Fundamental Concepts of Universal Keystore
Note:
Currently in the beta phase.
Before developing applications using the Universal Keystore, developers need to understand the following key concepts, which will be referenced throughout the development process.
Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is a secure area within the main processor of smartphones, tablets, or any mobile devices that ensures sensitive data is stored, processed, and protected in a trusted environment. TEE provides a secure execution environment for authorized security software (also called "trusted applications") by implementing protection, confidentiality, integrity, and data access control to ensure end-to-end security.
Key Material Format
For key pairs, public keys, and private keys of different cryptographic algorithms, HUKS defines a set of key material formats used in scenarios such as key import and export.
Key Pair Material Format
Key pair material = Key pair material Header + Original key pair material
Taking RSA keys as an example, applications need to request an Array<UInt8> and assign values to corresponding positions according to the RSA key pair material memory layout format.
The following diagram illustrates the RSA key material memory structure. Formats for other algorithms are shown in subsequent examples.

The key algorithm values are taken from the HuksKeyAlg structure.
let rsa2048KeyPairMaterial: Array<UInt8> = [
0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Key algorithm: huks.HuksKeyAlg.HUKS_ALG_RSA = 1
0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, // Key size (bits): 2048
0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, // Modulus n length (bytes): 256
0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Public exponent e length (bytes): 3
0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, // Private exponent d length (bytes): 256
// Modulus n
0xc5, 0x35, 0x62, 0x48, 0xc4, 0x92, 0x87, 0x73, 0x0d, 0x42, 0x96, 0xfc, 0x7b, 0x11, 0x05, 0x06,
0x0f, 0x8d, 0x66, 0xc1, 0x0e, 0xad, 0x37, 0x44, 0x92, 0x95, 0x2f, 0x6a, 0x55, 0xba, 0xec, 0x1d,
0x54, 0x62, 0x0a, 0x4b, 0xd3, 0xc7, 0x05, 0xe4, 0x07, 0x40, 0xd9, 0xb7, 0xc2, 0x12, 0xcb, 0x9a,
0x90, 0xad, 0xe3, 0x24, 0xe8, 0x5e, 0xa6, 0xf8, 0xd0, 0x6e, 0xbc, 0xd1, 0x69, 0x7f, 0x6b, 0xe4,
0x2b, 0x4e, 0x1a, 0x65, 0xbb, 0x73, 0x88, 0x6b, 0x7c, 0xaf, 0x7e, 0xd0, 0x47, 0x26, 0xeb, 0xa5,
0xbe, 0xd6, 0xe8, 0xee, 0x9c, 0xa5, 0x66, 0xa5, 0xc9, 0xd3, 0x25, 0x13, 0xc4, 0x0e, 0x6c, 0xab,
0x50, 0xb6, 0x50, 0xc9, 0xce, 0x8f, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0xc6, 0x28, 0x69, 0xe9, 0x83, 0x69, 0xde, 0x42,
0x56, 0x79, 0x7f, 0xde, 0x86, 0x24, 0xca, 0xfc, 0xaa, 0xc0, 0xf3, 0xf3, 0x7f, 0x92, 0x8e, 0x8a,
0x12, 0x52, 0xfe, 0x50, 0xb1, 0x5e, 0x8c, 0x01, 0xce, 0xfc, 0x7e, 0xf2, 0x4f, 0x5f, 0x03, 0xfe,
0xa7, 0xcd, 0xa1, 0xfc, 0x94, 0x52, 0x00, 0x8b, 0x9b, 0x7f, 0x09, 0xab, 0xa8, 0xa4, 0xf5, 0xb4,
0xa5, 0xaa, 0xfc, 0x72, 0xeb, 0x17, 0x40, 0xa9, 0xee, 0xbe, 0x8f, 0xc2, 0xd1, 0x80, 0xc2, 0x0d,
0x44, 0xa9, 0x59, 0x44, 0x59, 0x81, 0x3b, 0x5d, 0x4a, 0xde, 0xfb, 0xae, 0x24, 0xfc, 0xa3, 0xd9,
0xbc, 0x57, 0x55, 0xc2, 0x26, 0xbc, 0x19, 0xa7, 0x9a, 0xc5, 0x59, 0xa3, 0xee, 0x5a, 0xef, 0x41,
