@theqrl/mldsa87 2.0.4 → 2.1.0

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package/README.md CHANGED
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ const pk = new Uint8Array(CryptoPublicKeyBytes); // 2592 bytes
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  const sk = new Uint8Array(CryptoSecretKeyBytes); // 4896 bytes
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  cryptoSignKeypair(null, pk, sk); // null = random seed
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- // Sign a message
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+ // Sign a message (hedged by default per FIPS 204 §3.4 — recommended).
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+ // Pass `false` only when deterministic signatures are themselves a
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+ // protocol requirement (e.g. RANDAO-style verifiable beacon
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+ // contributions); for that case use `cryptoSignDeterministic`.
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  const message = new TextEncoder().encode('Hello, quantum world!');
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  const ctx = new Uint8Array([0x5a, 0x4f, 0x4e, 0x44]); // "ZOND"
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- const signedMessage = cryptoSign(message, sk, false, ctx); // false = deterministic
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+ const signedMessage = cryptoSign(message, sk, true, ctx); // true = hedged (recommended)
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  // Verify and extract (context must match)
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  const extracted = cryptoSignOpen(signedMessage, pk, ctx);
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ ML-DSA-87 requires a context parameter for domain separation (FIPS 204 feature).
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  ```javascript
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  // With application-specific context
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  const ctx = new TextEncoder().encode('my-app-v1');
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- const signed = cryptoSign(message, sk, false, ctx);
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+ const signed = cryptoSign(message, sk, true, ctx); // hedged (recommended)
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  const extracted = cryptoSignOpen(signed, pk, ctx);
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  // Context must match for verification
@@ -89,6 +89,35 @@ export function cryptoSign(
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  ctx: Uint8Array
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  ): Uint8Array;
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+ /**
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+ * Create a deterministic ML-DSA-87 detached signature
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false` wrapper).
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+ *
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+ * **Use only when the deterministic property is itself a requirement**
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+ * — RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions, ACVP / KAT vector
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+ * reproduction. For general-purpose signing prefer `cryptoSignSignature`
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+ * with `randomizedSigning = true` (hedged, FIPS 204 §3.4 recommended).
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ */
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+ export function cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic(
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+ sig: Uint8Array,
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+ m: Uint8Array | string,
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+ sk: Uint8Array,
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+ ctx: Uint8Array
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+ ): number;
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Attached-form deterministic ML-DSA-87 signing
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false` wrapper for `cryptoSign`).
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+ * Same recommendation as `cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic`.
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ */
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+ export function cryptoSignDeterministic(
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+ msg: Uint8Array | string,
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+ sk: Uint8Array,
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+ ctx: Uint8Array
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+ ): Uint8Array;
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+
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  /**
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  * Verify a signature
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  * @param sig - Signature to verify
@@ -109,7 +138,10 @@ export function cryptoSignVerify(
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  * @param sm - Signed message (signature || message)
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  * @param pk - Public key
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  * @param ctx - Context string (max 255 bytes)
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- * @returns Message if valid, undefined if verification fails
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+ * @returns Message if valid, undefined if verification fails (or if
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+ * sm is null / undefined / non-Uint8Array / shorter than
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+ * CryptoBytes — see `cryptoSignOpenWithReason` for distinct
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+ * failure-mode reporting)
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  */
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  export function cryptoSignOpen(
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  sm: Uint8Array,
@@ -117,6 +149,40 @@ export function cryptoSignOpen(
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  ctx: Uint8Array
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  ): Uint8Array | undefined;
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+ /**
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+ * Failure-mode discriminator returned by `cryptoSignOpenWithReason`.
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14: distinct failure modes for Open.)
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+ */
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+ export type CryptoSignOpenReason =
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+ | 'invalid-ctx-type'
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+ | 'invalid-ctx-length'
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+ | 'invalid-sm-type'
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+ | 'invalid-sm-length'
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+ | 'invalid-pk'
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+ | 'verification-failed';
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Open a signed message with a typed failure-mode report.
