diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/port/st/README.md b/wolfcrypt/src/port/st/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..011dd909b --- /dev/null +++ b/wolfcrypt/src/port/st/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +# ST Ports + +Support for the STM32 L4, F1, F2, F4 and F7 on-board crypto hardware acceleration for symmetric AES (ECB/CBC/CTR/GCM) and MD5/SHA1/SHA224/SHA256. + +Support for the STSAFE-A100 crypto hardware accelerator co-processor via I2C for ECC supporting NIST or Brainpool 256-bit and 384-bit curves. It requires the ST-Safe SDK including wolf stsafe_interface.c/.h files. Please contact ST for these. + + +For details see our [wolfSSL ST](https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/stm32/) page. + + +## STM32 Symmetric Acceleration + +We support using the STM32 CubeMX and Standard Peripheral Library. + +### Building + +To enable support define one of the following: + +``` +#define WOLFSSL_STM32L4 +#define WOLFSSL_STM32F1 +#define WOLFSSL_STM32F2 +#define WOLFSSL_STM32F4 +#define WOLFSSL_STM32F7 +``` + +To use CubeMX define `WOLFSSL_STM32_CUBEMX` otherwise StdPeriLib is used. + +To disable portions of the hardware acceleration you can optionally define: + +``` +#define NO_STM32_RNG +#define NO_STM32_CRYPTO +#define NO_STM32_HASH +``` + +### Coding + +In your application you must include before any other wolfSSL headers. If building the sources directly we recommend defining `WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS` and adding your own `user_settings.h` file. You can find a good reference for this in `IDE/GCC-ARM/Header/user_settings.h`. + + +### Benchmarks + +See our [benchmarks](https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/benchmarks/) on the wolfSSL website. + + + +## STSAFE-A100 ECC Acceleration + +Using the wolfSSL PK callbacks and the reference ST Safe reference API's we support an ECC only cipher suite such as ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256 for TLS client or server. + +At the wolfCrypt level we also support ECC native API's for `wc_ecc_*` using the ST-Safe. + +### Building + +`./configure --enable-pkcallbacks CFLAGS="-DWOLFSSL_STSAFEA100"` + +or + +`#define HAVE_PK_CALLBACKS` +`#define WOLFSSL_STSAFEA100` + + +### Coding + +Setup the PK callbacks for TLS using: + +``` +/* Setup PK Callbacks for STSAFE-A100 */ +WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx; +wolfSSL_CTX_SetEccKeyGenCb(ctx, SSL_STSAFE_CreateKeyCb); +wolfSSL_CTX_SetEccSignCb(ctx, SSL_STSAFE_SignCertificateCb); +wolfSSL_CTX_SetEccVerifyCb(ctx, SSL_STSAFE_VerifyPeerCertCb); +wolfSSL_CTX_SetEccSharedSecretCb(ctx, SSL_STSAFE_SharedSecretCb); +wolfSSL_CTX_SetDevId(ctx, 0); /* enables wolfCrypt `wc_ecc_*` ST-Safe use */ +``` + +The reference STSAFE-A100 PK callback functions are located in the `wolfcrypt/src/port/st/stsafe.c` file. + +Adding a custom context to the callbacks: + +``` +/* Setup PK Callbacks context */ +WOLFSSL* ssl; +void* myOwnCtx; +wolfSSL_SetEccKeyGenCtx(ssl, myOwnCtx); +wolfSSL_SetEccVerifyCtx(ssl, myOwnCtx); +wolfSSL_SetEccSignCtx(ssl, myOwnCtx); +wolfSSL_SetEccSharedSecretCtx(ssl, myOwnCtx); +``` + +### Benchmarks and Memory Use + +Software only implementation (STM32L4 120Mhz, Cortex-M4, Fast Math): + +``` +ECDHE 256 key gen SW 4 ops took 1.278 sec, avg 319.500 ms, 3.130 ops/sec +ECDHE 256 agree SW 4 ops took 1.306 sec, avg 326.500 ms, 3.063 ops/sec +ECDSA 256 sign SW 4 ops took 1.298 sec, avg 324.500 ms, 3.082 ops/sec +ECDSA 256 verify SW 2 ops took 1.283 sec, avg 641.500 ms, 1.559 ops/sec +``` + +Memory Use: + +``` +Peak Stack: 18456 +Peak Heap: 2640 +Total: 21096 +``` + + +STSAFE-A100 acceleration: + +``` +ECDHE 256 key gen HW 8 ops took 1.008 sec, avg 126.000 ms, 7.937 ops/sec +ECDHE 256 agree HW 6 ops took 1.051 sec, avg 175.167 ms, 5.709 ops/sec +ECDSA 256 sign HW 14 ops took 1.161 sec, avg 82.929 ms, 12.059 ops/sec +ECDSA 256 verify HW 8 ops took 1.184 sec, avg 148.000 ms, 6.757 ops/sec +``` + +Memory Use: + +``` +Peak Stack: 9592 +Peak Heap: 170 +Total: 9762 +``` + + +## Support + +Email us at [support@wolfssl.com](mailto:support@wolfssl.com).