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Date:   Tue Aug 6 20:54:03 2024 -0400

    chore: update changelog and mbedtls headers

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Date:   Tue Aug 6 19:57:10 2024 -0400

    update libsecp256k1 to v0.5.1

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 6 19:42:25 2024 -0400

    update openssl to 3.3.1

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 5 18:01:03 2024 -0400

    fix: Find and fix openssl encryption bug

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Date:   Sun Aug 4 15:27:06 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 27 00:05:07 2024 -0400

    fix: Potential overflow in nip44 padding calculation

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Date:   Fri Jul 26 23:37:15 2024 -0400

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Date:   Tue Jul 23 19:55:13 2024 -0400

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Date:   Sun Jul 21 17:51:04 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 13 22:13:13 2024 -0400

    test: Add decryption test cases and fixes

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 12 22:14:00 2024 -0400

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Date:   Thu Jul 11 21:39:39 2024 -0400

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Date:   Fri Jul 5 00:03:48 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Jul 1 15:05:34 2024 -0400

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Date:   Tue Jun 11 15:44:28 2024 -0400

    feat!: #4 Close #4. Add public nip04 support to api

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Date:   Wed May 29 13:37:00 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 13:34:20 2024 -0400

    missed extra argument

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Date:   Wed May 29 13:25:51 2024 -0400

    refactor!: return NC_SUCCESS when validating secret key

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Date:   Mon May 27 14:52:41 2024 -0400

    fix: Properly build mbedtls & cmake fixes

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 26 17:39:40 2024 -0400

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Date:   Sun May 26 13:39:08 2024 -0400

    fix: Add c++ extern prototypes in noscrypt.h

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 26 11:47:17 2024 -0400

    refactor: Dep update, openssl chacha20 added

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Date:   Sat May 18 12:24:17 2024 -0400

    refactor: Remove NCContext structure definition

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Date:   Mon May 13 22:33:50 2024 -0400

    fix: update mbedtls inline issue includes

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon May 13 22:29:16 2024 -0400

    fix: force fPIC for secp256k1 targets

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Date:   Sun May 12 00:37:01 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 12 00:34:20 2024 -0400

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Date:   Mon May 6 22:02:39 2024 -0400

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Date:   Mon May 6 21:50:29 2024 -0400

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Date:   Sat May 4 13:55:19 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu May 2 21:54:35 2024 -0400

    feat: Working and tested openssl impl & defaults

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Date:   Thu Apr 25 17:45:42 2024 -0400

    refactor: Finish support and testing for mbedtls

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Date:   Tue Apr 23 18:19:31 2024 -0400

    refactor!: MbedTLS on Windows, switch to uint32

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Date:   Tue Apr 23 14:48:05 2024 -0400

    refactor: Crypto dep redesign working on Windows

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Date:   Thu Apr 18 00:28:51 2024 -0400

    refactor!: Pushing what I have to dev

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 13 01:24:00 2024 -0400

    fix: convert constants to hex, inline macro, ParseErrorCode

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Date:   Wed Apr 3 18:26:30 2024 -0400

    Merge branch 'master' into develop

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Date:   Wed Apr 3 18:22:56 2024 -0400

    build: Included dependency and versions in client builds

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 3 18:10:08 2024 -0400

    fix: Fix c89 compatabilty comments and struct assignment

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Date:   Sat Mar 30 09:57:30 2024 -0400

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Date:   Sat Mar 30 09:52:55 2024 -0400

    refactor!: Some api (struct) changes and updated tests

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Date:   Sun Mar 3 15:02:34 2024 -0500

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 3 14:59:25 2024 -0500

    test: #3 tests for encryption/description and Macs

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Date:   Sun Mar 3 14:55:48 2024 -0500

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Date:   Sat Mar 2 22:57:36 2024 -0500

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 1 14:30:36 2024 -0500

    perf: avoid nc_key struct copy, cast and verify instead

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 12 22:06:50 2024 -0500

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 9 22:48:35 2024 -0500

    feat: added/update MAC functions to sign or verify nip44 payload

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 7 01:37:53 2024 -0500

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 4 21:08:13 2024 -0500

    simple bug fixes, and public api argument validation tests

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 2 23:05:48 2024 -0500

    update api to return secpvalidate return code instead of internal return codes

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Date:   Fri Feb 2 19:25:17 2024 -0500

    change to lgpl license

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 31 21:30:49 2024 -0500

    move validation macros, and optionally disable them

commit ac1e58837f1ba687939f78b5c03cadd346c10ddd
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 30 12:25:05 2024 -0500

