uncrustify as demanded.
[oweals/gnunet.git] / src / credential / credential_serialization.c
index b08920d960bce911b585d0b5506eb0a769336a27..eac3102724cf958a9510a3fd26bc08ae8218a635 100644 (file)
@@ -2,26 +2,26 @@
      This file is part of GNUnet.
      Copyright (C) 2009-2013, 2016 GNUnet e.V.
 
-     GNUnet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
-     by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
-     option) any later version.
+     GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+     under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+     by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+     or (at your option) any later version.
 
      GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-     General Public License for more details.
+     Affero General Public License for more details.
 
-     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-     along with GNUnet; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-     Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-     Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-*/
+     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
 
 
 /**
  * @file credential/credential_serialization.c
- * @brief API to serialize and deserialize delegation chains 
+ * @brief API to serialize and deserialize delegation chains
  * and credentials
  * @author Martin Schanzenbach
  */
 #include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
 #include "gnunet_constants.h"
 #include "gnunet_credential_service.h"
+#include "gnunet_signatures.h"
+#include "credential.h"
+
+/**
+ * Calculate how many bytes we will need to serialize
+ * the given delegation chain
+ *
+ * @param ds_count number of delegation chain entries
+ * @param dsr array of #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSet
+ * @return the required size to serialize
+ */
+size_t
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_get_size(unsigned int ds_count,
+                                          const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSet *dsr)
+{
+  unsigned int i;
+  size_t ret;
 
-GNUNET_NETWORK_STRUCT_BEGIN
+  ret = sizeof(struct DelegationRecordData) * (ds_count);
 
-struct DelegationRecordData
+  for (i = 0; i < ds_count; i++)
+    {
+      GNUNET_assert((ret + dsr[i].subject_attribute_len) >= ret);
+      ret += dsr[i].subject_attribute_len;
+    }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serizalize the given delegation chain entries and credential
+ *
+ * @param d_count number of delegation chain entries
+ * @param dsr array of #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSet
+ * @param dest_size size of the destination
+ * @param dest where to store the result
+ * @return the size of the data, -1 on failure
+ */
+ssize_t
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_serialize(unsigned int d_count,
+                                           const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSet *dsr,
+                                           size_t dest_size,
+                                           char *dest)
 {
-  /**
-   * Subject key
-   */
-  struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EcdsaPublicKey subject_key;
-  
-  /**
-   * Subject attributes
-   */
-  uint32_t subject_attribute_len GNUNET_PACKED;
-};
-
-
-struct ChainEntry
+  struct DelegationRecordData rec;
+  unsigned int i;
+  size_t off;
+
+  off = 0;
+  for (i = 0; i < d_count; i++)
+    {
+      rec.subject_attribute_len = htonl((uint32_t)dsr[i].subject_attribute_len);
+      rec.subject_key = dsr[i].subject_key;
+      if (off + sizeof(rec) > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    &rec,
+                    sizeof(rec));
+      off += sizeof(rec);
+      if (0 == dsr[i].subject_attribute_len)
+        continue;
+      if (off + dsr[i].subject_attribute_len > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    dsr[i].subject_attribute,
+                    dsr[i].subject_attribute_len);
+      off += dsr[i].subject_attribute_len;
+    }
+  return off;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize the given destination
+ *
+ * @param len size of the serialized delegation chain and cred
+ * @param src the serialized data
+ * @param d_count the number of delegation chain entries
+ * @param dsr where to put the delegation chain entries
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_deserialize(size_t len,
+                                             const char *src,
+                                             unsigned int d_count,
+                                             struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSet *dsr)
 {
-  /**
-   * Issuer key
-   */
-  struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EcdsaPublicKey issuer_key;
-  
-  /**
-   * Subject key
-   */
-  struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EcdsaPublicKey subject_key;
-  
-  /**
-   * Issuer attributes
-   */
-  uint32_t issuer_attribute_len GNUNET_PACKED;
-  
-  /**
-   * Subject attributes
-   */
-  uint32_t subject_attribute_len GNUNET_PACKED;
-};
-
-GNUNET_NETWORK_STRUCT_END
+  struct DelegationRecordData rec;
+  unsigned int i;
+  size_t off;
+
+  off = 0;
+  for (i = 0; i < d_count; i++)
+    {
+      if (off + sizeof(rec) > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&rec, &src[off], sizeof(rec));
+      dsr[i].subject_key = rec.subject_key;
+      off += sizeof(rec);
+      dsr[i].subject_attribute_len = ntohl((uint32_t)rec.subject_attribute_len);
+      if (off + dsr[i].subject_attribute_len > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      dsr[i].subject_attribute = (char*)&src[off];
+      off += dsr[i].subject_attribute_len;
+    }
+  return GNUNET_OK;
+}
 
