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+/* bignum-random.c
+
+ Generating big random numbers
+
+ Copyright (C) 2002, 2013 Niels Möller
+
+ This file is part of GNU Nettle.
+
+ GNU Nettle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of either:
+
+ * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ option) any later version.
+
+ or
+
+ * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ option) any later version.
+
+ or both in parallel, as here.
+
+ GNU Nettle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+ the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If
+ not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+*/
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "bignum.h"
+#include "gmp-glue.h"
+
+void
+nettle_mpz_random_size(mpz_t x,
+ void *ctx, nettle_random_func *random,
+ unsigned bits)
+{
+ unsigned length = (bits + 7) / 8;
+ TMP_GMP_DECL(data, uint8_t);
+
+ TMP_GMP_ALLOC(data, length);
+
+ random(ctx, length, data);
+ nettle_mpz_set_str_256_u(x, length, data);
+
+ if (bits % 8)
+ mpz_fdiv_r_2exp(x, x, bits);
+
+ TMP_GMP_FREE(data);
+}
+
+/* Returns a random number x, 0 <= x < n */
+void
+nettle_mpz_random(mpz_t x,
+ void *ctx, nettle_random_func *random,
+ const mpz_t n)
+{
+ /* NOTE: This leaves some bias, which may be bad for DSA. A better
+ * way might be to generate a random number of mpz_sizeinbase(n, 2)
+ * bits, and loop until one smaller than n is found. */
+
+ /* From Daniel Bleichenbacher (via coderpunks):
+ *
+ * There is still a theoretical attack possible with 8 extra bits.
+ * But, the attack would need about 2^66 signatures 2^66 memory and
+ * 2^66 time (if I remember that correctly). Compare that to DSA,
+ * where the attack requires 2^22 signatures 2^40 memory and 2^64
+ * time. And of course, the numbers above are not a real threat for
+ * PGP. Using 16 extra bits (i.e. generating a 176 bit random number
+ * and reducing it modulo q) will defeat even this theoretical
+ * attack.
+ *
+ * More generally log_2(q)/8 extra bits are enough to defeat my
+ * attack. NIST also plans to update the standard.
+ */
+
+ /* Add a few bits extra, to decrease the bias from the final modulo
+ * operation. NIST FIPS 186-3 specifies 64 extra bits, for use with
+ * DSA. */
+
+ nettle_mpz_random_size(x,
+ ctx, random,
+ mpz_sizeinbase(n, 2) + 64);
+
+ mpz_fdiv_r(x, x, n);
+}