0x80, 0x7d, 0xf8, 0x5e, 0xc1, 0x1d, 0x32, 0x38, 0x41, 0x5b, 0xb6, 0x92, 0xb8, 0xb7, 0x03, 0x0d,
0x3e, 0x59, 0x0f, 0x1c, 0xb3, 0xe1, 0x2a, 0x95, 0x1a, 0x3b, 0x50, 0x4f, 0xc4, 0x1d, 0xcf, 0x73,
0x7c, 0x14, 0xca, 0xe3, 0x0b, 0xa7, 0xc7, 0x1a, 0x41, 0x4a, 0xee, 0xbe, 0x1f, 0x43, 0xdd, 0xf9,
// 公钥指数e
0x01, 0x00, 0x01,
// 私钥指数d
0x88, 0x4b, 0x82, 0xe7, 0xe3, 0xe3, 0x99, 0x75, 0x6c, 0x9e, 0xaf, 0x17, 0x44, 0x3e, 0xd9, 0x07,
0xfd, 0x4b, 0xae, 0xce, 0x92, 0xc4, 0x28, 0x44, 0x5e, 0x42, 0x79, 0x08, 0xb6, 0xc3, 0x7f, 0x58,
0x2d, 0xef, 0xac, 0x4a, 0x07, 0xcd, 0xaf, 0x46, 0x8f, 0xb4, 0xc4, 0x43, 0xf9, 0xff, 0x5f, 0x74,
0x2d, 0xb5, 0xe0, 0x1c, 0xab, 0xf4, 0x6e, 0xd5, 0xdb, 0xc8, 0x0c, 0xfb, 0x76, 0x3c, 0x38, 0x66,
0xf3, 0x7f, 0x01, 0x43, 0x7a, 0x30, 0x39, 0x02, 0x80, 0xa4, 0x11, 0xb3, 0x04, 0xd9, 0xe3, 0x57,
0x23, 0xf4, 0x07, 0xfc, 0x91, 0x8a, 0xc6, 0xcc, 0xa2, 0x16, 0x29, 0xb3, 0xe5, 0x76, 0x4a, 0xa8,
0x84, 0x19, 0xdc, 0xef, 0xfc, 0xb0, 0x63, 0x33, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0xf6, 0x68, 0x0b, 0x08, 0xea, 0x31,
0x52, 0xee, 0x99, 0xef, 0x43, 0x2a, 0xbe, 0x97, 0xad, 0xb3, 0xb9, 0x66, 0x7a, 0xae, 0xe1, 0x8f,
0x57, 0x86, 0xe5, 0xfe, 0x14, 0x3c, 0x81, 0xd0, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x86, 0x1a, 0x0b, 0x40, 0x58, 0xc9,
0x33, 0x49, 0xb8, 0x99, 0xc6, 0x2e, 0x94, 0x70, 0xee, 0x09, 0x88, 0xe1, 0x5c, 0x4e, 0x6c, 0x22,
0x72, 0xa7, 0x2a, 0x21, 0xdd, 0xd7, 0x1d, 0xfc, 0x63, 0x15, 0x0b, 0xde, 0x06, 0x9c, 0xf3, 0x28,
0xf3, 0xac, 0x4a, 0xa8, 0xb5, 0x50, 0xca, 0x9b, 0xcc, 0x0a, 0x04, 0xfe, 0x3f, 0x98, 0x68, 0x81,
0xac, 0x24, 0x53, 0xea, 0x1f, 0x1c, 0x6e, 0x5e, 0xca, 0xe8, 0x31, 0x0d, 0x08, 0x12, 0xf3, 0x26,
0xf8, 0x5e, 0xeb, 0x10, 0x27, 0xae, 0xaa, 0xc3, 0xad, 0x6c, 0xc1, 0x89, 0xdb, 0x7d, 0x5a, 0x12,
0x55, 0xad, 0x11, 0x19, 0xa1, 0xa9, 0x8f, 0x0b, 0x6d, 0x78, 0x8d, 0x1c, 0xdf, 0xe5, 0x63, 0x82,
0x0b, 0x7d, 0x23, 0x04, 0xb4, 0x75, 0x8c, 0xed, 0x77, 0xfc, 0x1a, 0x85, 0x29, 0x11, 0xe0, 0x61
]
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RSA Key Pair Material Format:
Key Algorithm Key Size Modulus n Length Ln Public Exponent e Length Le Private Exponent d Length Ld n e d 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes Ln bytes Le bytes Ld bytes -
ECC Key Pair Material Format:
Key Algorithm Key Size Coordinate x Length Lx Coordinate y Length Ly Coordinate z Length Lz x y z 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes Lx bytes Ly bytes Lz bytes -
DSA Key Pair Material Format:
Key Algorithm Key Size Private Key x Length Lx Public Key y Length Ly Prime p Length Lp Prime Factor q Length Lq g Length Lg x y p q g 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes Lx bytes Ly bytes Lp bytes Lq bytes Lg bytes -
DH Key Pair Material Format:
Key Algorithm Key Size Public Key pk Length Lpk Private Key sk Length Lsk Reserved Field pk sk 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes Lpk bytes Lsk bytes -
Curve25519 Key Pair Material Format:
Key Algorithm Key Size Public Key pk Length Lpk Private Key sk Length Lsk Reserved Field pk sk 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes Lpk bytes Lsk bytes
Public Key Material Format
When exporting/importing public keys, the key material is encapsulated in the standard DER format as specified by X.509.
