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| -rw-r--r-- | types.go | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import ( const PemLabelPublic = "PUBLIC KEY" type ( - // This is the common interface for all private keys. + // PrivateKey is a common interface for all crypto implementations to provide + // the same functions, like deriving a public key or signing a message. PrivateKey interface { // Derive a new public key from the private key. Public() PublicKey @@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ type ( PrivateKey() crypto.PrivateKey } - // This interface has to be implemented by every public key structure. + // PublicKey is used by the different crypto implementations to provide the + // same functionality like verifying a message against a signature. PublicKey interface { Pemmer // This function can be used to verify a message against a provided signature @@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ type ( Verify(message []byte, signature []byte, hash crypto.Hash) (bool, error) } - // This interface is used by all crypto structures which need to be available + // Pemmer is used by all crypto structures which need to be available // in the pem format. The result can then be written to any structure // implementing the io.Writer interface. Pemmer interface { |