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@d70-t d70-t commented Jan 27, 2025

fix: ed25519 generateKeyPairSync: use publicKey.x instead of privateKey.x

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Although RFC7518 6.3.2 specifies that private key JWKs must include all the fields present in the public key, this is not the case for the implementation of node:crypto.generateKeyPairSync in the deno runtime.

While Node returns the (same) x property in both, the privateKey and the publicKey, Deno only returns the x property in publicKey (i.e. no x here).

This change should not affect any Node users, but would enable the use of libp2p on Deno.

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Although [RFC7518 6.3.2](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7518#section-6.3.2) specifies that private key JWKs must include all the fields present in the public key, this is not the case for the implementation of `node:crypto.generateKeyPairSync` in the deno runtime.

While Node returns the (same) `x` property in both, the `privateKey` and the `publicKey`, Deno only returns the `x` property in `publicKey` (i.e. [no x here](https://github.com/denoland/deno/blob/88490d092751288f736855b2418a4da606a31ce7/ext/node/ops/crypto/keys.rs#L1475)).

This change should not affect any Node users, but would enable the use of libp2p on Deno.
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@d70-t d70-t changed the title ed25519 generateKeyPairSync: use publicKey.x instead of privateKey.x fix: ed25519 generateKeyPairSync: use publicKey.x instead of privateKey.x Jan 27, 2025
@d70-t d70-t changed the title fix: ed25519 generateKeyPairSync: use publicKey.x instead of privateKey.x fix: use publicKey.x instead of privateKey.x Jan 27, 2025
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That RFC link only refers to RSA keys, the code change here is for Ed25519 keys?

Seems fine though, thanks for opening this PR.

@achingbrain achingbrain merged commit 723bde6 into libp2p:main Feb 3, 2025
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Although [RFC7518 6.3.2](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7518#section-6.3.2) specifies that private key JWKs must include all the fields present in the public key, this is not the case for the implementation of `node:crypto.generateKeyPairSync` in the deno runtime.

While Node returns the (same) `x` property in both, the `privateKey` and the `publicKey`, Deno only returns the `x` property in `publicKey` (i.e. [no x here](https://github.com/denoland/deno/blob/88490d092751288f736855b2418a4da606a31ce7/ext/node/ops/crypto/keys.rs#L1475)).

This change should not affect any Node users, but would enable the use of libp2p on Deno.

Co-authored-by: Alex Potsides <[email protected]>
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d70-t commented Feb 3, 2025

Sorry, my bad. Elliptic curves are in section 6.2 right above. But it's the same story.

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Very true. Is there an issue on the Deno repo about this? It should implement the MUST parts of the RFC completely.

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d70-t commented Feb 5, 2025

I opened another issue at denoland/deno#27972

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