP', which is simply wrong.

4 years agomp.c: Don't leak the field polynomial.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:54:29 +0000 (02:54 +0000)]
mp.c: Don't leak the field polynomial.

4 years agomp.c: Release the `GFN' object through channels on error.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:50:55 +0000 (02:50 +0000)]
mp.c: Release the `GFN' object through channels on error.

If the given element turns out not to actually generate a normal basis
then we have to give up constructing the `GFN' object and raise an
exception.  In turns out that debug versions of Python get really
unhappy if you try to free objects which still have nonzero reference
counts, so:

  * use `Py_DECREF' to free the object on error; and

  * mark the object (by leaving `p' null) so that we don't actually
    free the conversion matrices if they're weren't set up.

4 years agomp.c: Check that CRT moduli are pairwise coprime.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:46:35 +0000 (22:46 +0000)]
mp.c: Check that CRT moduli are pairwise coprime.

4 years agomp.c: Arrange to free `xx' on exit.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:41:19 +0000 (22:41 +0000)]
mp.c: Arrange to free `xx' on exit.

4 years agomp.c: Check that CRT moduli are actually positive.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:55:11 +0000 (22:55 +0000)]
mp.c: Check that CRT moduli are actually positive.

4 years agofield.c: Convert external-format field element to hex/octal.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 23 Oct 2019 22:18:00 +0000 (23:18 +0100)]
field.c: Convert external-format field element to hex/octal.

Rather than going through the effort of calculating the external
representation of the field element and then returning the internal
version.

4 years agofield.c: Return the binary-field polynomial as, err, a polynomial.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:39:23 +0000 (10:39 +0100)]
field.c: Return the binary-field polynomial as, err, a polynomial.

Sharing the extraction code with the prime-field case means it gets
returned as an integer.

4 years agorand.c: Add missing return-value mnemonic in docstring.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:30:37 +0000 (18:30 +0000)]
rand.c: Add missing return-value mnemonic in docstring.

4 years ago*.c: Consistently show keyword arguments as optional in docstrings.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:45:45 +0000 (11:45 +0100)]
*.c: Consistently show keyword arguments as optional in docstrings.

4 years agopgen.c: Add missing `EV' arg in `PrimeGenEventHandler' method docstrings.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:33:33 +0000 (18:33 +0000)]
pgen.c: Add missing `EV' arg in `PrimeGenEventHandler' method docstrings.

4 years agomp.c: Fix Jacobi symbol notation in docstring.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:57:22 +0000 (18:57 +0000)]
mp.c: Fix Jacobi symbol notation in docstring.

4 years agomp.c: Describe `MP' and `GF' conversion semantics.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:56:34 +0000 (18:56 +0000)]
mp.c: Describe `MP' and `GF' conversion semantics.

4 years agomp.c: Spell `MP' and `GF' in the correct case in docstrings.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:55:46 +0000 (18:55 +0000)]
mp.c: Spell `MP' and `GF' in the correct case in docstrings.

4 years agogroup.c: Fix capitalization of `ECPt' in docstring.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:23:15 +0000 (17:23 +0000)]
group.c: Fix capitalization of `ECPt' in docstring.

4 years agoec.c: Add missing optional argument to docstring.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:22:27 +0000 (17:22 +0000)]
ec.c: Add missing optional argument to docstring.

4 years agobytestring.c (bytestring_pyrepeat): Don't divide by zero.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:53:00 +0000 (09:53 +0100)]
bytestring.c (bytestring_pyrepeat): Don't divide by zero.

4 years agofield.c: Fix misleading docstrings.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:37:00 +0000 (22:37 +0100)]
field.c: Fix misleading docstrings.

It seems that the `value' and `_value' properties have always been able
to return `GF' for binary field elements.

4 years agoutil.c: Fix docstrings for generic-map iterator classes.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:33:28 +0000 (20:33 +0100)]
util.c: Fix docstrings for generic-map iterator classes.

