mceliece.h

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#ifndef QSC_MCELIECE_H
#define QSC_MCELIECE_H
 
#include "qsccommon.h"
 
QSC_CPLUSPLUS_ENABLED_START


#define QSC_MCELIECE_KEYGEN_STACK_BYTES  (4U * 1024U * 1024U)
 
/* Parameter definitions for different McEliece parameter sets */
#if defined(QSC_MCELIECE_S1N3488T64)

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 128

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 6492

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 261120
 
#elif defined(QSC_MCELIECE_S3N4608T96)

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 188

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 13608

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 524160
 
#elif defined(QSC_MCELIECE_S5N6688T128)

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 240

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 13932

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 1044992
 
#elif defined(QSC_MCELIECE_S6N6960T119)

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 226

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 13948

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 1047319
 
#elif defined(QSC_MCELIECE_S7N8192T128)

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE 240 

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PRIVATEKEY_SIZE 14120

#   define QSC_MCELIECE_PUBLICKEY_SIZE 1357824
 
#else
#   error "The McEliece parameter set is invalid!"
#endif

#define QSC_MCELIECE_SEED_SIZE 32ULL

#define QSC_MCELIECE_SHAREDSECRET_SIZE 32ULL

#define QSC_MCELIECE_ALGNAME "MCELIECE"

QSC_EXPORT_API bool qsc_mceliece_decapsulate(uint8_t* secret, const uint8_t* ciphertext, const uint8_t* privatekey);

QSC_EXPORT_API bool qsc_mceliece_encapsulate(uint8_t* secret, uint8_t* ciphertext, const uint8_t* publickey, bool (*rng_generate)(uint8_t*, size_t));

QSC_EXPORT_API bool qsc_mceliece_generate_keypair(uint8_t* publickey, uint8_t* privatekey, bool (*rng_generate)(uint8_t*, size_t));
 
QSC_CPLUSPLUS_ENABLED_END
 
#endif