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authorTaru Karttunen <taruti@taruti.net>2011-03-30 15:46:40 +0300
committerTaru Karttunen <taruti@taruti.net>2011-03-30 15:46:40 +0300
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+#include "os.h"
+#include <mp.h>
+#include <libsec.h>
+
+// find a prime p of length n and a generator alpha of Z^*_p
+// Alg 4.86 Menezes et al () Handbook, p.164
+void
+gensafeprime(mpint *p, mpint *alpha, int n, int accuracy)
+{
+ mpint *q, *b;
+
+ q = mpnew(n-1);
+ while(1){
+ genprime(q, n-1, accuracy);
+ mpleft(q, 1, p);
+ mpadd(p, mpone, p); // p = 2*q+1
+ if(probably_prime(p, accuracy))
+ break;
+ }
+ // now find a generator alpha of the multiplicative
+ // group Z*_p of order p-1=2q
+ b = mpnew(0);
+ while(1){
+ mprand(n, genrandom, alpha);
+ mpmod(alpha, p, alpha);
+ mpmul(alpha, alpha, b);
+ mpmod(b, p, b);
+ if(mpcmp(b, mpone) == 0)
+ continue;
+ mpexp(alpha, q, p, b);
+ if(mpcmp(b, mpone) != 0)
+ break;
+ }
+ mpfree(b);
+ mpfree(q);
+}