feat: CRP-2826 CRP-2827 Provide a more consistent interface in the TS API regarding serialization and deserialization

backend/rs/ic_vetkeys/src/utils/mod.rs

@@ -396,6 +396,17 @@ impl EncryptedVetKey {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Serialize the encrypted VetKey
+    pub fn serialize(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut result = vec![];
+
+        result.extend_from_slice(&self.c1.to_compressed());
+        result.extend_from_slice(&self.c2.to_compressed());
+        result.extend_from_slice(&self.c3.to_compressed());
+
+        result
+    }
+
     /// Deserializes an encrypted key from a byte vector
     pub fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<EncryptedVetKey, String> {
         let ek_bytes: &[u8; Self::BYTES] = bytes.try_into().map_err(|_e: TryFromSliceError| {

examples/basic_ibe/frontend/src/main.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ async function getMyIbePrivateKey(): Promise<VetKey> {
                 transportSecretKey.publicKeyBytes(),
             ),
         );
-        ibePrivateKey = new EncryptedVetKey(encryptedKey).decryptAndVerify(
+        ibePrivateKey = EncryptedVetKey.deserialize(
+            encryptedKey,
+        ).decryptAndVerify(
             transportSecretKey,
             await getIbePublicKey(),
             new Uint8Array(myPrincipal.toUint8Array()),

frontend/ic_vetkeys/src/encrypted_maps/index.ts

@@ -570,7 +570,8 @@ export class EncryptedMaps {
                 ...mapName,
             ]);
 
-            const encryptedVetKey = new EncryptedVetKey(encryptedKeyBytes);
+            const encryptedVetKey =
+                EncryptedVetKey.deserialize(encryptedKeyBytes);
             const derivedPublicKey =
                 DerivedPublicKey.deserialize(verificationKey);
             const vetKey = encryptedVetKey.decryptAndVerify(
@@ -638,7 +639,9 @@ export class EncryptedMaps {
             mapName,
         ]);
         if (cachedRawDerivedKeyMaterial) {
-            return new DerivedKeyMaterial(cachedRawDerivedKeyMaterial);
+            return DerivedKeyMaterial.fromCryptoKey(
+                cachedRawDerivedKeyMaterial,
+            );
         }
 
         const derivedKeyMaterial = await this.getDerivedKeyMaterial(

frontend/ic_vetkeys/src/key_manager/index.ts

@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ export class KeyManager {
         vetkeyName: Uint8Array,
     ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
         // create a random transport key
-        const seed = globalThis.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(32));
-        const tsk = new TransportSecretKey(seed);
+        const tsk = TransportSecretKey.random();
         const encryptedVetkey = await this.canisterClient.get_encrypted_vetkey(
             keyOwner,
             arrayToByteBuf(vetkeyName),
@@ -143,7 +142,8 @@ export class KeyManager {
                 ...keyOwner.toUint8Array(),
                 ...vetkeyName,
             ]);
-            const encryptedDetkey = new EncryptedVetKey(encryptedKeyBytes);
+            const encryptedDetkey =
+                EncryptedVetKey.deserialize(encryptedKeyBytes);
             const vetkey = encryptedDetkey.decryptAndVerify(
                 tsk,
                 derivedPublicKey,

frontend/ic_vetkeys/src/utils/utils.test.ts

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ test("BLS signature verification", () => {
 });
 
 test("protocol flow with precomputed data", () => {
-    const tsk = new TransportSecretKey(
+    const tsk = TransportSecretKey.deserialize(
         hexToBytes(
             "167b736e44a1c134bd46ca834220c75c186768612568ac264a01554c46633e76",
         ),
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ test("protocol flow with precomputed data", () => {
         ),
     );
 
-    const ek = new EncryptedVetKey(
+    const ek = EncryptedVetKey.deserialize(
         hexToBytes(
             "b1a13757eaae15a3c8884fc1a3453f8a29b88984418e65f1bd21042ce1d6809b2f8a49f7326c1327f2a3921e8ff1d6c3adde2a801f1f88de98ccb40c62e366a279e7aec5875a0ce2f2a9f3e109d9cb193f0197eadb2c5f5568ee4d6a87e115910662e01e604087246be8b081fc6b8a06b4b0100ed1935d8c8d18d9f70d61718c5dba23a641487e72b3b25884eeede8feb3c71599bfbcebe60d29408795c85b4bdf19588c034d898e7fc513be8dbd04cac702a1672f5625f5833d063b05df7503",
         ),

frontend/ic_vetkeys/src/utils/utils.ts

@@ -25,29 +25,24 @@ export class TransportSecretKey {
     readonly #pk: G1Point;
 