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14.) Behavioural twin of `cryptoSignOpen` that
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+ * distinguishes API-shape problems (input wrong type / length /
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+ * shape) from genuine verification failures.
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+ *
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+ * `cryptoSignOpen` is kept unchanged and continues to return
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+ * `undefined` for any failure mode. Use this variant when you need
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+ * to log or route on specific failure modes.
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+ *
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+ * @param sm - Signed message (signature || message)
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+ * @param pk - Public key
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+ * @param ctx - Context string (max 255 bytes)
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+ */
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+ export function cryptoSignOpenWithReason(
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+ sm: Uint8Array,
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+ pk: Uint8Array,
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+ ctx: Uint8Array
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+ ):
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+ | { ok: true; message: Uint8Array }
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+ | { ok: false; reason: CryptoSignOpenReason };
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+
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  // Utility functions
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  /**
@@ -1665,11 +1665,31 @@ function cryptoSignKeypair(passedSeed, pk, sk) {
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  * Uses the ML-DSA-87 (FIPS 204) signing algorithm with rejection sampling.
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  * The context parameter provides domain separation as required by FIPS 204.
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  *
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+ * # Signing-mode recommendation (TOB-QRLLIB-6)
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+ *
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+ * **Hedged signing (`randomizedSigning = true`) is the recommended mode**
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+ * per FIPS 204 §3.4: the per-signature nonce mixes fresh `crypto.getRandomValues`
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+ * randomness, which frustrates the fault-injection attack class against
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+ * deterministic signing where an adversary who can flip a single bit during
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+ * the `z` computation can differentiate two same-message signatures and
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+ * recover `s1`/`s2` by lattice differential analysis. Verification is
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+ * unchanged — hedged and deterministic signatures verify under the same
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+ * public key.
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+ *
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+ * **Use deterministic signing (`randomizedSigning = false`) only when the
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+ * deterministic property is itself a security or protocol requirement** —
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+ * e.g. RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions where each validator
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+ * must produce the same signature for the same input, or test-vector
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+ * reproduction. Consider the [cryptoSignDeterministic] convenience wrapper
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+ * for those cases.
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+ *
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  * @param {Uint8Array} sig - Output buffer for signature (must be at least CryptoBytes = 4627 bytes)
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  * @param {string|Uint8Array} m - Message to sign (hex string, optional 0x prefix, or Uint8Array)
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  * @param {Uint8Array} sk - Secret key (must be CryptoSecretKeyBytes = 4896 bytes)
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- * @param {boolean} randomizedSigning - If true, use random nonce for hedged signing.
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- * If false, use deterministic nonce derived from message and key.
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+ * @param {boolean} randomizedSigning - **Recommended: `true` (hedged, FIPS 204 §3.4).**
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+ * If true, mix fresh `crypto.getRandomValues` randomness into the
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+ * per-signature nonce. If false, use a deterministic nonce derived from
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+ * message and key (FIPS 204 §3.5).
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  * @param {Uint8Array} ctx - Context string for domain separation (required, max 255 bytes).
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  * Pass an empty Uint8Array for no context.
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  * @returns {number} 0 on success
@@ -1817,6 +1837,31 @@ function cryptoSignSignature(sig, m, sk, randomizedSigning, ctx) {
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  }
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  }
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+ /**
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+ * Create a **deterministic** ML-DSA-87 detached signature
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false`).
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+ *
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+ * Convenience wrapper that hard-wires the deterministic mode so callers
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+ * who *need* byte-identical signatures for the same `(sk, ctx, message)`
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+ * — RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions, ACVP / KAT vector
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+ * reproduction, deterministic-test fixtures — get a clearly-named
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+ * entry point rather than passing a bare boolean.
