That'd be perfect. If you need a hand I can make a first draft over the weekend.
Dario On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps an EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers.from_private_number_and_curve() > would be appropriate to automatically compute the public key? > > Alex > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Paul Kehrer <paul.l.keh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Dario, >> >> The creation of an EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers object does require you to >> do d*G yourself at this time. There is some precedent for us adding >> functions to compute other elements (see: >> https://cryptography.io/en/latest/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa/#handling-partial-rsa-private-keys) >> so a function to do this makes sense to me. >> >> -Paul >> >> On May 14, 2015 at 3:21:29 AM, Dario Sneidermanis (dari...@gmail.com) >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to compute an EllipticCurvePrivateKey from a private_value >> (d). It seems that the only way to achieve this is to create an >> EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers object, but the constructor takes both the >> private_value and the public_numbers. >> >> Why does it need the public_numbers, when it could compute them (knowing >> the curve), by doing d*G (G being the curve generator)? >> >> Is there any way to go from d to the ECPrivKey without doing d*G by >> myself? >> >> Thanks, >> Dario >> _______________________________________________ >> Cryptography-dev mailing list >> Cryptography-dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography-dev >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cryptography-dev mailing list >> Cryptography-dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography-dev >> >> > > > -- > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right > to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) > "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero > GPG Key fingerprint: 125F 5C67 DFE9 4084 > > _______________________________________________ > Cryptography-dev mailing list > Cryptography-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography-dev > >
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