4 years agobuffer.c: Fix docstrings.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:06:05 +0000 (11:06 +0100)]
buffer.c: Fix docstrings.

4 years agomp.c: Factor out and export `mphash'.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:48:12 +0000 (11:48 +0100)]
mp.c: Factor out and export `mphash'.

4 years agoutil.c: Fix docstrings for generic-map iterator classes.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:33:28 +0000 (20:33 +0100)]
util.c: Fix docstrings for generic-map iterator classes.

4 years agogroup.c: Fix docstring keyword for `G.checkgroup'.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:32:51 +0000 (20:32 +0100)]
group.c: Fix docstring keyword for `G.checkgroup'.

4 years agoec.c (ecpt_pyrichcompare): Fix point comparisons.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:09:44 +0000 (12:09 +0100)]
ec.c (ecpt_pyrichcompare): Fix point comparisons.

Previously we'd just reject comparisons of points with different curves.
Instead, support comparing curveless points with curvy ones by just
comparing the points coordinatewise.

Unfortunately, to make equality be transitive, this means permitting
comparisons between points on different curves, which is unpleasant.

4 years agoec.c (ecpt_pyhash): Fix hashing.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:02:59 +0000 (12:02 +0100)]
ec.c (ecpt_pyhash): Fix hashing.

Previously, hashing a curveless point would just crash, which is
surprisingly bad form.  Replace this mess with a simpler thing which
just converts the point to external form and hashes the coordinates.

4 years agofield.c, mp.c: Hash `GF' and `FE' objects the same as `MP'.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:48:39 +0000 (11:48 +0100)]
field.c, mp.c: Hash `GF' and `FE' objects the same as `MP'.

They can be compared for equality, and so they must hash the same way.

4 years agomp.c: Factor out and export `mphash'.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:48:12 +0000 (11:48 +0100)]
mp.c: Factor out and export `mphash'.

4 years agoec.c (ec2osp, os2ecp): Collect flags correctly.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:44:54 +0000 (13:44 +0100)]
ec.c (ec2osp, os2ecp): Collect flags correctly.

Previously `ec2osp' collected an `int', which probably wasn't completely
terrible, and `os2ecp' collected a float, which probably was.

4 years agoec.c: Fix reported function name in `ec2osp'.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:00:46 +0000 (10:00 +0100)]
ec.c: Fix reported function name in `ec2osp'.

4 years agoec.c: Fix keyword-argument list for `os2ecp'.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:00:19 +0000 (10:00 +0100)]
ec.c: Fix keyword-argument list for `os2ecp'.

4 years agoec.c (eccurve_pyrichcompare): Check that second operand has correct type.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:15:46 +0000 (22:15 +0100)]
ec.c (eccurve_pyrichcompare): Check that second operand has correct type.

A segfault waiting to happen, which has been lurking since the
beginning.

4 years agoec.c (ecpt_pymul): Don't leak the scalar value.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:57:12 +0000 (21:57 +0100)]
ec.c (ecpt_pymul): Don't leak the scalar value.

4 years agoec.c: Don't drop through into an error case.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:17:37 +0000 (21:17 +0100)]
ec.c: Don't drop through into an error case.

4 years agoec.c: Fix three-argument point construction.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:16:24 +0000 (21:16 +0100)]
ec.c: Fix three-argument point construction.

This has been wrong literally forever.

4 years agobuffer.c: Don't advertise `WBUF.putecpt' as a keyword method.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:25:39 +0000 (20:25 +0100)]
buffer.c: Don't advertise `WBUF.putecpt' as a keyword method.

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py (BaseRat, MP, GF): Add missing true-division methods.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:23:46 +0000 (20:23 +0100)]
catacomb/__init__.py (BaseRat, MP, GF): Add missing true-division methods.

Since these all produce exact (rational) results, they satisfy the true-
division requirements.

