serai/crypto/ciphersuite/README.md
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Add no_std support to transcript, dalek-ff-group, ed448, ciphersuite, multiexp, schnorr, and monero-generators
transcript, dalek-ff-group, ed449, and ciphersuite are all usable with no_std
alone. The rest additionally require alloc.

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# Ciphersuite
Ciphersuites for elliptic curves premised on ff/group.
This library, except for the not recommended Ed448 ciphersuite, was
[audited by Cypher Stack in March 2023](https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/raw/e1bb2c191b7123fd260d008e31656d090d559d21/audits/Cypher%20Stack%20crypto%20March%202023/Audit.pdf),
culminating in commit
[669d2dbffc1dafb82a09d9419ea182667115df06](https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/669d2dbffc1dafb82a09d9419ea182667115df06).
Any subsequent changes have not undergone auditing.
This library is usable under no_std. The `alloc` and `std` features enable
reading from the `io::Read` trait, shimmed by `std-shims` under `alloc`.
### Secp256k1/P-256
Secp256k1 and P-256 are offered via [k256](https://crates.io/crates/k256) and
[p256](https://crates.io/crates/p256), two libraries maintained by
[RustCrypto](https://github.com/RustCrypto).
Their `hash_to_F` is the
[IETF's hash to curve](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve-16.html),
yet applied to their scalar field.
### Ed25519/Ristretto
Ed25519/Ristretto are offered via
[dalek-ff-group](https://crates.io/crates/dalek-ff-group), an ff/group wrapper
around [curve25519-dalek](https://crates.io/crates/curve25519-dalek).
Their `hash_to_F` is the wide reduction of SHA2-512, as used in
[RFC-8032](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8032). This is also compliant with
the draft
[RFC-RISTRETTO](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-irtf-cfrg-ristretto255-decaf448-05.html).
The domain-separation tag is naively prefixed to the message.
### Ed448
Ed448 is offered via [minimal-ed448](https://crates.io/crates/minimal-ed448), an
explicitly not recommended, unaudited, incomplete Ed448 implementation, limited
to its prime-order subgroup.
Its `hash_to_F` is the wide reduction of SHAKE256, with a 114-byte output, as
used in [RFC-8032](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8032). The
domain-separation tag is naively prefixed to the message.