 
 /**
  * Calculate how many bytes we will need to serialize
- * the given delegation chain and credential
+ * the credentials
  *
- * @param d_count number of delegation chain entries
- * @param dd array of #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation
+ * @param c_count number of credential entries
  * @param cd a #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential
  * @return the required size to serialize
  */
 size_t
-GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_get_size (unsigned int ds_count,
-                                           const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSetRecord *dsr)
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credentials_get_size(unsigned int c_count,
+                                       const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd)
 {
   unsigned int i;
   size_t ret;
 
-  ret = sizeof (struct DelegationRecordData) * (ds_count);
+  ret = sizeof(struct CredentialEntry) * (c_count);
 
-  for (i=0; i<ds_count;i++)
-  {
-    GNUNET_assert ((ret + dsr[i].subject_attribute_len) >= ret);
-    ret += dsr[i].subject_attribute_len;
-  }
+  for (i = 0; i < c_count; i++)
+    {
+      GNUNET_assert((ret + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len) >= ret);
+      ret += cd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
+    }
   return ret;
 }
-
 /**
- * Serizalize the given delegation chain entries and credential
+ * Serizalize the given credentials
  *
- * @param d_count number of delegation chain entries
- * @param dd array of #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation
+ * @param c_count number of credential entries
  * @param cd a #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential
  * @param dest_size size of the destination
  * @param dest where to store the result
  * @return the size of the data, -1 on failure
  */
 ssize_t
-GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_serialize (unsigned int d_count,
-                                            const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSetRecord *dsr,
-                                            size_t dest_size,
-                                            char *dest)
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credentials_serialize(unsigned int c_count,
+                                        const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd,
+                                        size_t dest_size,
+                                        char *dest)
 {
-  struct DelegationRecordData rec;
+  struct CredentialEntry c_rec;
   unsigned int i;
   size_t off;
 
   off = 0;
-  for (i=0;i<d_count;i++)
-  {
-    rec.subject_attribute_len = htonl ((uint32_t) dsr[i].subject_attribute_len);
-    rec.subject_key = dsr[i].subject_key;
-    if (off + sizeof (rec) > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   &rec,
-                   sizeof (rec));
-    off += sizeof (rec);
-    if (0 == dsr[i].subject_attribute_len)
-      continue;
-    if (off + dsr[i].subject_attribute_len > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   dsr[i].subject_attribute,
-                   dsr[i].subject_attribute_len);
-    off += dsr[i].subject_attribute_len;
-  }
+  for (i = 0; i < c_count; i++)
+    {
+      c_rec.issuer_attribute_len = htonl((uint32_t)cd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
+      c_rec.issuer_key = cd[i].issuer_key;
+      c_rec.subject_key = cd[i].subject_key;
+      c_rec.signature = cd[i].signature;
+      c_rec.purpose.purpose = htonl(GNUNET_SIGNATURE_PURPOSE_CREDENTIAL);
+      c_rec.purpose.size = htonl((sizeof(struct CredentialEntry) + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len) - sizeof(struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EcdsaSignature));
+      c_rec.expiration = GNUNET_htonll(cd[i].expiration.abs_value_us);
+      if (off + sizeof(c_rec) > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    &c_rec,
+                    sizeof(c_rec));
+      off += sizeof(c_rec);
+      if (off + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    cd[i].issuer_attribute,
+                    cd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
+      off += cd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
+    }
+
   return off;
 }
 
