Curve implements the CurveZMQ elliptic curve security mechanism, for use in ZeroMQ applications. This library is primarily a reference implementation for the CurveZMQ specification but may also be used for end-to-end security.

The ZeroMQ core library has its own implementation of CurveZMQ over TCP, since July 2013. The Curve library is intended:

• To facilitate CurveZMQ implementations in other languages by providing a reference implementation.
• To provide security for older versions of ZeroMQ.
• To provide end-to-end security over untrusted intermediaries, for instance between two chat clients connected over a public ZeroMQ-based chat server.
• To provide security over other transports that fit the one-to-one model (it will not work over multicast).

CurveZMQ creates encrypted sessions ("connections") between two peers using short term keys that it securely exchanges using long term keys. When the session is over, both sides discard their short term keys, rendering the encrypted data unreadable, even if the long term keys are captured. It is not designed for long term encryption of data.

The design of CurveZMQ stays as close as possible to the security handshake of CurveCP, a protocol designed to run over UDP.

Copyright (c) the Contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file. This file is part of the Curve authentication and encryption library. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

This project uses the C4.1 (Collective Code Construction Contract) process for contributions.

This project uses the CLASS (C Language Style for Scalabilty) guide for code style.

To report an issue, use the Curve issue tracker at github.com.

#   libsodium
git clone git://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git
cd libsodium
./autogen.sh
./configure && make check
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ..

#   libzmq
git clone git://github.com/zeromq/libzmq.git
cd libzmq
./autogen.sh
./configure && make check
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ..

#   CZMQ
git clone git://github.com/zeromq/czmq.git
cd czmq
./autogen.sh
./configure && make check
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ..

git clone git://github.com/zeromq/libcurve.git
cd libcurve
sh autogen.sh
./autogen.sh
./configure && make check
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ..

./configure --with-libzmq=/usr/local

gcc -lcurve -lsodium -lzmq -lczmq myapp.c -o myapp