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Add note about verifying public keys

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Ken MacKay
2020-10-07 17:26:47 -07:00
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@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ Returns 1 if the key pair was generated successfully, 0 if an error occurred.
int uECC_make_key(uint8_t *public_key, uint8_t *private_key, uECC_Curve curve); int uECC_make_key(uint8_t *public_key, uint8_t *private_key, uECC_Curve curve);
/* uECC_shared_secret() function. /* uECC_shared_secret() function.
Compute a shared secret given your secret key and someone else's public key. Compute a shared secret given your secret key and someone else's public key. If the public key
is not from a trusted source and has not been previously verified, you should verify it first
using uECC_valid_public_key().
Note: It is recommended that you hash the result of uECC_shared_secret() before using it for Note: It is recommended that you hash the result of uECC_shared_secret() before using it for
symmetric encryption or HMAC. symmetric encryption or HMAC.