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+ *
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+ * **Use only when the deterministic property is itself a requirement.**
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+ * For general-purpose signing prefer [cryptoSignSignature] with
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+ * `randomizedSigning = true` (FIPS 204 §3.4 hedged, the recommended
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+ * mode). (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ *
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} sig - Output buffer for signature (must be at least CryptoBytes bytes)
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+ * @param {string|Uint8Array} m - Message to sign
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} sk - Secret key (must be CryptoSecretKeyBytes bytes)
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} ctx - Context string for domain separation (required, max 255 bytes)
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+ * @returns {number} 0 on success
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+ */
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+ function cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic(sig, m, sk, ctx) {
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+ return cryptoSignSignature(sig, m, sk, /* randomizedSigning */ false, ctx);
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+ }
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+
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  /**
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  * Sign a message, returning signature concatenated with message.
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  *
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  return sm;
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  }
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+ /**
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+ * Attached-form **deterministic** ML-DSA-87 signing
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false`).
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+ *
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+ * Convenience wrapper that hard-wires the deterministic mode for the
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+ * attached `signature || message` form. Same recommendation as
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+ * [cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic]: use only when determinism is a
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+ * protocol requirement; for general-purpose signing prefer
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+ * [cryptoSign] with `randomizedSigning = true` (FIPS 204 §3.4 hedged).
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ *
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+ * @param {string|Uint8Array} msg - Message to sign
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} sk - Secret key (must be CryptoSecretKeyBytes bytes)
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} ctx - Context string for domain separation (required, max 255 bytes)
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+ * @returns {Uint8Array} Signed message (signature || message)
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+ */
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+ function cryptoSignDeterministic(msg, sk, ctx) {
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+ return cryptoSign(msg, sk, /* randomizedSigning */ false, ctx);
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+ }
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+
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  /**
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  * Verify a detached signature with context.
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  *
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  if (!(ctx instanceof Uint8Array)) {
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  throw new TypeError('ctx is required and must be a Uint8Array');
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  }
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- if (sm.length < CryptoBytes) {
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+ // Type-guard `sm` so callers passing `null` / `undefined` / non-Uint8Array
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+ // get a clean `undefined` return rather than a `Cannot read properties of
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+ // null (reading 'length')` thrown deep in the call chain. Mirrors the
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+ // existing `pk` / `sig` instanceof checks in `cryptoSignVerify`.
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+ // (TOB-QRLLIB-11.)
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+ if (!(sm instanceof Uint8Array) || sm.length < CryptoBytes) {
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  return undefined;
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  }
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@@ -1994,6 +2064,53 @@ function cryptoSignOpen(sm, pk, ctx) {
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  return msg;
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  }
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+ /**
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+ * Open a signed message with a typed failure-mode report.
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+ *
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+ * Behavioural twin of [cryptoSignOpen], but returns a discriminated
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+ * union so callers can distinguish between API-shape problems (input
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+ * was the wrong type / length / shape) and genuine cryptographic
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+ * verification failures. Use this when you need to log or route on
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+ * specific failure modes — e.g. an attestation pipeline that wants to
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+ * alarm on "input shape valid but signature did not verify" but
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+ * silently reject "input shape was wrong".
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+ *
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+ * The legacy [cryptoSignOpen] returns `undefined` for every failure
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+ * mode and is kept unchanged for backward compatibility. Both helpers
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+ * call into the same underlying verifier — they only differ in how
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+ * the failure modes are reported.
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+ *
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14: distinct failure modes for Open.)
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+ *
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} sm Signed message (signature || message).
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} pk Public key.
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} ctx FIPS 204 context (max 255 bytes).
