pgpainless/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/util/BCUtil.java

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 * Copyright 2018 Paul Schaub.
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package org.pgpainless.util;

import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1ObjectIdentifier;
import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ECPublicBCPGKey;
import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPPublicKey;

public final class BCUtil {

    private BCUtil() {

    }

    /**
     * Utility method to get the bit strength of OpenPGP keys.
     * Bouncycastle is lacking support for some keys (eg. EdDSA, X25519), so this method
     * manually derives the bit strength from the keys curves OID.
     *
     * @param key key
     * @return bit strength
     */
    public static int getBitStrength(PGPPublicKey key) {
        int bitStrength = key.getBitStrength();

        if (bitStrength == -1) {
            // TODO: BC's PGPPublicKey.getBitStrength() does fail for some keys (EdDSA, X25519)
            //  Manually set the bit strength.

            ASN1ObjectIdentifier oid = ((ECPublicBCPGKey) key.getPublicKeyPacket().getKey()).getCurveOID();
            if (oid.getId().equals("1.3.6.1.4.1.11591.15.1")) {
                // ed25519 is 256 bits
                bitStrength = 256;
            } else if (oid.getId().equals("1.3.6.1.4.1.3029.1.5.1")) {
                // curvey25519 is 256 bits
                bitStrength = 256;
            } else {
                throw new RuntimeException("Unknown curve: " + oid.getId());
            }

        }
        return bitStrength;
    }

}