 
+
 /**
  * Deserialize the given destination
  *
- * @param len size of the serialized delegation chain and cred
+ * @param len size of the serialized creds
  * @param src the serialized data
- * @param d_count the number of delegation chain entries
- * @param dd where to put the delegation chain entries
+ * @param c_count the number of credential entries
  * @param cd where to put the credential data
  * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error
  */
 int
-GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_deserialize (size_t len,
-                                              const char *src,
-                                              unsigned int d_count,
-                                              struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_DelegationSetRecord *dsr)
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credentials_deserialize(size_t len,
+                                          const char *src,
+                                          unsigned int c_count,
+                                          struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd)
 {
-  struct DelegationRecordData rec;
+  struct CredentialEntry c_rec;
   unsigned int i;
   size_t off;
 
   off = 0;
-  for (i=0;i<d_count;i++)
-  {
-    if (off + sizeof (rec) > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&rec, &src[off], sizeof (rec));
-    dsr[i].subject_key = rec.subject_key;
-    off += sizeof (rec);
-    dsr[i].subject_attribute_len = ntohl ((uint32_t) rec.subject_attribute_len);
-    if (off + dsr[i].subject_attribute_len > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    dsr[i].subject_attribute = &src[off];
-    off += dsr[i].subject_attribute_len;
-  }
+  for (i = 0; i < c_count; i++)
+    {
+      if (off + sizeof(c_rec) > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&c_rec, &src[off], sizeof(c_rec));
+      cd[i].issuer_attribute_len = ntohl((uint32_t)c_rec.issuer_attribute_len);
+      cd[i].issuer_key = c_rec.issuer_key;
+      cd[i].subject_key = c_rec.subject_key;
+      cd[i].signature = c_rec.signature;
+      cd[i].expiration.abs_value_us = GNUNET_ntohll(c_rec.expiration);
+      off += sizeof(c_rec);
+      if (off + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      cd[i].issuer_attribute = &src[off];
+      off += cd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
+    }
   return GNUNET_OK;
 }
+
+
+
 /**
  * Calculate how many bytes we will need to serialize
  * the given delegation chain and credential
@@ -189,30 +261,24 @@ GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_set_deserialize (size_t len,
  * @return the required size to serialize
  */
 size_t
-GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_get_size (unsigned int d_count,
-                                             const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
-                                             unsigned int c_count,
-                                             const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd)
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_get_size(unsigned int d_count,
+                                            const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
+                                            unsigned int c_count,
+                                            const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd)
 {
   unsigned int i;
   size_t ret;
 
-  ret = sizeof (struct ChainEntry) * (d_count);
-  ret += sizeof (struct ChainEntry) * (c_count);
-
-  for (i=0; i<d_count;i++)
-  {
-    GNUNET_assert ((ret +
-                    dd[i].issuer_attribute_len +
-                    dd[i].subject_attribute_len) >= ret);
-    ret += dd[i].issuer_attribute_len + dd[i].subject_attribute_len;
-  }
-  for (i=0; i<c_count;i++)
-  {
-    GNUNET_assert ((ret + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len) >= ret);
-    ret += cd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
-  }
-  return ret;
+  ret = sizeof(struct ChainEntry) * (d_count);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < d_count; i++)
+    {
+      GNUNET_assert((ret +
+                     dd[i].issuer_attribute_len +
+                     dd[i].subject_attribute_len) >= ret);
+      ret += dd[i].issuer_attribute_len + dd[i].subject_attribute_len;
+    }
+  return ret + GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credentials_get_size(c_count, cd);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -227,66 +293,49 @@ GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_get_size (unsigned int d_count,
  * @return the size of the data, -1 on failure
  */
 ssize_t
-GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_serialize (unsigned int d_count,
-                                              const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
-                                              unsigned int c_count,
-                                              const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd,
-                                              size_t dest_size,
-                                              char *dest)
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_serialize(unsigned int d_count,
+                                             const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
+                                             unsigned int c_count,
+                                             const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd,
+                                             size_t dest_size,
+                                             char *dest)
 {
   struct ChainEntry rec;
   unsigned int i;
   size_t off;
 