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py (BaseRat): Add missing reverse-multiplication method.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:21:02 +0000 (20:21 +0100)]
catacomb/__init__.py (BaseRat): Add missing reverse-multiplication method.

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py (BaseRat): Make comparisons actually work.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 20 Oct 2019 01:27:53 +0000 (02:27 +0100)]
catacomb/__init__.py (BaseRat): Make comparisons actually work.

This was broken in 83c77564338b3e410eb2ca2db3d35173dd6666cc.

4 years agobuffer.c (wbmeth_putblkN): Check input block size.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 12 Oct 2019 20:07:05 +0000 (21:07 +0100)]
buffer.c (wbmeth_putblkN): Check input block size.

Otherwise the C code fails an assertion.

4 years agoutil.c: Use Python's machinery for handling 64-bit integers.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:02:08 +0000 (20:02 +0100)]
util.c: Use Python's machinery for handling 64-bit integers.

Where available.

4 years agobuffer.c: Return 64-bit values, even if they're too big for `getulong'.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:01:11 +0000 (10:01 +0100)]
buffer.c: Return 64-bit values, even if they're too big for `getulong'.

4 years agoutil.c: Use Python's machinery for handling 64-bit integers.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:02:08 +0000 (20:02 +0100)]
util.c: Use Python's machinery for handling 64-bit integers.

Where available.

4 years agoutil.c: Augment `convu64' to collect its argument via `kludge64'.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:59:59 +0000 (19:59 +0100)]
util.c: Augment `convu64' to collect its argument via `kludge64'.

Otherwise integers too large for `unsigned long' get rejected with an
error, even though they ought to be acceptable as a `uint64'.

4 years agoutil.c: Augment `convu64' to collect its argument via `kludge64'.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:59:59 +0000 (19:59 +0100)]
util.c: Augment `convu64' to collect its argument via `kludge64'.

Otherwise integers too large for `unsigned long' get rejected with an
error, even though they ought to be acceptable as a `uint64'.

4 years agokey.c, pgen.c: Add missing guards for `del' to property `set' functions.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 17:19:07 +0000 (18:19 +0100)]
key.c, pgen.c: Add missing guards for `del' to property `set' functions.

4 years ago*.py: Use `str.replace' rather than `str.translate'.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:10:41 +0000 (17:10 +0100)]
*.py: Use `str.replace' rather than `str.translate'.

It seems that the `None' argument to `str.translate' was a brief
experiment added in 2.6 which didn't survive into 3.0.

4 years agobuffer.c: Fix typoed variable name in `assert'.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:13:56 +0000 (23:13 +0100)]
buffer.c: Fix typoed variable name in `assert'.

Evidently I've never actually compiled this code with the assertions
turned on before.

(cherry picked from commit a11849068dd55f5997365984cce759c0f2d7caeb)

4 years agoDeploy the new <ctype.h> and `foocmp' macros from mLib.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 4 Oct 2019 14:40:28 +0000 (15:40 +0100)]
Deploy the new <ctype.h> and `foocmp' macros from mLib.

4 years agoDeploy the new <ctype.h> and `foocmp' macros from mLib.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 4 Oct 2019 14:40:28 +0000 (15:40 +0100)]
Deploy the new <ctype.h> and `foocmp' macros from mLib.

4 years agoSet ELF visibility to keep all of our external symbols to ourselves.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:40:41 +0000 (11:40 +0100)]
Set ELF visibility to keep all of our external symbols to ourselves.

4 years agoalgorithms.c: Delete pointless line break.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:41:28 +0000 (11:41 +0100)]
algorithms.c: Delete pointless line break.

4 years agoSet ELF visibility to keep all of our external symbols to ourselves.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:40:41 +0000 (11:40 +0100)]
Set ELF visibility to keep all of our external symbols to ourselves.

4 years agodebian/: Bump to Debhelper 10.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 1 Oct 2019 12:02:59 +0000 (13:02 +0100)]
debian/: Bump to Debhelper 10.