Below is an example of a DER-encoded ECC public key:
let eccP256PubKey: Array<UInt8> = [
0x30, 0x59, 0x30, 0x13, 0x06, 0x07, 0x2a, 0x86, 0x48, 0xce, 0x3d, 0x02, 0x01, 0x06, 0x08, 0x2a,
0x86, 0x48, 0xce, 0x3d, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x03, 0x42, 0x00, 0x04, 0xc0, 0xfe, 0x1c, 0x67, 0xde,
0x86, 0x0e, 0xfb, 0xaf, 0xb5, 0x85, 0x52, 0xb4, 0x0e, 0x1f, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0xaa, 0xc5, 0xd9, 0xd2,
0x4d, 0xb0, 0x8a, 0x72, 0x24, 0xa1, 0x99, 0xaf, 0xfc, 0x3e, 0x55, 0x5a, 0xac, 0x99, 0x3d, 0xe8,
0x34, 0x72, 0xb9, 0x47, 0x9c, 0xa6, 0xd8, 0xfb, 0x00, 0xa0, 0x1f, 0x9f, 0x7a, 0x41, 0xe5, 0x44,
0x3e, 0xb2, 0x76, 0x08, 0xa2, 0xbd, 0xe9, 0x41, 0xd5, 0x2b, 0x9e
]
Private Key Material Format
Reusing the key pair material format, the private key material encapsulation involves setting the length fields of the public key portion in the key pair material header to 0, while concatenating the original private key material.
Private key material = Key pair material header + Original private key material
Taking RSA private key material as an example:

let rsa2048PrivateKeyMaterial: Array<UInt8> = [
0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Key algorithm: huks.HuksKeyAlg.HUKS_ALG_RSA = 1
0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, // Key size (bits): 2048
0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, // Modulus n length (bytes): 256
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Public exponent e length (bytes): 0
0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, // Private exponent d length (bytes): 256
// Modulus n
0xc5, 0x35, 0x62, 0x48, 0xc4, 0x92, 0x87, 0x73, 0x0d, 0x42, 0x96, 0xfc, 0x7b, 0x11, 0x05, 0x06,
0x0f, 0x8d, 0x66, 0xc1, 0x0e, 0xad, 0x37, 0x44, 0x92, 0x95, 0x2f, 0x6a, 0x55, 0xba, 0xec, 0x1d,
0x54, 0x62, 0x0a, 0x4b, 0xd3, 0xc7, 0x05, 0xe4, 0x07, 0x40, 0xd9, 0xb7, 0xc2, 0x12, 0xcb, 0x9a,
0x90, 0xad, 0xe3, 0x24, 0xe8, 0x5e, 0xa6, 0xf8, 0xd0, 0x6e, 0xbc, 0xd1, 0x69, 0x7f, 0x6b, 0xe4,
0x2b, 0x4e, 0x1a, 0x65, 0xbb, 0x73, 0x88, 0x6b, 0x7c, 0xaf, 0x7e, 0xd0, 0x47, 0x26, 0xeb, 0xa5,
0xbe, 0xd6, 0xe8, 0xee, 0x9c, 0xa5, 0x66, 0xa5, 0xc9, 0xd3, 0x25, 0x13, 0xc4, 0x0e, 0x6c, 0xab,
0x50, 0xb6, 0x50, 0xc9, 0xce, 0x8f, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0xc6, 0x28, 0x69, 0xe9, 0x83, 0x69, 0xde, 0x42,
0x56, 0x79, 0x7f, 0xde, 0x86, 0x24, 0xca, 0xfc, 0xaa, 0xc0, 0xf3, 0xf3, 0x7f, 0x92, 0x8e, 0x8a,
