RustCrypto / RustCrypto/rustls-rustcrypto
verify_signature: Invalid Public key should not be mapped as InvalidSignature
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- Rust
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Research direction
Open src/verify/rsa.rs at line 37 and inspect how verify_signature handles an invalid public key. Trace the existing error handling and confirm that malformed public keys are reported distinctly rather than as InvalidSignature.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cryptography
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100