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+ * @returns {{ok: true, message: Uint8Array} | {ok: false, reason: 'invalid-ctx-type'|'invalid-ctx-length'|'invalid-sm-type'|'invalid-sm-length'|'invalid-pk'|'verification-failed'}}
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+ */
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+ function cryptoSignOpenWithReason(sm, pk, ctx) {
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+ if (!(ctx instanceof Uint8Array)) {
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+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-ctx-type' };
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+ }
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+ if (ctx.length > 255) {
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+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-ctx-length' };
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+ }
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+ if (!(sm instanceof Uint8Array)) {
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+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-sm-type' };
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+ }
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+ if (sm.length < CryptoBytes) {
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+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-sm-length' };
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+ }
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+ if (!(pk instanceof Uint8Array) || pk.length !== CryptoPublicKeyBytes) {
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+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-pk' };
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+ }
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+ const sig = sm.slice(0, CryptoBytes);
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+ const msg = sm.slice(CryptoBytes);
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+ if (!cryptoSignVerify(sig, msg, pk, ctx)) {
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+ return { ok: false, reason: 'verification-failed' };
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+ }
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+ return { ok: true, message: msg };
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+ }
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  exports.cryptoSign = cryptoSign;
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+ exports.cryptoSignDeterministic = cryptoSignDeterministic;
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+ exports.cryptoSignOpenWithReason = cryptoSignOpenWithReason;
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  exports.cryptoSignSignature = cryptoSignSignature;
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+ exports.cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic = cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic;
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  ): Uint8Array;
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+ /**
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+ * Create a deterministic ML-DSA-87 detached signature
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false` wrapper).
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+ *
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+ * **Use only when the deterministic property is itself a requirement**
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+ * — RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions, ACVP / KAT vector
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+ * reproduction. For general-purpose signing prefer `cryptoSignSignature`
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+ * with `randomizedSigning = true` (hedged, FIPS 204 §3.4 recommended).
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ */
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+ export function cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic(
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+ sig: Uint8Array,
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+ m: Uint8Array | string,
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+ sk: Uint8Array,
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+ ctx: Uint8Array
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+ ): number;
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Attached-form deterministic ML-DSA-87 signing
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false` wrapper for `cryptoSign`).
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+ * Same recommendation as `cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic`.
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ */
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+ export function cryptoSignDeterministic(
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+ msg: Uint8Array | string,
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+ sk: Uint8Array,
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+ ctx: Uint8Array
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+ ): Uint8Array;
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  /**
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+ * @returns Message if valid, undefined if verification fails (or if
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+ * sm is null / undefined / non-Uint8Array / shorter than
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+ * CryptoBytes — see `cryptoSignOpenWithReason` for distinct
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+ * failure-mode reporting)
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+ * Failure-mode discriminator returned by `cryptoSignOpenWithReason`.
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14: distinct failure modes for Open.)
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+ */
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+ export type CryptoSignOpenReason =
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+ | 'invalid-ctx-type'
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+ | 'invalid-ctx-length'
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+ | 'invalid-sm-type'
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+ | 'invalid-sm-length'
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+ | 'invalid-pk'
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+ | 'verification-failed';
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+ /**
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+ * Open a signed message with a typed failure-mode report.
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+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14.) Behavioural twin of `cryptoSignOpen` that
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+ * distinguishes API-shape problems (input wrong type / length /
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+ * shape) from genuine verification failures.
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+ *
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+ * `cryptoSignOpen` is kept unchanged and continues to return
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+ * `undefined` for any failure mode. Use this variant when you need
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+ * to log or route on specific failure modes.
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+ *
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+ * @param pk - Public key
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+ * @param ctx - Context string (max 255 bytes)
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+ */
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+ export function cryptoSignOpenWithReason(
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+ ctx: Uint8Array
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+ ):
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+ | { ok: true; message: Uint8Array }
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+ | { ok: false; reason: CryptoSignOpenReason };
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+ *
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+ * **Hedged signing (`randomizedSigning = true`) is the recommended mode**
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+ * per FIPS 204 §3.4: the per-signature nonce mixes fresh `crypto.getRandomValues`
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+ * randomness, which frustrates the fault-injection attack class against
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+ * deterministic signing where an adversary who can flip a single bit during
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+ * the `z` computation can differentiate two same-message signatures and
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+ * recover `s1`/`s2` by lattice differential analysis. Verification is
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+ * unchanged — hedged and deterministic signatures verify under the same
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+ * public key.