   off = 0;
-  for (i=0;i<d_count;i++)
-  {
-    rec.issuer_attribute_len = htonl ((uint32_t) dd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
-    rec.subject_attribute_len = htonl ((uint32_t) dd[i].subject_attribute_len);
-    rec.issuer_key = dd[i].issuer_key;
-    rec.subject_key = dd[i].subject_key;
-    if (off + sizeof (rec) > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   &rec,
-                   sizeof (rec));
-    off += sizeof (rec);
-    if (off + dd[i].issuer_attribute_len > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   dd[i].issuer_attribute,
-                   dd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
-    off += dd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
-    if (0 == dd[i].subject_attribute_len)
-      continue;
-    if (off + dd[i].subject_attribute_len > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   dd[i].subject_attribute,
-                   dd[i].subject_attribute_len);
-    off += dd[i].subject_attribute_len;
-  }
-  for (i=0;i<c_count;i++)
-  {
-    rec.issuer_attribute_len = htonl ((uint32_t) cd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
-    rec.subject_attribute_len = htonl (0);
-    rec.issuer_key = cd[i].issuer_key;
-    rec.subject_key = cd[i].subject_key;
-    if (off + sizeof (rec) > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   &rec,
-                   sizeof (rec));
-    off += sizeof (rec);
-    if (off + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len > dest_size)
-      return -1;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&dest[off],
-                   cd[i].issuer_attribute,
-                   cd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
-    off += cd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
-  }
-
-  return off;
+  for (i = 0; i < d_count; i++)
+    {
+      rec.issuer_attribute_len = htonl((uint32_t)dd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
+      rec.subject_attribute_len = htonl((uint32_t)dd[i].subject_attribute_len);
+      rec.issuer_key = dd[i].issuer_key;
+      rec.subject_key = dd[i].subject_key;
+      if (off + sizeof(rec) > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    &rec,
+                    sizeof(rec));
+      off += sizeof(rec);
+      if (off + dd[i].issuer_attribute_len > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    dd[i].issuer_attribute,
+                    dd[i].issuer_attribute_len);
+      off += dd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
+      if (0 == dd[i].subject_attribute_len)
+        continue;
+      if (off + dd[i].subject_attribute_len > dest_size)
+        return -1;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&dest[off],
+                    dd[i].subject_attribute,
+                    dd[i].subject_attribute_len);
+      off += dd[i].subject_attribute_len;
+    }
+  return off + GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credentials_serialize(c_count,
+                                                       cd,
+                                                       dest_size - off,
+                                                       &dest[off]);
 }
 
 
@@ -302,52 +351,109 @@ GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_serialize (unsigned int d_count,
  * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error
  */
 int
-GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_deserialize (size_t len,
-                                                const char *src,
-                                                unsigned int d_count,
-                                                struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
-                                                unsigned int c_count,
-                                                struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd)
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_deserialize(size_t len,
+                                               const char *src,
+                                               unsigned int d_count,
+                                               struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
+                                               unsigned int c_count,
+                                               struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd)
 {
   struct ChainEntry rec;
   unsigned int i;
   size_t off;
 
