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| author | Linus Nordberg <linus@nordberg.se> | 2021-05-28 11:44:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Nordberg <linus@nordberg.se> | 2021-05-28 11:44:54 +0200 |
| commit | fe2e20f346e5f8a66c92016d77f32241498b790e (patch) | |
| tree | ac228c04c57f19824b15d332506b8b0cb09c7915 /doc | |
| parent | e374db9e70cd329ff46f1a4443c59a8fa118ddd6 (diff) | |
clarify what the signature in get-tree-head-* is covering
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ Output on success: seconds since the UNIX epoch. - `tree_size`: `tree_head.tree_size` ASCII-encoded decimal number. - `root_hash`: `tree_head.root_hash` hex-encoded. -- `signature`: hex-encoded Ed25519 signature over `tree_head` - serialzed as described in section `Merkle tree head`. +- `signature`: hex-encoded Ed25519 signature over `timestamp`, + `tree_size` and `root_hash` serialized into a `tree_head` as + described in section `Merkle tree head`. - `key_hash`: a hash of the public verification key (belonging to either the log or to one of its witnesses), which can be used to verify the most recent `signature`. The key is encoded as defined @@ -192,8 +193,9 @@ Output on success: seconds since the UNIX epoch. - `tree_size`: `tree_head.tree_size` ASCII-encoded decimal number. - `root_hash`: `tree_head.root_hash` hex-encoded. -- `signature`: hex-encoded Ed25519 signature over `tree_head` - serialzed as described in section `Merkle tree head`. +- `signature`: hex-encoded Ed25519 signature over `timestamp`, + `tree_size` and `root_hash` serialized into a `tree_head` as + described in section `Merkle tree head`. - `key_hash`: a hash of the log's public verification key, which can be used to verify `signature`. The key is encoded as defined in [RFC 8032, section 5.1.2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8032#section-5.1.2), @@ -219,8 +221,9 @@ Output on success: seconds since the UNIX epoch. - `tree_size`: `tree_head.tree_size` ASCII-encoded decimal number. - `root_hash`: `tree_head.root_hash` hex-encoded. -- `signature`: hex-encoded Ed25519 signature over `tree_head` - serialzed as described in section `Merkle tree head`. +- `signature`: hex-encoded Ed25519 signature over `timestamp`, + `tree_size` and `root_hash` serialized into a `tree_head` as + described in section `Merkle tree head`. - `key_hash`: a hash of the log's public verification key that can be used to verify `signature`. The key is encoded as defined in [RFC 8032, section 5.1.2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8032#section-5.1.2), |