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+ *
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+ * **Use deterministic signing (`randomizedSigning = false`) only when the
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+ * deterministic property is itself a security or protocol requirement** —
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+ * e.g. RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions where each validator
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+ * must produce the same signature for the same input, or test-vector
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+ * reproduction. Consider the [cryptoSignDeterministic] convenience wrapper
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+ * for those cases.
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+ * per-signature nonce. If false, use a deterministic nonce derived from
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+ * message and key (FIPS 204 §3.5).
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+ * Create a **deterministic** ML-DSA-87 detached signature
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+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false`).
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+ *
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+ * Convenience wrapper that hard-wires the deterministic mode so callers
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+ * who *need* byte-identical signatures for the same `(sk, ctx, message)`
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+ * — RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions, ACVP / KAT vector
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+ * reproduction, deterministic-test fixtures — get a clearly-named
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+ * entry point rather than passing a bare boolean.
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+ *
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+ * **Use only when the deterministic property is itself a requirement.**
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+ * For general-purpose signing prefer [cryptoSignSignature] with
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+ * `randomizedSigning = true` (FIPS 204 §3.4 hedged, the recommended
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+ * mode). (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
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+ *
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+ * @param {string|Uint8Array} m - Message to sign
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} sk - Secret key (must be CryptoSecretKeyBytes bytes)
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+ * @param {Uint8Array} ctx - Context string for domain separation (required, max 255 bytes)
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+ * @returns {number} 0 on success
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+ */
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+ function cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic(sig, m, sk, ctx) {
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+ *
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+ * attached `signature || message` form. Same recommendation as
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+ * [cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic]: use only when determinism is a
1533
+ * protocol requirement; for general-purpose signing prefer
1534
+ * [cryptoSign] with `randomizedSigning = true` (FIPS 204 §3.4 hedged).
1535
+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
1536
+ *
1537
+ * @param {string|Uint8Array} msg - Message to sign
1538
+ * @param {Uint8Array} sk - Secret key (must be CryptoSecretKeyBytes bytes)
1539
+ * @param {Uint8Array} ctx - Context string for domain separation (required, max 255 bytes)
1540
+ * @returns {Uint8Array} Signed message (signature || message)
1541
+ */
1542
+ function cryptoSignDeterministic(msg, sk, ctx) {
1543
+ return cryptoSign(msg, sk, /* randomizedSigning */ false, ctx);
1544
+ }
1545
+
1481
1546
  /**
1482
1547
  * Verify a detached signature with context.
1483
1548
  *
@@ -1602,7 +1667,12 @@ function cryptoSignOpen(sm, pk, ctx) {
1602
1667
  if (!(ctx instanceof Uint8Array)) {
1603
1668
  throw new TypeError('ctx is required and must be a Uint8Array');
1604
1669
  }
1605
- if (sm.length < CryptoBytes) {
1670
+ // Type-guard `sm` so callers passing `null` / `undefined` / non-Uint8Array
1671
+ // get a clean `undefined` return rather than a `Cannot read properties of
1672
+ // null (reading 'length')` thrown deep in the call chain. Mirrors the
1673
+ // existing `pk` / `sig` instanceof checks in `cryptoSignVerify`.
1674
+ // (TOB-QRLLIB-11.)
