Signature.java

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package org.apache.sshd.common;

import java.security.PrivateKey;
import java.security.PublicKey;

/**
 * Signature interface for SSH used to sign or verify packets
 * Usually wraps a javax.crypto.Signature object
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@mina.apache.org">Apache MINA SSHD Project</a>
 */
public interface Signature {

    /**
     * Initialize this signature with the given public key and private key.
     * If the private key is null, only signature verification can be performed.
     *
     * @param pubkey
     * @param prvkey
     * @throws Exception
     */
    void init(PublicKey pubkey, PrivateKey prvkey) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Update the computed signature with the given data
     *
     * @param H
     * @param off
     * @param len
     * @throws Exception
     */
    void update(byte[] H, int off, int len) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Verify against the given signature
     *
     * @param sig
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    boolean verify(byte[] sig) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Compute the signature
     *
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    byte[] sign() throws Exception;

}