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diff --git a/vendor/filippo.io/edwards25519/doc.go b/vendor/filippo.io/edwards25519/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d8608b06 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/filippo.io/edwards25519/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +// Copyright (c) 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +// Package edwards25519 implements group logic for the twisted Edwards curve +// +// -x^2 + y^2 = 1 + -(121665/121666)*x^2*y^2 +// +// This is better known as the Edwards curve equivalent to Curve25519, and is +// the curve used by the Ed25519 signature scheme. +// +// Most users don't need this package, and should instead use crypto/ed25519 for +// signatures, golang.org/x/crypto/curve25519 for Diffie-Hellman, or +// github.com/gtank/ristretto255 for prime order group logic. +// +// However, developers who do need to interact with low-level edwards25519 +// operations can use this package, which is an extended version of +// crypto/ed25519/internal/edwards25519 from the standard library repackaged as +// an importable module. +package edwards25519 |