1675
+ if (!(sm instanceof Uint8Array) || sm.length < CryptoBytes) {
1606
1676
  return undefined;
1607
1677
  }
1608
1678
 
@@ -1615,4 +1685,51 @@ function cryptoSignOpen(sm, pk, ctx) {
1615
1685
  return msg;
1616
1686
  }
1617
1687
 
1618
- export { BETA, CRHBytes, CTILDEBytes, CryptoBytes, CryptoPublicKeyBytes, CryptoSecretKeyBytes, D, ETA, GAMMA1, GAMMA2, K, KeccakState, L, N, OMEGA, Poly, PolyETAPackedBytes, PolyT0PackedBytes, PolyT1PackedBytes, PolyUniformETANBlocks, PolyUniformGamma1NBlocks, PolyUniformNBlocks, PolyVecHPackedBytes, PolyVecK, PolyVecL, PolyW1PackedBytes, PolyZPackedBytes, Q, QInv, RNDBytes, SeedBytes, Shake128Rate, Shake256Rate, Stream128BlockBytes, Stream256BlockBytes, TAU, TRBytes, cAddQ, cryptoSign, cryptoSignKeypair, cryptoSignOpen, cryptoSignSignature, cryptoSignVerify, decompose, invNTTToMont, isZero, makeHint, mldsaShake128StreamInit, mldsaShake256StreamInit, montgomeryReduce, ntt, packPk, packSig, packSk, polyAdd, polyCAddQ, polyChallenge, polyChkNorm, polyDecompose, polyEtaPack, polyEtaUnpack, polyInvNTTToMont, polyMakeHint, polyNTT, polyPointWiseMontgomery, polyPower2round, polyReduce, polyShiftL, polySub, polyT0Pack, polyT0Unpack, polyT1Pack, polyT1Unpack, polyUniform, polyUniformEta, polyUniformGamma1, polyUseHint, polyVecKAdd, polyVecKCAddQ, polyVecKChkNorm, polyVecKDecompose, polyVecKInvNTTToMont, polyVecKMakeHint, polyVecKNTT, polyVecKPackW1, polyVecKPointWisePolyMontgomery, polyVecKPower2round, polyVecKReduce, polyVecKShiftL, polyVecKSub, polyVecKUniformEta, polyVecKUseHint, polyVecLAdd, polyVecLChkNorm, polyVecLInvNTTToMont, polyVecLNTT, polyVecLPointWiseAccMontgomery, polyVecLPointWisePolyMontgomery, polyVecLReduce, polyVecLUniformEta, polyVecLUniformGamma1, polyVecMatrixExpand, polyVecMatrixPointWiseMontgomery, polyW1Pack, polyZPack, polyZUnpack, power2round, reduce32, rejEta, rejUniform, shake128Absorb, shake128Finalize, shake128Init, shake128SqueezeBlocks, shake256Absorb, shake256Finalize, shake256Init, shake256SqueezeBlocks, unpackPk, unpackSig, unpackSk, useHint, zeroize, zetas };
1688
+ /**
1689
+ * Open a signed message with a typed failure-mode report.
1690
+ *
1691
+ * Behavioural twin of [cryptoSignOpen], but returns a discriminated
1692
+ * union so callers can distinguish between API-shape problems (input
1693
+ * was the wrong type / length / shape) and genuine cryptographic
1694
+ * verification failures. Use this when you need to log or route on
1695
+ * specific failure modes — e.g. an attestation pipeline that wants to
1696
+ * alarm on "input shape valid but signature did not verify" but
1697
+ * silently reject "input shape was wrong".
1698
+ *
1699
+ * The legacy [cryptoSignOpen] returns `undefined` for every failure
1700
+ * mode and is kept unchanged for backward compatibility. Both helpers
1701
+ * call into the same underlying verifier — they only differ in how
1702
+ * the failure modes are reported.
1703
+ *
1704
+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14: distinct failure modes for Open.)
1705
+ *
1706
+ * @param {Uint8Array} sm Signed message (signature || message).
1707
+ * @param {Uint8Array} pk Public key.
1708
+ * @param {Uint8Array} ctx FIPS 204 context (max 255 bytes).
