public static class ZMQ.Curve
extends java.lang.Object
The CURVE mechanism defines a mechanism for secure authentication and confidentiality for communications between a client and a server. CURVE is intended for use on public networks. The CURVE mechanism is defined by this document: http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:25.
A socket using CURVE can be either client or server, at any moment, but not both. The role is independent of bind/connect direction. A socket can change roles at any point by setting new options. The role affects all connect and bind calls that follow it.
To become a CURVE server, the application sets the ZMQ.Socket.setAsServerCurve(boolean)
option on the socket,
and then sets the ZMQ.Socket.setCurveSecretKey(byte[])
option to provide the socket with its long-term secret key.
The application does not provide the socket with its long-term public key, which is used only by clients.
To become a CURVE client, the application sets the ZMQ.Socket.setCurveServerKey(byte[])
option
with the long-term public key of the server it intends to connect to, or accept connections from, next.
The application then sets the ZMQ.Socket.setCurvePublicKey(byte[])
and ZMQ.Socket.setCurveSecretKey(byte[])
options with its client long-term key pair.
If the server does authentication it will be based on the client's long term public key.
The standard representation for keys in source code is either 32 bytes of base 256 (binary) data, or 40 characters of base 85 data encoded using the Z85 algorithm defined by http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:32. The Z85 algorithm is designed to produce printable key strings for use in configuration files, the command line, and code. There is a reference implementation in C at https://github.com/zeromq/rfc/tree/master/src.
For test cases, the client shall use this long-term key pair (specified as hexadecimal and in Z85):
BB88471D65E2659B30C55A5321CEBB5AAB2B70A398645C26DCA2B2FCB43FC518
Yne@$w-vo<fVvi]a<NY6T1ed:M$fCG*[IaLV{hID}</p>
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<li>secret:
<p>7BB864B489AFA3671FBE69101F94B38972F24816DFB01B51656B3FEC8DFD0888</p>
<p>{@code D:)Q[IlAW!ahhC2ac:9*A}h:p?([4%wOTJ%JR%cs
And the server shall use this long-term key pair (specified as hexadecimal and in Z85):
54FCBA24E93249969316FB617C872BB0C1D1FF14800427C594CBFACF1BC2D652
rq:rM>
U?@Lns47E1%kR.o@n%FcmmsL/@{H8]yf7}
8E0BDD697628B91D8F245587EE95C5B04D48963F79259877B49CD9063AEAD3B7
JTKVSB%%)wK0E.X)V>+
o?pNmC{O&4W4b!Ni{Lh6}
Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
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static class |
ZMQ.Curve.KeyPair
A container for a public and a corresponding secret key.
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Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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static int |
KEY_SIZE |
static int |
KEY_SIZE_Z85 |
Constructor and Description |
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Curve() |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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static ZMQ.Curve.KeyPair |
generateKeyPair()
Returns a newly generated random keypair consisting of a public key
and a secret key.
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static byte[] |
z85Decode(java.lang.String key)
The function shall decode given key encoded as Z85 string into byte array.
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static java.lang.String |
z85Encode(byte[] key)
Encodes the binary block specified by data into a string.
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public static final int KEY_SIZE
public static final int KEY_SIZE_Z85
public static ZMQ.Curve.KeyPair generateKeyPair()
Returns a newly generated random keypair consisting of a public key and a secret key.
The keys are encoded using z85Encode(byte[])
.
ZMQ.Curve.KeyPair
public static byte[] z85Decode(java.lang.String key)
The function shall decode given key encoded as Z85 string into byte array.
The length of string shall be divisible by 5.
The decoding shall follow the ZMQ RFC 32 specification.
key
- Key to be decodedpublic static java.lang.String z85Encode(byte[] key)
Encodes the binary block specified by data into a string.
The size of the binary block must be divisible by 4.
A 32-byte CURVE key is encoded as 40 ASCII characters plus a null terminator.
The function shall encode the binary block specified into a string.
The encoding shall follow the ZMQ RFC 32 specification.
key
- Key to be encoded