cmd/ethkey: use accounts.TextHash (#25069)

cmd/ethkey/message.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ To sign a message contained in a file, use the --msgfile flag.
 			utils.Fatalf("Error decrypting key: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		signature, err := crypto.Sign(signHash(message), key.PrivateKey)
+		signature, err := crypto.Sign(accounts.TextHash(message), key.PrivateKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to sign message: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ It is possible to refer to a file containing the message.`,
 			utils.Fatalf("Signature encoding is not hexadecimal: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		recoveredPubkey, err := crypto.SigToPub(signHash(message), signature)
+		recoveredPubkey, err := crypto.SigToPub(accounts.TextHash(message), signature)
 		if err != nil || recoveredPubkey == nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Signature verification failed: %v", err)
 		}

cmd/ethkey/utils.go

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
 
@@ -46,18 +45,6 @@ func getPassphrase(ctx *cli.Context, confirmation bool) string {
 	return utils.GetPassPhrase("", confirmation)
 }
 
-// signHash is a helper function that calculates a hash for the given message
-// that can be safely used to calculate a signature from.
-//
-// The hash is calculated as
-//   keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n"${message length}${message}).
-//
-// This gives context to the signed message and prevents signing of transactions.
-func signHash(data []byte) []byte {
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n%d%s", len(data), data)
-	return crypto.Keccak256([]byte(msg))
-}
-
 // mustPrintJSON prints the JSON encoding of the given object and
 // exits the program with an error message when the marshaling fails.
 func mustPrintJSON(jsonObject interface{}) {