pub struct PublicKey<C>where
    C: Curve + ProjectiveArithmetic,
{ /* private fields */ }
Expand description

Elliptic curve public keys.

This is a wrapper type for AffinePoint which ensures an inner non-identity point and provides a common place to handle encoding/decoding.

Parsing “SPKI” Keys

X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo (SPKI) is a commonly used format for encoding public keys, notably public keys corresponding to PKCS#8 private keys. (especially ones generated by OpenSSL).

Keys in SPKI format are either binary (ASN.1 BER/DER), or PEM encoded (ASCII) and begin with the following:

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----

To decode an elliptic curve public key from SPKI, enable the pkcs8 feature of this crate (or the pkcs8 feature of a specific RustCrypto elliptic curve crate) and use the [elliptic_curve::pkcs8::DecodePublicKey][pkcs8::DecodePublicKey] trait to parse it.

When the pem feature of this crate (or a specific RustCrypto elliptic curve crate) is enabled, a [FromStr] impl is also available.

serde support

When the optional serde feature of this create is enabled, [Serialize] and [Deserialize] impls are provided for this type.

The serialization is binary-oriented and supports ASN.1 DER Subject Public Key Info (SPKI) as the encoding format.

For a more text-friendly encoding of public keys, use [JwkEcKey] instead.

Implementations§

Convert an AffinePoint into a PublicKey

Compute a PublicKey from a secret NonZeroScalar value (i.e. a secret key represented as a raw scalar value)

Decode PublicKey (compressed or uncompressed) from the Elliptic-Curve-Point-to-Octet-String encoding described in SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Version 2.0) section 2.3.3 (page 10).

http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf

Borrow the inner AffinePoint from this PublicKey.

In ECC, public keys are elliptic curve points.

Convert this PublicKey to a ProjectivePoint for the given curve

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Converts this type into a shared reference of the (usually inferred) input type.
Returns a copy of the value. Read more
Performs copy-assignment from source. Read more
Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
Converts to this type from the input type.
Converts to this type from the input type.

Initialize PublicKey from an EncodedPoint

This method returns an Ordering between self and other. Read more
Compares and returns the maximum of two values. Read more
Compares and returns the minimum of two values. Read more
Restrict a value to a certain interval. Read more
This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==. Read more
This method tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason. Read more
This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists. Read more
This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator. Read more
This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator. Read more
This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator. Read more
This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator. Read more

Serialize this PublicKey as a SEC1 EncodedPoint, optionally applying point compression

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Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

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Performs the conversion.
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