1709
+ * @returns {{ok: true, message: Uint8Array} | {ok: false, reason: 'invalid-ctx-type'|'invalid-ctx-length'|'invalid-sm-type'|'invalid-sm-length'|'invalid-pk'|'verification-failed'}}
1710
+ */
1711
+ function cryptoSignOpenWithReason(sm, pk, ctx) {
1712
+ if (!(ctx instanceof Uint8Array)) {
1713
+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-ctx-type' };
1714
+ }
1715
+ if (ctx.length > 255) {
1716
+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-ctx-length' };
1717
+ }
1718
+ if (!(sm instanceof Uint8Array)) {
1719
+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-sm-type' };
1720
+ }
1721
+ if (sm.length < CryptoBytes) {
1722
+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-sm-length' };
1723
+ }
1724
+ if (!(pk instanceof Uint8Array) || pk.length !== CryptoPublicKeyBytes) {
1725
+ return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-pk' };
1726
+ }
1727
+ const sig = sm.slice(0, CryptoBytes);
1728
+ const msg = sm.slice(CryptoBytes);
1729
+ if (!cryptoSignVerify(sig, msg, pk, ctx)) {
1730
+ return { ok: false, reason: 'verification-failed' };
1731
+ }
1732
+ return { ok: true, message: msg };
1733
+ }
1734
+
1735
+ export { BETA, CRHBytes, CTILDEBytes, CryptoBytes, CryptoPublicKeyBytes, CryptoSecretKeyBytes, D, ETA, GAMMA1, GAMMA2, K, KeccakState, L, N, OMEGA, Poly, PolyETAPackedBytes, PolyT0PackedBytes, PolyT1PackedBytes, PolyUniformETANBlocks, PolyUniformGamma1NBlocks, PolyUniformNBlocks, PolyVecHPackedBytes, PolyVecK, PolyVecL, PolyW1PackedBytes, PolyZPackedBytes, Q, QInv, RNDBytes, SeedBytes, Shake128Rate, Shake256Rate, Stream128BlockBytes, Stream256BlockBytes, TAU, TRBytes, cAddQ, cryptoSign, cryptoSignDeterministic, cryptoSignKeypair, cryptoSignOpen, cryptoSignOpenWithReason, cryptoSignSignature, cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic, cryptoSignVerify, decompose, invNTTToMont, isZero, makeHint, mldsaShake128StreamInit, mldsaShake256StreamInit, montgomeryReduce, ntt, packPk, packSig, packSk, polyAdd, polyCAddQ, polyChallenge, polyChkNorm, polyDecompose, polyEtaPack, polyEtaUnpack, polyInvNTTToMont, polyMakeHint, polyNTT, polyPointWiseMontgomery, polyPower2round, polyReduce, polyShiftL, polySub, polyT0Pack, polyT0Unpack, polyT1Pack, polyT1Unpack, polyUniform, polyUniformEta, polyUniformGamma1, polyUseHint, polyVecKAdd, polyVecKCAddQ, polyVecKChkNorm, polyVecKDecompose, polyVecKInvNTTToMont, polyVecKMakeHint, polyVecKNTT, polyVecKPackW1, polyVecKPointWisePolyMontgomery, polyVecKPower2round, polyVecKReduce, polyVecKShiftL, polyVecKSub, polyVecKUniformEta, polyVecKUseHint, polyVecLAdd, polyVecLChkNorm, polyVecLInvNTTToMont, polyVecLNTT, polyVecLPointWiseAccMontgomery, polyVecLPointWisePolyMontgomery, polyVecLReduce, polyVecLUniformEta, polyVecLUniformGamma1, polyVecMatrixExpand, polyVecMatrixPointWiseMontgomery, polyW1Pack, polyZPack, polyZUnpack, power2round, reduce32, rejEta, rejUniform, shake128Absorb, shake128Finalize, shake128Init, shake128SqueezeBlocks, shake256Absorb, shake256Finalize, shake256Init, shake256SqueezeBlocks, unpackPk, unpackSig, unpackSk, useHint, zeroize, zetas };
package/package.json CHANGED
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
1
1
  {
2
2
  "name": "@theqrl/mldsa87",
3
- "version": "2.0.4",
3
+ "version": "2.1.0",
4
4
  "description": "ML-DSA-87 cryptography",
5
5
  "keywords": [
6
6
  "ml-dsa",
package/src/index.d.ts CHANGED
@@ -89,6 +89,35 @@ export function cryptoSign(
89
89
  ctx: Uint8Array
90
90
  ): Uint8Array;
91
91
 
92
+ /**
93
+ * Create a deterministic ML-DSA-87 detached signature
94
+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false` wrapper).
