Struct x25519_dalek::StaticSecret

pub struct StaticSecret(_);

A Diffie-Hellman secret key that can be used to compute multiple SharedSecrets.

This type is identical to the EphemeralSecret type, except that the StaticSecret::diffie_hellman method does not consume the secret key, and the type provides serialization methods to save and load key material. This means that the secret may be used multiple times (but does not have to be).

Warning

If you’re uncertain about whether you should use this, then you likely should not be using this. Our strongly recommended advice is to use EphemeralSecret at all times, as that type enforces at compile-time that secret keys are never reused, which can have very serious security implications for many protocols.

Implementations

impl StaticSecret

pub fn diffie_hellman(&self, their_public: &PublicKey) -> SharedSecret

Perform a Diffie-Hellman key agreement between self and their_public key to produce a SharedSecret.

pub fn new<T: RngCore + CryptoRng>(csprng: T) -> Self

Generate an x25519 key.

pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; 32]

Extract this key’s bytes for serialization.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for StaticSecret

fn clone(&self) -> StaticSecret

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl<'a> From<&'a StaticSecret> for PublicKey

fn from(secret: &'a StaticSecret) -> PublicKey

Given an x25519 StaticSecret key, compute its corresponding PublicKey.

impl From<[u8; 32]> for StaticSecret

fn from(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> StaticSecret

Load a secret key from a byte array.

impl Zeroize for StaticSecret

fn zeroize(&mut self)

Zero out this object from memory using Rust intrinsics which ensure the zeroization operation is not “optimized away” by the compiler.