0x12, 0x52, 0xfe, 0x50, 0xb1, 0x5e, 0x8c, 0x01, 0xce, 0xfc, 0x7e, 0xf2, 0x4f, 0x5f, 0x03, 0xfe,
0xa7, 0xcd, 0xa1, 0xfc, 0x94, 0x52, 0x00, 0x8b, 0x9b, 0x7f, 0x09, 0xab, 0xa8, 0xa4, 0xf5, 0xb4,
0xa5, 0xaa, 0xfc, 0x72, 0xeb, 0x17, 0x40, 0xa9, 0xee, 0xbe, 0x8f, 0xc2, 0xd1, 0x80, 0xc2, 0x0d,
0x44, 0xa9, 0x59, 0x44, 0x59, 0x81, 0x3b, 0x5d, 0x4a, 0xde, 0xfb, 0xae, 0x24, 0xfc, 0xa3, 0xd9,
0xbc, 0x57, 0x55, 0xc2, 0x26, 0xbc, 0x19, 0xa7, 0x9a, 0xc5, 0x59, 0xa3, 0xee, 0x5a, 0xef, 041,
0x80, 0x7d, 0xf8, 0x5e, 0xc1, 0x1d, 0x32, 0x38, 0x41, 0x5b, 0xb6, 0x92, 0xb8, 0xb7, 0x03, 0x0d,
0x3e, 0x59, 0x0f, 0x1c, 0xb3, 0xe1, 0x2a, 0x95, 0x1a, 0x3b, 0x50, 0x4f, 0xc4, 0x1d, 0xcf, 0x73,
0x7c, 0x14, 0xca, 0xe3, 0x0b, 0xa7, 0xc7, 0x1a, 0x41, 0x4a, 0xee, 0xbe, 0x1f, 0x43, 0xdd, 0xf9,
// Private exponent d
0x88, 0x4b, 0x82, 0xe7, 0xe3, 0xe3, 0x99, 0x75, 0x6c, 0x9e, 0xaf, 0x17, 0x44, 0x3e, 0xd9, 0x07,
0xfd, 0x4b, 0xe, 0xce, 0x92, 0xc4, 0x28, 0x44, 0x5e, 0x42, 0x79, 0x08, 0xb6, 0xc3, 0x7f, 0x58,
0x2d, 0xef, 0xac, 0x4a, 0x07, 0xcd, 0xaf, 0x46, 0x8f, 0xb4, 0xc4, 0x43, 0xf9, 0xff, 0x5f, 0x74,
0x2d, 0xb5, 0xe0, 0x1c, 0xab, 0xf4, 0x6e, 0xd5, 0xdb, 0xc8, 0x0c, 0xfb, 0x76, 0x3c, 0x38, 0x66,
0xf3, 0x7f, 0x01, 0x43, 0x7a, 0x30, 0x39, 0x02, 0x80, 0xa4, 0x11, 0xb3, 0x04, 0xd9, 0xe3, 0x57,
0x23, 0xf4, 0x07, 0xfc, 0x91, 0x8a, 0xc6, 0xcc, 0xa2, 0x16, 0x29, 0xb3, 0xe5, 0x76, 0x4a, 0xa8,
0x84, 0x19, 0xdc, 0xef, 0xfc, 0xb0, 0x63, 0x33, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0xf6, 0x68, 0x0b, 0x08, 0xea, 0x31,
0x52, 0xee, 0x99, 0xef, 0x43, 0x2a, 0xbe, 0x97, 0xad, 0xb3, 0xb9, 0x66, 0x7a, 0xae, 0xe1, 0x8f,
0x57, 0x86, 0xe5, 0xfe, 0x14, 0x3c, 0x81, 0xd0, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x86, 0x1a, 0x0b, 0x40, 0x58, 0xc9,
0x33, 0x49, 0xb8, 0x99, 0xc6, 0x2e, 0x94, 0x70, 0xee, 0x09, 0x88, 0xe1, 0x5c, 0x4e, 0x6c, 0x22,
0x72, 0xa7, 0x2a, 0x21, 0xdd, 0xd7, 0x1d, 0xfc, 0x63, 0x15, 0x0b, 0xde, 0x06, 0x9c, 0xf3, 0x28,
0xf3, 0xac, 0x4a, 0xa8, 0xb5, 0x50, 0xca, 0x9b, 0xcc, 0x0a, 0x04, 0xfe, 0x3f, 0x98, 0x68, 0x81,
0xac, 0x24, 0x53, 0xea, 0x1f, 0x1c, 0x6e, 0x5e, 0xca, 0xe8, 0x31, 0x0d, 0x08, 0x12, 0xf3, 0x26,
0xf8, 0x5e, 0xeb, 0x10, 0x27, 0xae, 0xaa, 0xc3, 0xad, 0x6c, 0xc1, 0x89, 0xdb, 0x7d, 0x5a, 0x12,
0x55, 0xad, 0x11, 0x19, 0xa1, 0xa9, 0x8f, 0x0b, 0x6d, 0x78, 0x8d, 0x1c, 0xdf, 0xe5, 0x63, 0x82,
0x0b, 0x7d, 0x23, 0x04, 0xb4, 0x75, 0x8c, 0xed, 0x77, 0xfc, 0x1a, 0x85, 0x29, 0x11, 0xe0, 0x61
]