BN_mod_mul_montgomery.3ssl - Man Page
Montgomery multiplication
Synopsis
#include <openssl/bn.h> BN_MONT_CTX *BN_MONT_CTX_new(void); void BN_MONT_CTX_free(BN_MONT_CTX *mont); int BN_MONT_CTX_set(BN_MONT_CTX *mont, const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx); BN_MONT_CTX *BN_MONT_CTX_copy(BN_MONT_CTX *to, BN_MONT_CTX *from); int BN_mod_mul_montgomery(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, BN_MONT_CTX *mont, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_from_montgomery(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BN_MONT_CTX *mont, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_to_montgomery(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BN_MONT_CTX *mont, BN_CTX *ctx);
Description
These functions implement Montgomery multiplication. They are used automatically when BN_mod_exp(3) is called with suitable input, but they may be useful when several operations are to be performed using the same modulus.
BN_MONT_CTX_new() allocates and initializes a BN_MONT_CTX structure.
BN_MONT_CTX_set() sets up the mont structure from the modulus m by precomputing its inverse and a value R.
BN_MONT_CTX_copy() copies the BN_MONT_CTX from to to.
BN_MONT_CTX_free() frees the components of the BN_MONT_CTX, and, if it was created by BN_MONT_CTX_new(), also the structure itself. If mont is NULL, nothing is done.
BN_mod_mul_montgomery() computes Mont(a,b):=a*b*R^-1 and places the result in r.
BN_from_montgomery() performs the Montgomery reduction r = a*R^-1.
BN_to_montgomery() computes Mont(a,R^2), i.e. a*R. Note that a must be nonnegative and smaller than the modulus.
For all functions, ctx is a previously allocated BN_CTX used for temporary variables.
Return Values
BN_MONT_CTX_new() returns the newly allocated BN_MONT_CTX, and NULL on error.
BN_MONT_CTX_free() has no return value.
For the other functions, 1 is returned for success, 0 on error. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
Warnings
The inputs must be reduced modulo m, otherwise the result will be outside the expected range.
See Also
History
BN_MONT_CTX_init() was removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0
Copyright
Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the “License”). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
Referenced By
BN_add.3ssl(3), EC_GFp_simple_method.3ssl(3).
The man pages BN_from_montgomery.3ssl(3), BN_MONT_CTX_copy.3ssl(3), BN_MONT_CTX_free.3ssl(3), BN_MONT_CTX_new.3ssl(3), BN_MONT_CTX_set.3ssl(3) and BN_to_montgomery.3ssl(3) are aliases of BN_mod_mul_montgomery.3ssl(3).