package pqkem import ( "crypto/mlkem" "fmt" ) // Wire framing for the PQ-KEM exchange. Messages are self-contained, versioned, // transport-agnostic byte blobs: the same bytes ride the signalling channel // (initial bootstrap) or a data-tunnel packet (rekey). The library only ever sees // opaque []byte at the transport seam. // // Layout (all messages): [type:1][version:1][exchangeID:16][payload...] // // There is no confirm message: an exchange is acknowledged by the NEXT offer, which // carries the acked exchange's id (see OfferMsg.AckID) and — riding the data path // under the freshly adopted key — proves that key works. const ( // ProtocolVersion is bumped on any wire-incompatible change; a peer rejects // messages it does not understand rather than misparsing them. ProtocolVersion uint8 = 1 // ExchangeIDSize identifies one exchange so answers/acks correlate and stale // messages are dropped. ExchangeIDSize = 16 headerSize = 1 + 1 + ExchangeIDSize ) // MsgType tags the two message kinds of the exchange. type MsgType uint8 const ( MsgOffer MsgType = iota + 1 MsgAnswer ) // ExchangeID is the per-exchange correlator. The zero value means "none" (an offer // that acknowledges nothing, i.e. the first exchange of a connection). type ExchangeID [ExchangeIDSize]byte // OfferMsg carries the initiator's public material (X25519 pub ‖ ML-KEM encap key) // and AckID, the id of the previous exchange this offer acknowledges (zero if none). type OfferMsg struct { ExchangeID ExchangeID AckID ExchangeID // KEMOffer is the raw Initiator.Offer() blob (OfferSize bytes). KEMOffer []byte } // AnswerMsg carries the responder's reply (ML-KEM ciphertext ‖ X25519 pub) for the // round identified by ExchangeID. type AnswerMsg struct { ExchangeID ExchangeID // KEMAnswer is the raw Respond() answer blob (AnswerSize bytes). KEMAnswer []byte } // Encode serialises the offer with its framed header (payload = AckID ‖ KEMOffer). func (m *OfferMsg) Encode() ([]byte, error) { if len(m.KEMOffer) != OfferSize { return nil, fmt.Errorf("offer payload: got %d, want %d", len(m.KEMOffer), OfferSize) } payload := make([]byte, 0, ExchangeIDSize+OfferSize) payload = append(payload, m.AckID[:]...) payload = append(payload, m.KEMOffer...) return frame(MsgOffer, m.ExchangeID, payload), nil } // Encode serialises the answer with its framed header. func (m *AnswerMsg) Encode() ([]byte, error) { if len(m.KEMAnswer) != AnswerSize { return nil, fmt.Errorf("answer payload: got %d, want %d", len(m.KEMAnswer), AnswerSize) } return frame(MsgAnswer, m.ExchangeID, m.KEMAnswer), nil } // Decode parses a framed message into one of *OfferMsg / *AnswerMsg. func Decode(buf []byte) (MsgType, any, error) { if len(buf) < headerSize { return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("message too short: %d bytes", len(buf)) } typ := MsgType(buf[0]) if ver := buf[1]; ver != ProtocolVersion { return typ, nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported protocol version %d (want %d)", ver, ProtocolVersion) } var id ExchangeID copy(id[:], buf[2:headerSize]) payload := buf[headerSize:] switch typ { case MsgOffer: if len(payload) != ExchangeIDSize+OfferSize { return typ, nil, fmt.Errorf("offer payload: got %d, want %d", len(payload), ExchangeIDSize+OfferSize) } var ack ExchangeID copy(ack[:], payload[:ExchangeIDSize]) return typ, &OfferMsg{ExchangeID: id, AckID: ack, KEMOffer: payload[ExchangeIDSize:]}, nil case MsgAnswer: if len(payload) != AnswerSize { return typ, nil, fmt.Errorf("answer payload: got %d, want %d", len(payload), AnswerSize) } return typ, &AnswerMsg{ExchangeID: id, KEMAnswer: payload}, nil default: return typ, nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown message type %d", typ) } } func frame(typ MsgType, id ExchangeID, payload []byte) []byte { buf := make([]byte, headerSize+len(payload)) buf[0] = byte(typ) buf[1] = ProtocolVersion copy(buf[2:], id[:]) copy(buf[headerSize:], payload) return buf } // compile-time assurance the KEM blob sizes referenced here stay in sync with kem.go. var _ = [1]struct{}{}[OfferSize-(32+mlkem.EncapsulationKeySize768)]