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-rw-r--r--changes/feature96635
-rw-r--r--src/common/crypto.c3
-rw-r--r--src/common/crypto_curve25519.c119
-rw-r--r--src/common/crypto_curve25519.h5
-rw-r--r--src/test/bench.c15
-rw-r--r--src/test/test_crypto.c25
6 files changed, 168 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/changes/feature9663 b/changes/feature9663
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c02e08d034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/feature9663
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ o Minor feature (performance):
+ - Improve the runtime speed of the ntor handshake by using an
+ optimized curve25519 basepoint scalarmult implementation from the
+ public-domain ed25519-donna by Andrew M. ("floodyberry"), based on
+ ideas by Adam Langley. Implements ticket 9663.
diff --git a/src/common/crypto.c b/src/common/crypto.c
index 934679e67a..c9745dd0e6 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#define CRYPTO_PRIVATE
#include "crypto.h"
+#include "crypto_curve25519.h"
#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < OPENSSL_V_SERIES(1,0,0)
#error "We require OpenSSL >= 1.0.0"
@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ crypto_early_init(void)
return -1;
if (crypto_init_siphash_key() < 0)
return -1;
+
+ curve25519_init();
}
return 0;
}
diff --git a/src/common/crypto_curve25519.c b/src/common/crypto_curve25519.c
index 5bb14b0d95..80b0d88952 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto_curve25519.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto_curve25519.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
#include "util.h"
#include "torlog.h"
+#include "ed25519/donna/ed25519_donna_tor.h"
+
/* ==============================
Part 1: wrap a suitable curve25519 implementation as curve25519_impl
============================== */
@@ -30,6 +32,10 @@ int curve25519_donna(uint8_t *mypublic,
#endif
#endif
+static void pick_curve25519_basepoint_impl(void);
+
+static int curve25519_use_ed = -1;
+
STATIC int
curve25519_impl(uint8_t *output, const uint8_t *secret,
const uint8_t *basepoint)
@@ -50,6 +56,34 @@ curve25519_impl(uint8_t *output, const uint8_t *secret,
return r;
}
+STATIC int
+curve25519_basepoint_impl(uint8_t *output, const uint8_t *secret)
+{
+ int r = 0;
+ if (PREDICT_UNLIKELY(curve25519_use_ed == -1)) {
+ pick_curve25519_basepoint_impl();
+ }
+
+ /* TODO: Someone should benchmark curved25519_scalarmult_basepoint versus
+ * an optimized NaCl build to see which should be used when compiled with
+ * NaCl available. I suspected that the ed25519 optimization always wins.
+ */
+ if (PREDICT_LIKELY(curve25519_use_ed == 1)) {
+ curved25519_scalarmult_basepoint_donna(output, secret);
+ r = 0;
+ } else {
+ static const uint8_t basepoint[32] = {9};
+ r = curve25519_impl(output, secret, basepoint);
+ }
+ return r;
+}
+
+void
+curve25519_set_impl_params(int use_ed)
+{
+ curve25519_use_ed = use_ed;
+}
+
/* ==============================
Part 2: Wrap curve25519_impl with some convenience types and functions.
============================== */
@@ -113,9 +147,7 @@ void
curve25519_public_key_generate(curve25519_public_key_t *key_out,
const curve25519_secret_key_t *seckey)
{
- static const uint8_t basepoint[32] = {9};
-
- curve25519_impl(key_out->public_key, seckey->secret_key, basepoint);
+ curve25519_basepoint_impl(key_out->public_key, seckey->secret_key);
}
int
@@ -283,3 +315,84 @@ curve25519_handshake(uint8_t *output,
curve25519_impl(output, skey->secret_key, pkey->public_key);
}
+/** Check whether the ed25519-based curve25519 basepoint optimization seems to
+ * be working. If so, return 0; otherwise return -1. */
+static int
+curve25519_basepoint_spot_check(void)
+{
+ static const uint8_t alicesk[32] = {
+ 0x77,0x07,0x6d,0x0a,0x73,0x18,0xa5,0x7d,
+ 0x3c,0x16,0xc1,0x72,0x51,0xb2,0x66,0x45,
+ 0xdf,0x4c,0x2f,0x87,0xeb,0xc0,0x99,0x2a,
+ 0xb1,0x77,0xfb,0xa5,0x1d,0xb9,0x2c,0x2a
+ };
+ static const uint8_t alicepk[32] = {
+ 0x85,0x20,0xf0,0x09,0x89,0x30,0xa7,0x54,
+ 0x74,0x8b,0x7d,0xdc,0xb4,0x3e,0xf7,0x5a,
+ 0x0d,0xbf,0x3a,0x0d,0x26,0x38,0x1a,0xf4,
+ 0xeb,0xa4,0xa9,0x8e,0xaa,0x9b,0x4e,0x6a
+ };
+ const int loop_max=200;
+ int save_use_ed = curve25519_use_ed;
+ unsigned char e1[32] = { 5 };
+ unsigned char e2[32] = { 5 };
+ unsigned char x[32],y[32];
+ int i;
+ int r=0;
+
+ /* Check the most basic possible sanity via the test secret/public key pair
+ * used in "Cryptography in NaCl - 2. Secret keys and public keys". This
+ * may catch catastrophic failures on systems where Curve25519 is expensive,
+ * without requiring a ton of key generation.