    couple more tests, renable range checks, set flags for all projects

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diff --git a/include/noscryptutil.h b/include/noscryptutil.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd60c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/noscryptutil.h
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2024 Vaughn Nugent
+*
+* Package: noscrypt
+* File: noscryptutil.h
+*
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
+* of the License, or  (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* This library 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
+* Lesser General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+* along with noscrypt. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+*/
+
+/*
+* This header includes some optional high-level nostr crypto utility functions
+* for much easer app development.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifndef NOSCRYPTUTIL_H
+#define NOSCRYPTUTIL_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif 
+
+#include "noscrypt.h"
+
+#define E_OUT_OF_MEMORY					-10
+
+#define E_CIPHER_INVALID_FORMAT			-11
+#define E_CIPHER_BAD_NONCE				-12
+#define E_CIPHER_MAC_INVALID			-13
+#define E_CIPHER_NO_OUTPUT				-14
+#define E_CIPHER_BAD_INPUT				-15
+#define E_CIPHER_BAD_INPUT_SIZE			-16
+
+#define NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE_ENCRYPT		0x00u
+#define NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE_DECRYPT		0x01u
+#define NC_UTIL_CIPHER_ZERO_ON_FREE		0x02u
+#define NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MAC_NO_VERIFY	0x04u
+#define NC_UTIL_CIPHER_REUSEABLE		0x08u
+
+/*
+* The encryption context structure. This structure is used to store the state 
+* of the encryption operation. The structure is opaque and should not be accessed 
+* directly.
+*/
+typedef struct nc_util_enc_struct NCUtilCipherContext;
+
+/*
+* Gets the size of the padded buffer required for an encryption operation.
+* @param encVersion The encryption specification version to use
+* @param plaintextSize The size of the plaintext buffer in bytes
+* @return The size of the padded buffer in bytes
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilGetEncryptionPaddedSize(uint32_t encVersion, uint32_t plaintextSize);
+
+/*
+* Gets the size of the payload buffer required for an encryption operation.
+* @param encVersion The encryption specification version to use
+* @param plaintextSize The size of the plaintext buffer in bytes
+* @return The size of the payload buffer in bytes
+* @note The payload buffer is the final buffer to be sent to a nostr user. For nip04 this 
+* is a raw AES message, for nip44 this is a mucher lager buffer. See the nostr specifications
+* for more information.
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilGetEncryptionBufferSize(uint32_t encVersion, uint32_t plaintextSize);
+
+/*
+* Allocates a new encryption context and sets the encryption version and flags. The encryption context
+* must be freed with NCUtilCipherFree when it is no longer needed.
+* @param encVersion The encryption specification version to use
+* @param flags The flags to set on the encryption context
+* @return A valid pointer to an encryption context or NULL if the operation failed
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCUtilCipherContext* NC_CC NCUtilCipherAlloc(uint32_t encVersion, uint32_t flags);
+
+/*
+* Initializes the cipher context with the input data and size. This function will 
+ internally allocate a the required output buffer for the cipher operation. You may only call
+ this function once.
+* @param encCtx A valid pointer to an allocated encryption context
+* @param inputData A pointer to the input data for the Cipher
+* @param inputSize The size of the input data
+* @return NC_SUCCESS if the operation was successful, otherwise an error code. Use NCParseErrorCode to
+the error code and positional argument that caused the error
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherInit(
+	NCUtilCipherContext* encCtx,
+	const uint8_t* inputData,
+	uint32_t inputSize
+);
+
+/*
+* Frees the encryption context and clears the memory if the NC_UTIL_CIPHER_ZERO_ON_FREE
+* flag is set.
+* @param encCtx A valid pointer to an allocated encryption context to free
+*/
+NC_EXPORT void NC_CC NCUtilCipherFree(NCUtilCipherContext* encCtx);
+
+/*
+* Gets the output size of the encryption context. This function will return the size of 
+* the output buffer that will be written to when calling NCUtilCipherReadOutput.
+* @param encCtx A valid pointer to an allocated encryption context
+* @return The size of the output buffer in bytes
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherGetOutputSize(const NCUtilCipherContext* encCtx);
+
+/*
+* Reads the output buffer from the encryption context. This function will copy the output
+* buffer to the output buffer provided. The output buffer must be at least the size of the
+* output buffer returned by NCUtilCipherGetOutputSize.
+* @param encCtx A valid pointer to an initialized encryption context
+* @param output A pointer to the output buffer to copy the output to
+* @param outputSize The size of the output buffer in bytes
+* @returns The number of bytes written to the output buffer or an error code. Use NCParseErrorCode
+* to get the error code and positional argument that caused the error
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherReadOutput(
+	const NCUtilCipherContext* encCtx,
+	uint8_t* output,
+	uint32_t outputSize
+);
+
+/*
+* Sets a property on the encryption context. Equivalent to calling NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx
+* @param ctx A valid pointer to an encryption context
+* @param property The property to set
+* @param value A pointer to the value to set
+* @param valueLen The length of the value
+* @return NC_SUCCESS if the operation was successful, otherwise an error code. Use NCParseErrorCode to
+* get the error code and positional argument that caused the error
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherSetProperty(
+	NCUtilCipherContext* ctx,
+	uint32_t property,
+	uint8_t* value,
+	uint32_t valueLen
+);
+
+/*
+* Gets the flags set on the encryption context during initialization.
+* @param ctx A valid pointer to an encryption context
+* @return The flags set on the encryption context cast to a NCResult, or 
+* an error code if the context is invalid. Use NCParseErrorCode to get the error code
+* and positional argument that caused the error.
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherGetFlags(const NCUtilCipherContext* ctx);
+
+/*
+* Performs the desired Cipher option once. This may either cause an encryption 
+* or decryption operation to be performed. Regardless of the operation, input data
+* is consumed and output data is produced. 
+* @param encCtx A valid pointer to an initialized encryption context
+* @param libContext A valid pointer to an NCContext structure
+* @param sk A valid pointer to the sender's private key
+* @param pk A valid pointer to the receivers public key
+* @return NC_SUCCESS if the operation was successful, otherwise an error code. Use NCParseErrorCode to
+* get the error code and positional argument that caused the error.
+* @note This function should only be called once. However it is indempotent and deterministic
+* so the exact same operation should happen if called again.
+*/
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherUpdate(
+	NCUtilCipherContext* encCtx,
+	const NCContext* libContext,
+	const NCSecretKey* sk,
+	const NCPublicKey* pk
+);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NOSCRYPTUTIL_H */
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