Use C++17 constant expressions to calculate the inverse
alphabet map at compile time instead of at runtime.
Remove support for encoding & decoding tokens using the
Bitcoin alphabet.
Problem:
- There are several specific overloads with some custom code that can be
easily replaced using Boost.Hex.
Solution:
- Introduce `strHex(itr, itr)` to return a string given a begin and end
iterator.
- Remove `strHex(itr, size)` in favor of the `strHex(T)` where T is
something that has a `begin()` member function. This allows us to
remove the strHex overloads for `std::string`, Blob, and Slice.
* RIPD-1617, RIPD-1619, RIPD-1621:
Verify serialized public keys more strictly before
using them.
* RIPD-1618:
* Simplify the base58 decoder logic.
* Reduce the complexity of the base58 encoder and
eliminate a potential out-of-bounds memory access.
* Improve type safety by using an `enum class` to
enforce strict type checking for token types.
* RIPD-1616:
Avoid calling `memcpy` with a null pointer even if the
size is specified as zero, since it results in undefined
behavior.
Acknowledgements:
Ripple thanks Guido Vranken for responsibly disclosing these
issues.
Bug Bounties and Responsible Disclosures:
We welcome reviews of the rippled code and urge researchers
to responsibly disclose any issues that they may find. For
more on Ripple's Bug Bounty program, please visit:
https://ripple.com/bug-bounty
The RippleAddress class was used to represent a number of fundamentally
different types: account public keys, account secret keys, node public
keys, node secret keys, seeds and generators.
The class is replaced by the following types:
* PublicKey for account and node public keys
* SecretKey for account and node private keys
* Generator for generating secp256k1 accounts
* Seed for account, node and generator seeds
