initial commit for pki

pki is a small library to make building some of the crypto stuff easier
in go.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

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+package pkilib
+
+import (
+  "crypto"
+)
+
+// this file holds all the interfaces used in the program until it can be split
+// properly
+
+type (
+  // interface for any private key
+  PrivateKey interface {
+    // derive a public key from the private key
+    Public() PublicKey
+    // sign a message with the private key
+    Sign(message []byte) ([]byte, error)
+
+    // return the private key structure
+    privateKey() crypto.PrivateKey
+  }
+
+  // interface for any public key
+  PublicKey interface {
+    // use the public key to verify a message against a signature
+    Verify(message []byte, signature []byte) (bool, error)
+  }
+
+  Pemmer interface {
+    MarshalPem() (marshalledPemBlock, error)
+  }
+)