status-im/status-go

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server/pairing/peers/private_key.go

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package peers

import (
    "crypto/ecdsa"

    "github.com/status-im/status-go/server"
)

var (
    // pk Yes this is an actual ECDSA **private** key committed to a public repository visible to anyone.
    // DO NOT use this key for anything other than signing udp "hellos". The key's value is in giving other Status
    // installations CONFIDENCE, NOT proof, that the sender of the UDP pings is another Status device.
    // We do not rely on UDP message information to orchestrate connections or swap secrets. The use case is purely
    // to make preflight checks which ADVISE the application and the user.
    //
    // A signature is more robust and flexible than an application identifier, and serves the same role as an ID, while
    // securing the payload against tampering.
    pk = []byte{0xbf, 0x3b, 0x37, 0x04, 0x30, 0x04, 0x32, 0x15, 0x72, 0xb0, 0x7f, 0x56, 0x72, 0x30, 0xae, 0x5b, 0x41, 0xf4, 0x4b, 0x42, 0x4a, 0xa2, 0x33, 0x53, 0x76, 0xed, 0x7a, 0xb9, 0x2d, 0x40, 0x37, 0x73}
    k  = &ecdsa.PrivateKey{}
)

func init() {
    k = server.ToECDSA(pk)
}