Eddy

Meet Eddy! A steady little Ed25519 library for Elixir. Ed25519 is an elliptic curve that can be used in signature schemes and ECDH shared secrets.

Highlights

Pure Elixir implementation of Ed25519 (no external dependencies)
Secure generation of EdDSA key pairs
Ed25519 signature schemes
X25519 (ECDH) shared secrets
Build your own crypto - customisable hash algo

Instalation

The package can be installed by adding eddy to your list of dependencies in mix.exs.

def deps do
  [
    {:eddy, "~> 1.0.0"}
  ]
end

Quick start

For further examples, refer to the full documentation.

1. Key generation

Generate new EdDSA keypairs.

iex> privkey = Eddy.generate_key()
%Eddy.PrivKey{}

iex> pubkey = Eddy.get_pubkey(privkey)
%Eddy.PubKey{}

2. Sign messages

Sign messages with a private key.

iex> sig = Eddy.sign("test", privkey)
%Eddy.Sig{}

3. Verify messages

Verify a signature against the message and a public key.

iex> Eddy.verify(sig, "test", pubkey)
true

iex> Eddy.verify(sig, "test", wrong_pubkey)
false

4. X25519 shared secrets

ECDH shared secrets are computed by multiplying a public key with a private key. The operation yields the same result in both directions.

iex> s1 = Eddy.get_shared_secret(priv_a, pubkey_b)
iex> s2 = Eddy.get_shared_secret(priv_b, pubkey_a)
iex> s1 == s2
true

Custom hash function

As per the rfc8032 spec, by default Eddy uses the sha512 hash function internally. Optionally, a custom hash function can be configured in your application's config/config.exs.

The custom hash function must return 64 bytes.

import Config

# The hash function will be invoked as `:crypto.hash(:sha3_512, payload)`
config :eddy, hash_fn: {:crypto, :hash, [:sha3_512], []}

# The hash function will be invoked as `B3.hash(payload, length: 64)`
config :eddy, hash_fn: {B3, :hash, [], [[length: 64]]}

Disclaimer

The code in this library is well tested against offical test vectors. That said, I am not a cryptographer or mathemetician. The code has not been audited or battle-tested against known attacks. Proceed at your own risk. If you're after the most performant and battle tested code, consider using C or Rust bindings.

What this library offers is a simple and small interface for common functionality. Written in pure Elixir, it is a lighter-weight option without the compilation complexities of NIF bindings.

I am very grateful to the author of noble-ed25519 which has been an invaluable reference in creating the library.

License

Eddy is open source and released under the Apache-2 License.

libitx/eddy