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2.3 KiB
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87 lines
2.3 KiB
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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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BN_generate_prime, BN_is_prime - Generate primes and test for primality
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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#include <openssl/bn.h>
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BIGNUM *BN_generate_prime(BIGNUM *ret, int num, int safe, BIGNUM *add,
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BIGNUM *rem, void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
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int BN_is_prime(BIGNUM *a, int checks, void (*callback)(int, int,
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void *), BN_CTX *ctx, void *cb_arg);
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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BN_generate_prime() generates a pseudo-random prime number of B<num>
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bits.
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If B<ret> is not NULL, it will be used to store the number.
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If B<callback> is not B<NULL>, it is called as follows:
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=over 4
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=item *
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B<callback(0, i, cb_arg)> is called after generating the i-th
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potential prime number.
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=item *
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While the number is being tested for primality, B<callback(1, j,
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cb_arg)> is called as described below.
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=item *
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When a prime has been found, B<callback(2, i, cb_arg)> is called.
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=back
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The prime may have to fulfill additional requirements for use in
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Diffie-Hellman key exchange:
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If B<add> is not NULL, the prime will fulfill the condition p % B<add>
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== B<rem> (p % B<add> == 1 if B<rem> == NULL) in order to suit a given
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generator.
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If B<safe> is true, it will be a safe prime (i.e. a prime p so
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that (p-1)/2 is also prime).
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The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling BN_generate_prime().
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The prime number generation has a negligible error probability.
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BN_is_prime() tests if the number B<a> is prime. This is done by
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performing a Miller-Rabin probabilistic primality test with B<checks>
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iterations. If B<checks == BN_prime_check>, it uses the minimal number
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of iterations that yields a false positive rate of at most 2^-80 for
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random input.
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If B<callback> is not B<NULL>, B<callback(1, j, cb_arg)> is called
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after the j-th iteration. B<ctx> is a pre-allocated B<BN_CTX> (to save
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the overhead of allocating and freeing the structure in a loop), or
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NULL.
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=head1 RETURN VALUES
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BN_generate_prime() returns the prime number on success, NULL otherwise.
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BN_is_prime() returns 0 if the number is composite, 1 if it is
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prime with an error probability of less than 0.25^B<checks>, and
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-1 on error.
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The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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bn(3), err(3), rand(3)
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=head1 HISTORY
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The B<cb_arg> arguments to BN_generate_prime() and to BN_is_prime()
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were added in SSLeay 0.9.0. The B<ret> argument to BN_generate_prime()
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was added in SSLeay 0.9.1.
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=cut
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