jwt/ecdsa.go

package jwt

import (
	"crypto"
	"crypto/ecdsa"
	"crypto/rand"
	"encoding/asn1"
	"errors"
	"math/big"
)

var (
	// Sadly this is missing from crypto/ecdsa compared to crypto/rsa
	ErrECDSAVerification = errors.New("crypto/ecdsa: verification error")
)

// Implements the ECDSA family of signing methods signing methods
type SigningMethodECDSA struct {
	Name string
	Hash crypto.Hash
}

// Marshalling structure for r, s EC point
type ECPoint struct {
	R *big.Int
	S *big.Int
}

// Specific instances for EC256 and company
var (
	SigningMethodES256 *SigningMethodECDSA
	SigningMethodES384 *SigningMethodECDSA
	SigningMethodES512 *SigningMethodECDSA
)

func init() {
	// ES256
	SigningMethodES256 = &SigningMethodECDSA{"ES256", crypto.SHA256}
	RegisterSigningMethod(SigningMethodES256.Alg(), func() SigningMethod {
		return SigningMethodES256
	})

	// ES384
	SigningMethodES384 = &SigningMethodECDSA{"ES384", crypto.SHA384}
	RegisterSigningMethod(SigningMethodES384.Alg(), func() SigningMethod {
		return SigningMethodES384
	})

	// ES512
	SigningMethodES512 = &SigningMethodECDSA{"ES512", crypto.SHA512}
	RegisterSigningMethod(SigningMethodES512.Alg(), func() SigningMethod {
		return SigningMethodES512
	})
}

func (m *SigningMethodECDSA) Alg() string {
	return m.Name
}

// Implements the Verify method from SigningMethod
// For this verify method, key must be an ecdsa.PublicKey struct
func (m *SigningMethodECDSA) Verify(signingString, signature string, key interface{}) error {
	var err error

	// Decode the signature
	var sig []byte
	if sig, err = DecodeSegment(signature); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Get the key
	var ecdsaKey *ecdsa.PublicKey
	switch k := key.(type) {
	case *ecdsa.PublicKey:
		ecdsaKey = k
	default:
		return ErrInvalidKey
	}

	// Unmarshal asn1 ECPoint
	var ecpoint = new(ECPoint)
	if _, err := asn1.Unmarshal(sig, ecpoint); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Create hasher
	if !m.Hash.Available() {
		return ErrHashUnavailable
	}
	hasher := m.Hash.New()
	hasher.Write([]byte(signingString))

	// Verify the signature
	if verifystatus := ecdsa.Verify(ecdsaKey, hasher.Sum(nil), ecpoint.R, ecpoint.S); verifystatus == true {
		return nil
	} else {
		return ErrECDSAVerification
	}
}

// Implements the Sign method from SigningMethod
// For this signing method, key must be an ecdsa.PrivateKey struct
func (m *SigningMethodECDSA) Sign(signingString string, key interface{}) (string, error) {
	// Get the key
	var ecdsaKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey
	switch k := key.(type) {
	case *ecdsa.PrivateKey:
		ecdsaKey = k
	default:
		return "", ErrInvalidKey
	}

	// Create the hasher
	if !m.Hash.Available() {
		return "", ErrHashUnavailable
	}

	hasher := m.Hash.New()
	hasher.Write([]byte(signingString))

	// Sign the string and return r, s
	if r, s, err := ecdsa.Sign(rand.Reader, ecdsaKey, hasher.Sum(nil)); err == nil {
		// asn1 marhsal r, s using ecPoint as the structure
		var ecpoint = new(ECPoint)
		ecpoint.R = r
		ecpoint.S = s

		if signature, err := asn1.Marshal(*ecpoint); err != nil {
			return "", err
		} else {
			return EncodeSegment(signature), nil
		}
	} else {
		return "", err
	}
}