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Andy DixonandClaude 69f4b90777 Freeze the Go implementation as a test-only oracle, with vectors
oracle/go is the Go code at 4c1507c, moved unchanged, plus test-only
generators that record what it computes. tests/vectors holds the
deterministic crypto/store vectors and synthetic fixtures they produce.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-08 09:55:17 +01:00

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Go oracle (test-only)

oracle/go is a frozen copy of the Go implementation of vault, taken from commit 4c1507c ("Add unlock --idle, and packaging/repo.sh for repo.dixon.cx"), the last Go release on master. It is kept as the reference that the Rust implementation is checked against. It is not part of the shipped product: release builds, packages and the vault binary contain no Go code and need no Go toolchain.

Provenance:

  • Every file under oracle/go is byte-identical to the same path at the repository root at 4c1507c, except the three added test files below.
  • oracle_vectors_test.go, internal/pqcrypt/oracle_vectors_test.go and internal/stream/oracle_vectors_test.go are test-only generators. They call the frozen code and write what it computes; they skip themselves unless VAULT_ORACLE_OUT is set, and add nothing to the oracle binary.
  • Dependencies are pinned by go.mod/go.sum: CIRCL v1.6.4, golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0, x/sys v0.46.0, x/term v0.44.0. The module needs Go 1.26.6 or newer.

Check the copy is still faithful:

git diff --stat 4c1507c HEAD -M -- oracle/go   # renames only, plus the generators

Use:

oracle/gen-vectors.sh          # rewrite tests/vectors from the oracle
(cd oracle/go && go build -o ../../target/vault-go .)   # build the oracle CLI
(cd oracle/go && go test ./...)                          # its own test-suite

cargo test builds the oracle binary itself for the interoperability tests when go is on PATH (or uses $VAULT_GO_ORACLE), and reports them as skipped otherwise.

All passphrases, seeds and plaintexts in the vectors are synthetic and public (oracle-real passphrase, oracle-decoy passphrase, fixed byte patterns). Never commit real keys or real vault contents.