package core // This file contains the version metadata struct // Used in the initial connection setup and key exchange // Some of this could arguably go in wire.go instead import "crypto/ed25519" // This is the version-specific metadata exchanged at the start of a connection. // It must always begin with the 4 bytes "meta" and a wire formatted uint64 major version number. // The current version also includes a minor version number, and the box/sig/link keys that need to be exchanged to open a connection. type version_metadata struct { meta [4]byte ver uint8 // 1 byte in this version // Everything after this point potentially depends on the version number, and is subject to change in future versions minorVer uint8 // 1 byte in this version key ed25519.PublicKey } // Gets a base metadata with no keys set, but with the correct version numbers. func version_getBaseMetadata() version_metadata { return version_metadata{ meta: [4]byte{'m', 'e', 't', 'a'}, ver: 0, minorVer: 4, } } // Gets the length of the metadata for this version, used to know how many bytes to read from the start of a connection. func version_getMetaLength() (mlen int) { mlen += 4 // meta mlen++ // ver, as long as it's < 127, which it is in this version mlen++ // minorVer, as long as it's < 127, which it is in this version mlen += ed25519.PublicKeySize // key return } // Encodes version metadata into its wire format. func (m *version_metadata) encode() []byte { bs := make([]byte, 0, version_getMetaLength()) bs = append(bs, m.meta[:]...) bs = append(bs, m.ver) bs = append(bs, m.minorVer) bs = append(bs, m.key[:]...) if len(bs) != version_getMetaLength() { panic("Inconsistent metadata length") } return bs } // Decodes version metadata from its wire format into the struct. func (m *version_metadata) decode(bs []byte) bool { if len(bs) != version_getMetaLength() { return false } offset := 0 offset += copy(m.meta[:], bs[offset:]) m.ver, offset = bs[offset], offset+1 m.minorVer, offset = bs[offset], offset+1 m.key = append([]byte(nil), bs[offset:]...) return true } // Checks that the "meta" bytes and the version numbers are the expected values. func (m *version_metadata) check() bool { base := version_getBaseMetadata() return base.meta == m.meta && base.ver == m.ver && base.minorVer == m.minorVer }