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src: hide kMaxDigestMultiplier outside HKDF impl #46206

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There is no reason to expose this constant outside of the HKDF implementation, especially with such a generic name.

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LGTM but perhaps put it in HKDFTraits or even HKDFTraits::AdditionalConfig()?

(I also wonder whether it's correct. Length can't be > digest size * 255? Why? Not self-evident.)

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panva commented Jan 14, 2023

I also wonder whether it's correct.

It may remain not self-evident but it is as per RFC 5869

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There is no reason to expose this constant outside of the HKDF
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LGTM but perhaps put it in HKDFTraits or even HKDFTraits::AdditionalConfig()?

Done, thank you.

(I also wonder whether it's correct. Length can't be > digest size * 255? Why? Not self-evident.)

I added an explaining comment. The limit arises from HKDF-Expand:


   The output OKM is calculated as follows:

   N = ceil(L/HashLen)
   T = T(1) | T(2) | T(3) | ... | T(N)
   OKM = first L octets of T

   where:
   T(0) = empty string (zero length)
   T(1) = HMAC-Hash(PRK, T(0) | info | 0x01)
   T(2) = HMAC-Hash(PRK, T(1) | info | 0x02)
   T(3) = HMAC-Hash(PRK, T(2) | info | 0x03)
   ...

   (where the constant concatenated to the end of each T(n) is a
   single octet.)

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// HKDF-Expand computes up to 255 HMAC blocks, each having as many bits as the
// output of the hash function. 255 is a hard limit because HKDF appends an
// 8-bit counter to each HMAC'd message, starting at 1.
constexpr size_t kMaxDigestMultiplier = 255;
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Nit: It might be better suited to make this a static, but just as suggestion.

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It was static before and I intentionally removed the keyword. Could you elaborate on why static would be beneficial here?

My understanding is that since kMaxDigestMultiplier is not ODR-used, not making it static allows the compiler to completely eliminate any storage space for it, but I might be wrong about this.

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RafaelGSS pushed a commit to RafaelGSS/node that referenced this pull request Jan 17, 2023
There is no reason to expose this constant outside of the HKDF
implementation, especially with such a generic name.

PR-URL: nodejs#46206
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
RafaelGSS pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 20, 2023
There is no reason to expose this constant outside of the HKDF
implementation, especially with such a generic name.

PR-URL: #46206
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
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juanarbol pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 26, 2023
There is no reason to expose this constant outside of the HKDF
implementation, especially with such a generic name.

PR-URL: #46206
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
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There is no reason to expose this constant outside of the HKDF
implementation, especially with such a generic name.

PR-URL: #46206
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
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