Method processpubkey

src/class_objectProcessor.py:189–335

(self, data)

                'sendOutOrStoreMyV4Pubkey', myAddress))

    def processpubkey(self, data):
        pubkeyProcessingStartTime = time.time()
        shared.numberOfPubkeysProcessed += 1
        queues.UISignalQueue.put((
            'updateNumberOfPubkeysProcessed', 'no data'))
        embeddedTime, = unpack('>Q', data[8:16])
        readPosition = 20  # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
        addressVersion, varintLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += varintLength
        streamNumber, varintLength = decodeVarint(
            data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
        readPosition += varintLength
        if addressVersion == 0:
            logger.debug('(Within processpubkey) addressVersion of 0 doesn\'t make sense.')
            return
        if addressVersion > 4 or addressVersion == 1:
            logger.info('This version of Bitmessage cannot handle version %s addresses.' % addressVersion)
            return
        if addressVersion == 2:
            if len(data) < 146:  # sanity check. This is the minimum possible length.
                logger.debug('(within processpubkey) payloadLength less than 146. Sanity check failed.')
                return
            bitfieldBehaviors = data[readPosition:readPosition + 4]
            readPosition += 4
            publicSigningKey = data[readPosition:readPosition + 64]
            # Is it possible for a public key to be invalid such that trying to
            # encrypt or sign with it will cause an error? If it is, it would
            # be easiest to test them here.
            readPosition += 64
            publicEncryptionKey = data[readPosition:readPosition + 64]
            if len(publicEncryptionKey) < 64:
                logger.debug('publicEncryptionKey length less than 64. Sanity check failed.')
                return
            readPosition += 64
            dataToStore = data[20:readPosition] # The data we'll store in the pubkeys table.
            sha = hashlib.new('sha512')
            sha.update(
                '\x04' + publicSigningKey + '\x04' + publicEncryptionKey)
            ripeHasher = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
            ripeHasher.update(sha.digest())
            ripe = ripeHasher.digest()


            logger.debug(&#x27;within recpubkey, addressVersion: %s, streamNumber: %s \n\
                        ripe %s\n\
                        publicSigningKey in hex: %s\n\
                        publicEncryptionKey in hex: %s&#x27; % (addressVersion, 
                                                           streamNumber, 
                                                           hexlify(ripe),
                                                           hexlify(publicSigningKey),
                                                           hexlify(publicEncryptionKey)
                                                           )
                        )

            
            address = encodeAddress(addressVersion, streamNumber, ripe)