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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 <stddef.h>
12 
13 #include <memory>
14 #include <vector>
15 
16 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
17 #include "base/macros.h"
18 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
19 #include "crypto/crypto_export.h"
20 
21 namespace crypto {
22 
23 // Simplify the interface and reduce includes by abstracting out the internals.
24 class SymmetricKey;
25 
26 class CRYPTO_EXPORT HMAC {
27  public:
28   // The set of supported hash functions. Extend as required.
29   enum HashAlgorithm {
30     SHA1,
31     SHA256,
32   };
33 
34   explicit HMAC(HashAlgorithm hash_alg);
35   ~HMAC();
36 
37   // Returns the length of digest that this HMAC will create.
38   size_t DigestLength() const;
39 
40   // TODO(abarth): Add a PreferredKeyLength() member function.
41 
42   // Initializes this instance using |key| of the length |key_length|. Call Init
43   // only once. It returns false on the second or later calls.
44   //
45   // NOTE: the US Federal crypto standard FIPS 198, Section 3 says:
46   //   The size of the key, K, shall be equal to or greater than L/2, where L
47   //   is the size of the hash function output.
48   // In FIPS 198-1 (and SP-800-107, which describes key size recommendations),
49   // this requirement is gone.  But a system crypto library may still enforce
50   // this old requirement.  If the key is shorter than this recommended value,
51   // Init() may fail.
52   bool Init(const unsigned char* key, size_t key_length) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
53 
54   // Initializes this instance using |key|. Call Init
55   // only once. It returns false on the second or later calls.
56   bool Init(const SymmetricKey* key) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
57 
58   // Initializes this instance using |key|. Call Init only once. It returns
59   // false on the second or later calls.
Init(base::StringPiece key)60   bool Init(base::StringPiece key) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
61     return Init(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(key.data()),
62                 key.size());
63   }
64 
65   // Calculates the HMAC for the message in |data| using the algorithm supplied
66   // to the constructor and the key supplied to the Init method. The HMAC is
67   // returned in |digest|, which has |digest_length| bytes of storage available.
68   bool Sign(base::StringPiece data,
69             unsigned char* digest,
70             size_t digest_length) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
71 
72   // Verifies that the HMAC for the message in |data| equals the HMAC provided
73   // in |digest|, using the algorithm supplied to the constructor and the key
74   // supplied to the Init method. Use of this method is strongly recommended
75   // over using Sign() with a manual comparison (such as memcmp), as such
76   // comparisons may result in side-channel disclosures, such as timing, that
77   // undermine the cryptographic integrity. |digest| must be exactly
78   // |DigestLength()| bytes long.
79   bool Verify(base::StringPiece data,
80               base::StringPiece digest) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
81 
82   // Verifies a truncated HMAC, behaving identical to Verify(), except
83   // that |digest| is allowed to be smaller than |DigestLength()|.
84   bool VerifyTruncated(base::StringPiece data,
85                        base::StringPiece digest) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
86 
87  private:
88   HashAlgorithm hash_alg_;
89   bool initialized_;
90   std::vector<unsigned char> key_;
91 
92   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HMAC);
93 };
94 
95 }  // namespace crypto
96 
97 #endif  // CRYPTO_HMAC_H_
98