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Author SHA1 Message Date
Gergely Nagy
b50ed02a20 tools/: Link curve_keygen with a c++ linker
When trying to linking curve_keygen as if it was a C program, linking
fails (at least with gcc 4.8 on Debian testing) because it can't find
C++ symbols. Linking with g++ instead fixes the issue.

To achieve this, the source is renamed to curve_keygen.cpp, and
tools/Makefile.am is updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu>
2013-12-12 11:44:12 +01:00
xantares
b2d52a3730 Fixed out-of-source build 2013-10-10 22:08:54 +02:00
Pieter Hintjens
84a013e3de Fixed packaging for source distribution 2013-09-20 15:58:55 +02:00
Pieter Hintjens
65ef76bb59 Minor simplification to makefile 2013-09-15 15:45:40 +02:00
Pieter Hintjens
6ff65a8aa4 Builds and installs curve_keygen tool 2013-09-12 13:16:22 +02:00
Pieter Hintjens
7041770108 Added Z85 support
The use of binary for CURVE keys is painful; you cannot easily copy
these in e.g. email, or use them directly in source code. There are
various encoding possibilities. Base16 and Base64 are not optimal.
Ascii85 is not safe for source (it generates quotes and escapes).

So, I've designed a new Base85 encoding, Z85, which is safe to use
in code and elsewhere, and I've modified libzmq to use this where
it also uses binary keys (in get/setsockopt).

Very simply, if you use a 32-byte value, it's Base256 (binary),
and if you use a 40-byte value, it's Base85 (Z85).

I've put the Z85 codec into z85_codec.hpp, it's not elegant C++
but it is minimal and it works. Feel free to rewrap as a real class
if this annoys you.
2013-06-28 22:10:22 +02:00