95
+ *
96
+ * **Use only when the deterministic property is itself a requirement**
97
+ * — RANDAO-style verifiable beacon contributions, ACVP / KAT vector
98
+ * reproduction. For general-purpose signing prefer `cryptoSignSignature`
99
+ * with `randomizedSigning = true` (hedged, FIPS 204 §3.4 recommended).
100
+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
101
+ */
102
+ export function cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic(
103
+ sig: Uint8Array,
104
+ m: Uint8Array | string,
105
+ sk: Uint8Array,
106
+ ctx: Uint8Array
107
+ ): number;
108
+
109
+ /**
110
+ * Attached-form deterministic ML-DSA-87 signing
111
+ * (FIPS 204 §3.5 — `randomizedSigning = false` wrapper for `cryptoSign`).
112
+ * Same recommendation as `cryptoSignSignatureDeterministic`.
113
+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-6.)
114
+ */
115
+ export function cryptoSignDeterministic(
116
+ msg: Uint8Array | string,
117
+ sk: Uint8Array,
118
+ ctx: Uint8Array
119
+ ): Uint8Array;
120
+
92
121
  /**
93
122
  * Verify a signature
94
123
  * @param sig - Signature to verify
@@ -109,7 +138,10 @@ export function cryptoSignVerify(
109
138
  * @param sm - Signed message (signature || message)
110
139
  * @param pk - Public key
111
140
  * @param ctx - Context string (max 255 bytes)
112
- * @returns Message if valid, undefined if verification fails
141
+ * @returns Message if valid, undefined if verification fails (or if
142
+ * sm is null / undefined / non-Uint8Array / shorter than
143
+ * CryptoBytes — see `cryptoSignOpenWithReason` for distinct
144
+ * failure-mode reporting)
113
145
  */
114
146
  export function cryptoSignOpen(
115
147
  sm: Uint8Array,
@@ -117,6 +149,40 @@ export function cryptoSignOpen(
117
149
  ctx: Uint8Array
118
150
  ): Uint8Array | undefined;
119
151
 
152
+ /**
153
+ * Failure-mode discriminator returned by `cryptoSignOpenWithReason`.
154
+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14: distinct failure modes for Open.)
155
+ */
156
+ export type CryptoSignOpenReason =
157
+ | 'invalid-ctx-type'
158
+ | 'invalid-ctx-length'
159
+ | 'invalid-sm-type'
160
+ | 'invalid-sm-length'
161
+ | 'invalid-pk'
162
+ | 'verification-failed';
163
+
164
+ /**
165
+ * Open a signed message with a typed failure-mode report.
166
+ * (TOB-QRLLIB-14.) Behavioural twin of `cryptoSignOpen` that
167
+ * distinguishes API-shape problems (input wrong type / length /
168
+ * shape) from genuine verification failures.
169
+ *
170
+ * `cryptoSignOpen` is kept unchanged and continues to return
171
+ * `undefined` for any failure mode. Use this variant when you need
172
+ * to log or route on specific failure modes.
173
+ *
174
+ * @param sm - Signed message (signature || message)
175
+ * @param pk - Public key
176
+ * @param ctx - Context string (max 255 bytes)
177
+ */
178
+ export function cryptoSignOpenWithReason(
179
+ sm: Uint8Array,
180
+ pk: Uint8Array,
181
+ ctx: Uint8Array
182
+ ):
183
+ | { ok: true; message: Uint8Array }
184
+ | { ok: false; reason: CryptoSignOpenReason };
185
+
120
186
  // Utility functions
121
187
 
122
188
  /**