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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 // Utility class for calculating the HMAC for a given message. We currently
      6 // only support SHA1 for the hash algorithm, but this can be extended easily.
      7 
      8 #ifndef CRYPTO_HMAC_H_
      9 #define CRYPTO_HMAC_H_
     10 
     11 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     12 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
     13 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
     14 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
     15 #include "crypto/crypto_export.h"
     16 
     17 namespace crypto {
     18 
     19 // Simplify the interface and reduce includes by abstracting out the internals.
     20 struct HMACPlatformData;
     21 class SymmetricKey;
     22 
     23 class CRYPTO_EXPORT HMAC {
     24  public:
     25   // The set of supported hash functions. Extend as required.
     26   enum HashAlgorithm {
     27     SHA1,
     28     SHA256,
     29   };
     30 
     31   explicit HMAC(HashAlgorithm hash_alg);
     32   ~HMAC();
     33 
     34   // Returns the length of digest that this HMAC will create.
     35   size_t DigestLength() const;
     36 
     37   // TODO(abarth): Add a PreferredKeyLength() member function.
     38 
     39   // Initializes this instance using |key| of the length |key_length|. Call Init
     40   // only once. It returns false on the second or later calls.
     41   //
     42   // NOTE: the US Federal crypto standard FIPS 198, Section 3 says:
     43   //   The size of the key, K, shall be equal to or greater than L/2, where L
     44   //   is the size of the hash function output.
     45   // In FIPS 198-1 (and SP-800-107, which describes key size recommendations),
     46   // this requirement is gone.  But a system crypto library may still enforce
     47   // this old requirement.  If the key is shorter than this recommended value,
     48   // Init() may fail.
     49   bool Init(const unsigned char* key, size_t key_length) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
     50 
     51   // Initializes this instance using |key|. Call Init
     52   // only once. It returns false on the second or later calls.
     53   bool Init(SymmetricKey* key) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
     54 
     55   // Initializes this instance using |key|. Call Init only once. It returns
     56   // false on the second or later calls.
     57   bool Init(const base::StringPiece& key) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
     58     return Init(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(key.data()),
     59                 key.size());
     60   }
     61 
     62   // Calculates the HMAC for the message in |data| using the algorithm supplied
     63   // to the constructor and the key supplied to the Init method. The HMAC is
     64   // returned in |digest|, which has |digest_length| bytes of storage available.
     65   bool Sign(const base::StringPiece& data, unsigned char* digest,
     66             size_t digest_length) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
     67 
     68   // Verifies that the HMAC for the message in |data| equals the HMAC provided
     69   // in |digest|, using the algorithm supplied to the constructor and the key
     70   // supplied to the Init method. Use of this method is strongly recommended
     71   // over using Sign() with a manual comparison (such as memcmp), as such
     72   // comparisons may result in side-channel disclosures, such as timing, that
     73   // undermine the cryptographic integrity. |digest| must be exactly
     74   // |DigestLength()| bytes long.
     75   bool Verify(const base::StringPiece& data,
     76               const base::StringPiece& digest) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
     77 
     78   // Verifies a truncated HMAC, behaving identical to Verify(), except
     79   // that |digest| is allowed to be smaller than |DigestLength()|.
     80   bool VerifyTruncated(
     81       const base::StringPiece& data,
     82       const base::StringPiece& digest) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
     83 
     84  private:
     85   HashAlgorithm hash_alg_;
     86   scoped_ptr<HMACPlatformData> plat_;
     87 
     88   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HMAC);
     89 };
     90 
     91 }  // namespace crypto
     92 
     93 #endif  // CRYPTO_HMAC_H_
     94