4 years agodebian/changelog: Prepare for the next version.
Mark Wooding [Tue, 1 Oct 2019 12:01:19 +0000 (13:01 +0100)]
debian/changelog: Prepare for the next version.

4 years agoRelease 1.3.0.1. 1.3.0.1
Mark Wooding [Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:21:47 +0000 (01:21 +0100)]
Release 1.3.0.1.

4 years agosetup.py: Update required Catacomb version.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:20:50 +0000 (01:20 +0100)]
setup.py: Update required Catacomb version.

Missed from the previous release. Brown-paper-bag time.

4 years agoRelease 1.3.0. 1.3.0
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:00:38 +0000 (23:00 +0100)]
Release 1.3.0.

4 years agodebian/control: Bump `catacomb-dev' dependency for AEAD stuff.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:52:18 +0000 (22:52 +0100)]
debian/control: Bump `catacomb-dev' dependency for AEAD stuff.

4 years agosetup.py: Update mLib dependency to match `debian/control'.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:26:15 +0000 (13:26 +0100)]
setup.py: Update mLib dependency to match `debian/control'.

4 years agoMerge branch 'mdw/aead'
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:47:01 +0000 (11:47 +0100)]
Merge branch 'mdw/aead'

* mdw/aead:
  algorithms.c, etc.: Support the new AEAD abstraction.
  algorithms.py: Support the new blockcipher-based MAC modes.
  algorithms.c: Add missing `copy' methods on hash and Keccak objects.
  catacomb/__init__.py: Add `KeySZ.pad' method.

4 years agoalgorithms.c, etc.: Support the new AEAD abstraction.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:35:14 +0000 (15:35 +0000)]
algorithms.c, etc.: Support the new AEAD abstraction.

The new machinery means we can reimplement `secret_box' and
`secret_unbox' using Catacomb's `..._naclbox' AE scheme.

4 years agoalgorithms.c, etc.: Support the new AEAD abstraction.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:35:14 +0000 (15:35 +0000)]
algorithms.c, etc.: Support the new AEAD abstraction.

The new machinery means we can reimplement `secret_box' and
`secret_unbox' using Catacomb's `..._naclbox' AE scheme.

4 years agoalgorithms.py: Support the new blockcipher-based MAC modes.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:34:46 +0000 (15:34 +0000)]
algorithms.py: Support the new blockcipher-based MAC modes.

4 years agoalgorithms.c: Add missing `copy' methods on hash and Keccak objects.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:42:05 +0000 (11:42 +0000)]
algorithms.c: Add missing `copy' methods on hash and Keccak objects.

4 years agocatacomb/__init__.py: Add `KeySZ.pad' method.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:13:12 +0000 (00:13 +0000)]
catacomb/__init__.py: Add `KeySZ.pad' method.

This is the converse of `best': choose the smallest acceptable size
larger than some given value.

4 years agopock.1: Explicitly resolve the absolute-value wrapping from Hasse.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:42:37 +0000 (11:42 +0100)]
pock.1: Explicitly resolve the absolute-value wrapping from Hasse.

The following calculation doesn't hint that the term in the |...| has
been negated until quite late, making it a little misleading.

4 years agopock.1: Fix clumsy wording in Pocklington proof.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:42:23 +0000 (11:42 +0100)]
pock.1: Fix clumsy wording in Pocklington proof.

4 years agopock.1: Make a less fatuous observation.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:40:14 +0000 (11:40 +0100)]
pock.1: Make a less fatuous observation.

Of course a has order dividing p - 1 in Z/pZ.  This is Lagrange's
theorem.

It's valuable to observe that a has order dividing n - 1 because this
makes the next step, where we deduce the order of t = a^{(n-1)/q}, work.

4 years agopock.1: Fix Pocklington proof.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:37:57 +0000 (11:37 +0100)]
pock.1: Fix Pocklington proof.