+ */
+ curve25519_use_ed = 1;
+ r |= curve25519_basepoint_impl(x, alicesk);
+ if (fast_memneq(x, alicepk, 32))
+ goto fail;
+
+ /* Ok, the optimization appears to produce passable results, try a few more
+ * values, maybe there's something subtle wrong.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < loop_max; ++i) {
+ curve25519_use_ed = 0;
+ r |= curve25519_basepoint_impl(x, e1);
+ curve25519_use_ed = 1;
+ r |= curve25519_basepoint_impl(y, e2);
+ if (fast_memneq(x,y,32))
+ goto fail;
+ memcpy(e1, x, 32);
+ memcpy(e2, x, 32);
+ }
+
+ goto end;
+ fail:
+ r = -1;
+ end:
+ curve25519_use_ed = save_use_ed;
+ return r;
+}
+
+/** Choose whether to use the ed25519-based curve25519-basepoint
+ * implementation. */
+static void
+pick_curve25519_basepoint_impl(void)
+{
+ curve25519_use_ed = 1;
+
+ if (curve25519_basepoint_spot_check() == 0)
+ return;
+
+ log_warn(LD_CRYPTO, "The ed25519-based curve25519 basepoint "
+ "multiplication seems broken; using the curve25519 "
+ "implementation.");
+ curve25519_use_ed = 0;
+}
+
+/** Initialize the curve25519 implementations. This is necessary if you're
+ * going to use them in a multithreaded setting, and not otherwise. */
+void
+curve25519_init(void)
+{
+ pick_curve25519_basepoint_impl();
+}
+
diff --git a/src/common/crypto_curve25519.h b/src/common/crypto_curve25519.h
index 48e8a6d962..d53743986c 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto_curve25519.h
+++ b/src/common/crypto_curve25519.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ int curve25519_rand_seckey_bytes(uint8_t *out, int extra_strong);
#ifdef CRYPTO_CURVE25519_PRIVATE
STATIC int curve25519_impl(uint8_t *output, const uint8_t *secret,
const uint8_t *basepoint);
+
+STATIC int curve25519_basepoint_impl(uint8_t *output, const uint8_t *secret);
#endif
#define CURVE25519_BASE64_PADDED_LEN 44
@@ -82,5 +84,8 @@ ssize_t crypto_read_tagged_contents_from_file(const char *fname,
uint8_t *data_out,
ssize_t data_out_len);
+void curve25519_set_impl_params(int use_ed);
+void curve25519_init(void);
+
#endif
diff --git a/src/test/bench.c b/src/test/bench.c
index bc2b1f04d8..dbff7d0262 100644
--- a/src/test/bench.c
+++ b/src/test/bench.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ bench_onion_TAP(void)
}
static void
-bench_onion_ntor(void)
+bench_onion_ntor_impl(void)
{
const int iters = 1<<10;
int i;
@@ -235,6 +235,19 @@ bench_onion_ntor(void)
}
static void
+bench_onion_ntor(void)
+{
+ int ed;
+
+ for (ed = 0; ed <= 1; ++ed) {
+ printf("Ed25519-based basepoint multiply = %s.\n",
+ (ed == 0) ? "disabled" : "enabled");
+ curve25519_set_impl_params(ed);
+ bench_onion_ntor_impl();
+ }
+}
+
+static void
bench_ed25519(void)
{
uint64_t start, end;
diff --git a/src/test/test_crypto.c b/src/test/test_crypto.c
index 6cba850f30..bc88248db0 100644
--- a/src/test/test_crypto.c
+++ b/src/test/test_crypto.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,29 @@ test_crypto_curve25519_impl(void *arg)
}
static void
+test_crypto_curve25519_basepoint(void *arg)
+{
+ uint8_t secret[32];
+ uint8_t public1[32];
+ uint8_t public2[32];
+ const int iters = 2048;
+ int i;
+ (void) arg;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < iters; ++i) {
+ crypto_rand((char*)secret, 32);
+ curve25519_set_impl_params(1); /* Use optimization */
+ curve25519_basepoint_impl(public1, secret);
+ curve25519_set_impl_params(0); /* Disable optimization */
+ curve25519_basepoint_impl(public2, secret);
+ tt_mem_op(public1, OP_EQ, public2, 32);
+ }
+
+ done:
+ ;
+}
+
+static void
test_crypto_curve25519_wrappers(void *arg)
{
curve25519_public_key_t pubkey1, pubkey2;
@@ -1733,6 +1756,8 @@ struct testcase_t crypto_tests[] = {
{ "hkdf_sha256", test_crypto_hkdf_sha256, 0, NULL, NULL },
{ "curve25519_impl", test_crypto_curve25519_impl, 0, NULL, NULL },
{ "curve25519_impl_hibit", test_crypto_curve25519_impl, 0, NULL, (void*)"y"},
+ { "curve25519_basepoint",
+ test_crypto_curve25519_basepoint, TT_FORK, NULL, NULL },
{ "curve25519_wrappers", test_crypto_curve25519_wrappers, 0, NULL, NULL },
{ "curve25519_encode", test_crypto_curve25519_encode, 0, NULL, NULL },
{ "curve25519_persist", test_crypto_curve25519_persist, 0, NULL, NULL },