PSA PAKE: explain implicit key confirmation

Signed-off-by: Janos Follath <janos.follath@arm.com>
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Janos Follath 2021-05-25 15:53:13 +01:00
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@ -4637,6 +4637,14 @@ psa_status_t psa_pake_input(psa_pake_operation_t *operation,
size_t input_length);
/** Get implicitly confirmed shared secret from a PAKE.
*
* At this point there is a cryptographic guarantee that only the authenticated
* party who used the same password is able to compute the key. But there is no
* guarantee that the peer is the party he claims to be and was able to do so.
*
* That is, the authentication is only implicit (the peer is not authenticated
* at this point, and no action should be taken that assume that they are - like
* for example accessing restricted files).
*
* This function can be called after the key exchange phase of the operation
* has completed. It imports the shared secret output of the PAKE into the