mediocre-go-lib/mcrypto/mcrypto.go

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// Package mcrypto contains general purpose functionality related to
// cryptography, notably related to unique identifiers, signing/verifying data,
// and encrypting/decrypting data
package mcrypto
import (
"strings"
)
// Instead of outputing opaque hex garbage, this package opts to add a prefix to
// the garbage. Each "type" of string returned has its own character which is
// not found in the hex range (0-9, a-f), and in addition each also has a
// version character prefixed as well, in case something wants to be changed
// going forward.
//
// We keep the constant prefices here to ensure there's no conflicts across
// string types in this package.
const (
uuidV0 = "0u" // u for uuid
sigV0 = "0s" // s for signature
encryptedV0 = "0n" // n for "n"-crypted, harharhar
pubKeyV0 = "0l" // b for pub"l"ic key
privKeyV0 = "0v" // v for pri"v"ate key
)
func stripPrefix(s, prefix string) (string, bool) {
trimmed := strings.TrimPrefix(s, prefix)
return trimmed, len(trimmed) < len(s)
}