// identityConfig initializes a new identity.
func identityConfig(out io.Writer, nbits int) (Identity, error) {
// TODO guard higher up
ident := Identity{}
if nbits < 1024 {
return ident, errors.New("Bitsize less than 1024 is considered unsafe.")
}
fmt.Fprintf(out, "generating %v-bit RSA keypair...", nbits)
sk, pk, err := ci.GenerateKeyPair(ci.RSA, nbits)
if err != nil {
return ident, err
}
fmt.Fprintf(out, "done\n")
// currently storing key unencrypted. in the future we need to encrypt it.
// TODO(security)
skbytes, err := sk.Bytes()
if err != nil {
return ident, err
}
ident.PrivKey = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(skbytes)
id, err := peer.IDFromPublicKey(pk)
if err != nil {
return ident, err
}
ident.PeerID = id.Pretty()
fmt.Fprintf(out, "peer identity: %s\n", ident.PeerID)
return ident, nil
}
func RandPeerNetParams() (*PeerNetParams, error) {
var p PeerNetParams
var err error
p.Addr = ZeroLocalTCPAddress
p.PrivKey, p.PubKey, err = RandTestKeyPair(512)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
p.ID, err = peer.IDFromPublicKey(p.PubKey)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if err := p.checkKeys(); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return &p, nil
}
func (dht *IpfsDHT) getPublicKeyFromNode(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID) (ci.PubKey, error) {
// check locally, just in case...
pk := dht.peerstore.PubKey(p)
if pk != nil {
return pk, nil
}
pkkey := routing.KeyForPublicKey(p)
pmes, err := dht.getValueSingle(ctx, p, pkkey)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// node doesn't have key :(
record := pmes.GetRecord()
if record == nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("Node not responding with its public key: %s", p)
}
// Success! We were given the value. we don't need to check
// validity because a) we can't. b) we know the hash of the
// key we're looking for.
val := record.GetValue()
log.Debug("DHT got a value from other peer.")
pk, err = ci.UnmarshalPublicKey(val)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
id, err := peer.IDFromPublicKey(pk)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if id != p {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("public key does not match id: %s", p)
}
// ok! it's valid. we got it!
log.Debugf("DHT got public key from node itself.")
return pk, nil
}