   off = 0;
-  for (i=0;i<d_count;i++)
-  {
-    if (off + sizeof (rec) > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&rec, &src[off], sizeof (rec));
-    dd[i].issuer_attribute_len = ntohl ((uint32_t) rec.issuer_attribute_len);
-    dd[i].issuer_key = rec.issuer_key;
-    dd[i].subject_key = rec.subject_key;
-    off += sizeof (rec);
-    if (off + dd[i].issuer_attribute_len > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    dd[i].issuer_attribute = &src[off];
-    off += dd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
-    dd[i].subject_attribute_len = ntohl ((uint32_t) rec.subject_attribute_len);
-    if (off + dd[i].subject_attribute_len > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    dd[i].subject_attribute = &src[off];
-    off += dd[i].subject_attribute_len;
-  }
-  for (i=0;i<c_count;i++)
-  {
-    if (off + sizeof (rec) > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    GNUNET_memcpy (&rec, &src[off], sizeof (rec));
-    cd[i].issuer_attribute_len = ntohl ((uint32_t) rec.issuer_attribute_len);
-    cd[i].issuer_key = rec.issuer_key;
-    cd[i].subject_key = rec.subject_key;
-    off += sizeof (rec);
-    if (off + cd[i].issuer_attribute_len > len)
-      return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    cd[i].issuer_attribute = &src[off];
-    off += cd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
-  }
-  return GNUNET_OK;
+  for (i = 0; i < d_count; i++)
+    {
+      if (off + sizeof(rec) > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      GNUNET_memcpy(&rec, &src[off], sizeof(rec));
+      dd[i].issuer_attribute_len = ntohl((uint32_t)rec.issuer_attribute_len);
+      dd[i].issuer_key = rec.issuer_key;
+      dd[i].subject_key = rec.subject_key;
+      off += sizeof(rec);
+      if (off + dd[i].issuer_attribute_len > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      dd[i].issuer_attribute = &src[off];
+      off += dd[i].issuer_attribute_len;
+      dd[i].subject_attribute_len = ntohl((uint32_t)rec.subject_attribute_len);
+      if (off + dd[i].subject_attribute_len > len)
+        return GNUNET_SYSERR;
+      dd[i].subject_attribute = &src[off];
+      off += dd[i].subject_attribute_len;
+    }
+  return GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credentials_deserialize(len - off,
+                                                   &src[off],
+                                                   c_count,
+                                                   cd);
+}
+int
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credential_serialize(struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cred,
+                                       char **data)
+{
+  size_t size;
+  struct CredentialEntry *cdata;
+
+  size = sizeof(struct CredentialEntry) + strlen(cred->issuer_attribute) + 1;
+  *data = GNUNET_malloc(size);
+  cdata = (struct CredentialEntry*)*data;
+  cdata->subject_key = cred->subject_key;
+  cdata->issuer_key = cred->issuer_key;
+  cdata->expiration = GNUNET_htonll(cred->expiration.abs_value_us);
+  cdata->signature = cred->signature;
+  cdata->issuer_attribute_len = htonl(strlen(cred->issuer_attribute) + 1);
+  cdata->purpose.purpose = htonl(GNUNET_SIGNATURE_PURPOSE_CREDENTIAL);
+  cdata->purpose.size = htonl(size - sizeof(struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EcdsaSignature));
+  GNUNET_memcpy(&cdata[1],
+                cred->issuer_attribute,
+                strlen(cred->issuer_attribute));
+
+  if (GNUNET_OK != GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecdsa_verify(GNUNET_SIGNATURE_PURPOSE_CREDENTIAL,
+                                              &cdata->purpose,
+                                              &cdata->signature,
+                                              &cdata->issuer_key))
+    {
+      GNUNET_log(GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                 "Invalid credential\n");
+      //return NULL;
+    }
+  return size;
 }
 
+struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential*
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_credential_deserialize(const char* data,
+                                         size_t data_size)
+{
+  struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cred;
+  struct CredentialEntry *cdata;
+  char *issuer_attribute;
+
+  if (data_size < sizeof(struct CredentialEntry))
+    return NULL;
+  cdata = (struct CredentialEntry*)data;
+  if (GNUNET_OK != GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecdsa_verify(GNUNET_SIGNATURE_PURPOSE_CREDENTIAL,
+                                              &cdata->purpose,
+                                              &cdata->signature,
+                                              &cdata->issuer_key))
+    {
+      GNUNET_log(GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                 "Invalid credential\n");
+      //return NULL;
+    }
+  issuer_attribute = (char*)&cdata[1];
+
+  cred = GNUNET_malloc(sizeof(struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential) + ntohl(cdata->issuer_attribute_len));
+
+  cred->issuer_key = cdata->issuer_key;
+  cred->subject_key = cdata->subject_key;
+  GNUNET_memcpy(&cred[1],
+                issuer_attribute,
+                ntohl(cdata->issuer_attribute_len));
+  cred->signature = cdata->signature;
+  cred->issuer_attribute = (char*)&cred[1];
+  cred->expiration.abs_value_us = GNUNET_ntohll(cdata->expiration);
+  return cred;
+}
+
+
 /* end of credential_serialization.c */