generate_key_go119.go

package ccrypto

import (
	"crypto/ecdsa"
	"crypto/elliptic"
	"io"
	"math/big"
)

var one = new(big.Int).SetInt64(1)

// This function is copied from ecdsa.GenerateKey() of Go 1.19
func GenerateKeyGo119(c elliptic.Curve, rand io.Reader) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
	k, err := randFieldElement(c, rand)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	priv := new(ecdsa.PrivateKey)
	priv.PublicKey.Curve = c
	priv.D = k
	priv.PublicKey.X, priv.PublicKey.Y = c.ScalarBaseMult(k.Bytes())
	return priv, nil
}

// This function is copied from Go 1.19
func randFieldElement(c elliptic.Curve, rand io.Reader) (k *big.Int, err error) {
	params := c.Params()
	// Note that for P-521 this will actually be 63 bits more than the order, as
	// division rounds down, but the extra bit is inconsequential.
	b := make([]byte, params.N.BitLen()/8+8)
	_, err = io.ReadFull(rand, b)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	k = new(big.Int).SetBytes(b)
	n := new(big.Int).Sub(params.N, one)
	k.Mod(k, n)
	k.Add(k, one)
	return
}