     /**
-     * Construct a new TransportSecretKey from a bytestring
-     *
-     * The bytestring should be randomly generated by a cryptographically
-     * secure random number generator.
+     * Create a random transport secret key
+     */
+    static random() {
+        return new TransportSecretKey(bls12_381.utils.randomPrivateKey());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deserialize TransportSecretKey from a bytestring
      *
-     * For most applications, prefer using the static method random
+     * The passed value would typically be a string previously returned
+     * by calling getSecretKey on a randomly-created TransportSecretKey.
      */
-    constructor(sk: Uint8Array) {
+    static deserialize(sk: Uint8Array) {
         if (sk.length !== 32) {
             throw new Error("Invalid size for transport secret key");
         }
 
-        this.#sk = sk;
-
-        const pk = bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromPrivateKey(this.#sk);
-        this.#pk = pk;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a random transport secret key
-     */
-    static random() {
-        return new TransportSecretKey(bls12_381.utils.randomPrivateKey());
+        return new TransportSecretKey(sk);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,6 +61,15 @@ export class TransportSecretKey {
     getSecretKey(): Uint8Array {
         return this.#sk;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal constructor
+     */
+    private constructor(sk: Uint8Array) {
+        this.#sk = sk;
+        const pk = bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromPrivateKey(this.#sk);
+        this.#pk = pk;
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ export class MasterPublicKey {
     /**
      * @internal constructor
      */
-    constructor(pk: G2Point) {
+    private constructor(pk: G2Point) {
         this.#pk = pk;
     }
 }
@@ -245,6 +249,9 @@ export class DerivedPublicKey {
 
     /**
      * @internal constructor
+     *
+     * This is public for typing reasons but there should be no need
+     * for an application to call this.
      */
     constructor(pk: G2Point) {
         this.#pk = pk;
@@ -393,6 +400,15 @@ export class VetKey {
         return this.#bytes;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the serialization of the VetKey
+     *
+     * This is the byte encoding of the unencrypted VetKey.
+     */
+    serialize(): Uint8Array {
+        return this.#bytes;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Derive a symmetric key of the requested length from the VetKey
      *
@@ -423,7 +439,7 @@ export class VetKey {
     /**
      * Deserialize a VetKey from the 48 byte encoding of the BLS signature
      *
-     * This deserializes the same value as returned by signatureBytes
+     * This deserializes the same value as returned by serialize (or signatureBytes)
      */
     static deserialize(bytes: Uint8Array): VetKey {
         return new VetKey(bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(bytes));
@@ -459,10 +475,14 @@ export class DerivedKeyMaterial {
     /**
      * @internal constructor
      */
-    constructor(cryptokey: CryptoKey) {
+    private constructor(cryptokey: CryptoKey) {
         this.#hkdf = cryptokey;
     }
 
+    static fromCryptoKey(cryptokey: CryptoKey): DerivedKeyMaterial {
+        return new DerivedKeyMaterial(cryptokey);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @internal constructor
      */
@@ -591,20 +611,21 @@ export class EncryptedVetKey {
      * Parse an encrypted key returned by the `vetkd_derive_encrypted_key`
      * managment canister interface
      */
-    constructor(bytes: Uint8Array) {
+    static deserialize(bytes: Uint8Array): EncryptedVetKey {
         if (bytes.length !== G1_BYTES + G2_BYTES + G1_BYTES) {
             throw new Error("Invalid EncryptedVetKey serialization");
         }
 
-        this.#c1 = bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(
+        const c1 = bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(
             bytes.subarray(0, G1_BYTES),
         );
-        this.#c2 = bls12_381.G2.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(
+        const c2 = bls12_381.G2.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(
             bytes.subarray(G1_BYTES, G1_BYTES + G2_BYTES),
         );
-        this.#c3 = bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(
+        const c3 = bls12_381.G1.ProjectivePoint.fromHex(
             bytes.subarray(G1_BYTES + G2_BYTES),
         );
+        return new EncryptedVetKey(c1, c2, c3);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -643,6 +664,15 @@ export class EncryptedVetKey {
             throw new Error("Invalid VetKey");
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal constructor
+     */
+    private constructor(c1: G1Point, c2: G2Point, c3: G1Point) {
+        this.#c1 = c1;
+        this.#c2 = c2;
+        this.#c3 = c3;
+    }
 }
 
 /* IBE (Identity Based Encryption) helper functions, not exported */