- (if this is done then there's no reason why the buffers in the
- callbacks cannot be the ones user gives here) or allow only async:
-
- SilcBool silc_pkcs_sign(SilcPrivateKey private_key,
- unsigned char *src, SilcUInt32 src_len,
- SilcBool compute_hash, SilcHash hash,
- SilcPKCSSignCb async_sign,
- void *async_sign_context);
-
- or add new:
-
- SilcBool silc_pkcs_sign_async(SilcPrivateKey private_key,
- unsigned char *src, SilcUInt32 src_len,
- SilcBool compute_hash, SilcHash hash,
- SilcPKCSSignCb async_sign,
- void *async_sign_context);
-
- o Change PKCS Algorithm API to take SilcPKCSAlgorithm as argument to
- encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify functions. We may need to for exmaple
- check the alg->hash, supported hash functions. Maybe deliver it also
- to all other functions in SilcPKCSAlgorithm to be consistent.
-
- o Add DSS support. Take implementation from Tom or make it yourself.
-
- o Implement the defined SilcDH API. The definition is in
- lib/silccrypt/silcdh.h. Make sure it is asynchronous so that it can
- be accelerated. Also take into account that it could use elliptic
- curves.
-
- o ECDSA and ECDH
-
- o All cipher, hash, hmac etc. allocation routines should take their name
- in as const char * not const unsigned char *.
-
-
-SILC Accelerator Library
-========================
-
- o SILC Accelerator API. Provides generic way to use different kind of
- accelerators. Basically implements SILC PKCS API so that SilcPublicKey
- and SilcPrivateKey can be used but they call the accelerators.
-
- Something in the lines of (preliminary):
-
- /* Register accelerator to system. Initializes the accelerator. */
- Varargs are optional accelerator specific init parameteres. */
- SilcBool silc_acc_register(SilcAccelerator acc, ...);
-
- silc_acc_register(softacc, "min_threads", 2, "max_threads", 16, NULL);
-
- /* Unregister accelerator. Uninitializes the accelerator. */
- SilcBool silc_acc_unregister(const SilcAccelerator acc);
-
- /* Return list of the registered accelerators */
- SilcDList silc_acc_get_supported(void);
-
- /* Find existing accelerator. `name' is accelerator's name. */
- SilcAccelerator silc_acc_find(const char *name);
-
- /* Return accelerator's name */
- const char *silc_acc_get_name(SilcAccelerator acc);
-
- /* Accelerate `public_key'. Return accelerated public key. */
- SilcPublicKey silc_acc_public_key(SilcAccelerator acc,
- SilcPublicKey public_key);
-
- /* Accelerate `private_key'. Returns accelerated private key. */
- SilcPrivateKey silc_acc_private_key(SilcAccelerator acc,
- SilcPrivateKey private_key);
-
- /* Return the underlaying public key */
- SilcPublicKey silc_acc_get_public_key(SilcAccelerator acc,
- SilcPublicKey public_key);
-
- /* Return the underlaying private key */
- SilcPrivateKey silc_acc_get_private_key(SilcAccelerator acc,
- SilcPrivateKey private_key);
-
- typedef struct SilcAcceleratorObject {
- const char *name; /* Accelerator's name */
- SilcBool (*init)(va_list va); /* Initialize accelerator */
- SilcBool (*uninit)(void); /* Uninitialize accelerator */
- const SilcPKCSAlgorithm *pkcs; /* Accelerated PKCS algorithms */
- const SilcDHObject *dh; /* Accelerated Diffie-Hellmans */
- const SilcCipherObject *cipher; /* Accelerated ciphers */
- const SilcHashObject *hash; /* Accelerated hashes */
- const SilcHmacObject *hmac; /* Accelerated HMACs */
- const SilcRngObject *rng; /* Accelerated RNG's */
- } *SilcAccelerator, SilcAcceleratorStruct;
-
- Allows accelerator to have multiple accelerators (cipher, hash etc)
- and multiple different algorithms and implementations (SHA-1, SHA-256 etc).
-
- SilcPublicKey->SilcSILCPublicKey->RsaPublicKey accelerated as:
- SilcPublicKey->SilcAcceleratorPublicKey->SilcSoftAccPublicKey->
- SilcPublicKey->SilcSILCPublicKey->RsaPublicKey
-
- silc_acc_public_key creates SilcPublicKey and SilcAcceleratorPublicKey
- and acc->pkcs->import_public_key creates SilcSoftAccPublicKey.
-
- o Implement software accelerator. It is a thread pool system where the
- public key and private key operations are executed in threads.
-
- const struct SilcAcceleratorObject softacc =
- {
- "softacc", softacc_init, softacc_uninit,
- softacc_pkcs, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
- }
-
- /* Called from silc_acc_private_key */
- int silc_softacc_import_private_key(void *key, SilcUInt32 key_len,
- void **ret_private_key)
- {
- SilcSoftAccPrivateKey prv = silc_calloc(1, sizeof(*prv));
- prv->pkcs = acc->pkcs;
- prv->private_key = key;
- *ret_private_key = prv;
- }
-
- (o Symmetric key cryptosystem acceleration? They are always sycnhronouos
- even with hardware acceleration so the crypto API shouldn't require
- changes.) maybe
-
-
-lib/silcmath
-============
-
- o Import TFM. Talk to Tom to add the missing functions. Use TFM in
- client and client library, but TMA in server, due to the significantly
- increased memory consumption with TFM, and the rare need for public
- key operations in server.
-
- We want TFM's speed but not TFM's memory requirements. Talk to Tom
- about making the TFM mp dynamic just as it is in LTM.
-
- o The SILC MP API function must start returning indication of success
- and failure of the operation.
-
- o Do SilcStack support for silc_mp_init, silc_mp_init_size and other
- any other MP function (including utility ones) that may allocate
- memory.