Obviously t^q = a^{n-1} == 1 (mod n).  It makes sense now.

4 years agopock.1: Mention Baillie-PSW and why `pock' is still useful.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:37:24 +0000 (11:37 +0100)]
pock.1: Mention Baillie-PSW and why `pock' is still useful.

4 years agopock: Add the `-s' option to the usage synopsis.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:44:31 +0000 (11:44 +0100)]
pock: Add the `-s' option to the usage synopsis.

4 years agopock: Consistently use lowercase and no dots in option help.
Mark Wooding [Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:44:05 +0000 (11:44 +0100)]
pock: Consistently use lowercase and no dots in option help.

5 years agopock: Set the sieve vector size correctly.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:28:33 +0000 (11:28 +0000)]
pock: Set the sieve vector size correctly.

Having calculated `sievesz' so carefully, it seems a shame not to use it
-- especially when that results in the sieve vector being thirty times
larger than it should be.

More seriously, this causes the `smallprimes' iterator to continue way
past its proper end-point.  Fortunately, all of the uses in this program
are safe.

5 years agopock: Report `duplicate label' as an expected error.
Mark Wooding [Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:27:20 +0000 (11:27 +0000)]
pock: Report `duplicate label' as an expected error.

It shouldn't result in a backtrace.

5 years agoRelease 1.2.1.1. 1.2.1.1
Mark Wooding [Mon, 24 Dec 2018 15:21:16 +0000 (15:21 +0000)]
Release 1.2.1.1.

5 years agodebian/control: Build-depend on `python-all-dev', not explicit versions.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 16 Aug 2017 03:54:26 +0000 (04:54 +0100)]
debian/control: Build-depend on `python-all-dev', not explicit versions.

5 years agodebian/: Use `dh_python2' for packaging.
Mark Wooding [Wed, 16 Aug 2017 03:54:08 +0000 (04:54 +0100)]
debian/: Use `dh_python2' for packaging.

5 years agosetup.py: Fix the advertised package URL.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 28 Jul 2017 23:58:08 +0000 (00:58 +0100)]
setup.py: Fix the advertised package URL.

Unfortunately the old URL was terrible both because it was poorly chosen
and because it was broken long ago (if indeed it ever worked in the
first place).

5 years agopock: Actually, the word `check' isn't optional.
Mark Wooding [Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:19:41 +0000 (00:19 +0000)]
pock: Actually, the word `check' isn't optional.

Fix the usage synopsis.  The manpage has this right.

5 years agoalgorithms.c, knock-on: Eliminate `f_freeme' flags.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 12:22:16 +0000 (12:22 +0000)]
algorithms.c, knock-on: Eliminate `f_freeme' flags.

These were being carefully set and checked on ciphers, hashes, and MACs,
for no good reason because the flag was always set.  Abolish it.

The flag still exists for `grand' objects because they get injected into
Python through the `pgen' event-handling machinery, and Python mustn't
destroy them just because it loses its reference.  (It also mustn't try
to hang onto them, so there's a longstanding bug in there.)

5 years agoalgorithms.c, knock-on: Eliminate `f_freeme' flags.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 12:22:16 +0000 (12:22 +0000)]
algorithms.c, knock-on: Eliminate `f_freeme' flags.

These were being carefully set and checked on ciphers, hashes, and MACs,
for no good reason because the flag was always set.  Abolish it.

The flag still exists for `grand' objects because they get injected into
Python through the `pgen' event-handling machinery, and Python mustn't
destroy them just because it loses its reference.  (It also mustn't try
to hang onto them, so there's a longstanding bug in there.)

5 years agoalgorithms.c: Slightly simplify integer-hashing methods.
Mark Wooding [Fri, 9 Nov 2018 17:02:20 +0000 (17:02 +0000)]
algorithms.c: Slightly simplify integer-hashing methods.

There's no need for these to have an `end' label.