--- a/ecc.c	Wed Mar 27 00:38:03 2013 +0800
+++ b/ecc.c	Wed Mar 27 23:50:52 2013 +0800
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 #ifdef DROPBEAR_ECC
 
+// TODO: use raw bytes for the dp rather than the hex strings in libtomcrypt's ecc.c
+
 #ifdef DROPBEAR_ECC_256
-const struct ecc_curve_secp256r1 {
-	.ltc_set = &ltc_ecc_sets[0],
+const struct dropbear_ecc_curve ecc_curve_secp256r1 {
+	.dp = &ltc_ecc_sets[0],
 	.hash_desc = sha256_desc,
 	.name = "secp256r1"
 };
@@ -14,23 +16,23 @@
 
 
 #ifdef DROPBEAR_ECC_384
-const struct ecc_curve_secp384r1 {
-	.ltc_set = &ltc_ecc_sets[1],
+const struct dropbear_ecc_curve ecc_curve_secp384r1 {
+	.dp = &ltc_ecc_sets[1],
 	.hash_desc = sha384_desc,
 	.name = "secp384r1"
 };
 #endif
 
-#ifdef DROPBEAR_ECC_256
-const struct ecc_curve_secp256r1 {
-	.ltc_set = &ltc_ecc_sets[0],
-	.hash_desc = sha256_desc,
-	.name = "secp256r1"
+#ifdef DROPBEAR_ECC_521
+const struct dropbear_ecc_curve ecc_curve_secp521r1 {
+	.dp = &ltc_ecc_sets[2],
+	.hash_desc = sha521_desc,
+	.name = "secp521r1"
 };
 #endif
 
 
-void buf_put_ecc_key_string(buffer *buf, ecc_key *key) {
+void buf_put_ecc_pubkey_string(buffer *buf, ecc_key *key) {
 	// XXX point compression
 	int len = key->dp->size*2 + 1;
 	buf_putint(len);
@@ -41,7 +43,62 @@
 	buf_incrwritepos(buf, len);
 }
 
-int buf_get_ecc_key_string(buffer *buf, ecc_key *key) {
+ecc_key * buf_get_ecc_key_string(buffer *buf, const struct dropbear_ecc_curve *curve) {
+   ecc_key *key = NULL;
+   int ret = DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
+   const int size = curve->dp->size;
+   unsigned int len = buf_get_string(buf);
+   unsigned char first = buf_get_char(buf);
+   if (first == 2 || first == 3) {
+      dropbear_log("Dropbear doesn't support ECC point compression");
+      return NULL;
+   }
+   if (first != 4 || len != 1+2*size) {
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   key = m_malloc(sizeof(*key));
+   m_mp_init_multi(&key->pubkey.x, &key->pubkey.y, &key->pubkey.z, &key->k, NULL);
+
+   if (mp_read_unsigned_bin(&key->pubkey.x, buf_getptr(buf, size), size) != MP_OKAY) {
+      goto out;
+   }
+   buf_incrpos(buf, size);
+
+   if (mp_read_unsigned_bin(&key->pubkey.y, buf_getptr(buf, size), size) != MP_OKAY) {
+      goto out;
+   }
+   buf_incrpos(buf, size);
+
+   if (mp_set(key->pubkey.z, 1) != MP_OKAY) {
+      goto out;
+   }
+
+   if (is_point(key) != CRYPT_OK) {
+      goto out;
+   }
+
+   // SEC1 3.2.3.1 Check that Q != 0
+   if (mp_cmp_d(key->pubkey.x, 0) == LTC_MP_EQ) {
+      goto out;
+   }
+   if (mp_cmp_d(key->pubkey.y, 0) == LTC_MP_EQ) {
+      goto out;
+   }
+
+   ret = DROPBEAR_SUCCESS;
+
+out:
+   if (ret == DROPBEAR_FAILURE) {
+      if (key) {
+         mp_free_multi(&key->pubkey.x, &key->pubkey.y, &key->pubkey.z, &key->k, NULL);
+         m_free(key);
+         key = NULL;
+      }
+   }
+
+   return key;
+
 }
 
 // a modified version of libtomcrypt's "ecc_shared_secret" to output