dsa-hash.c

/* dsa-hash.c

   Copyright (C) 2013 Niels Möller

   This file is part of GNU Nettle.

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   or

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   or both in parallel, as here.

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*/

#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include "config.h"
#endif

#include "dsa.h"
#include "dsa-internal.h"

#include "bignum.h"

/* Convert hash value to an integer. The general description of DSA in
   FIPS186-3 allows both larger and smaller q; in the the latter case,
   the hash must be truncated to the right number of bits. */
void
_dsa_hash (mpz_t h, unsigned bit_size,
	   size_t length, const uint8_t *digest)
{
  
  if (length > (bit_size + 7) / 8)
    length = (bit_size + 7) / 8;

  nettle_mpz_set_str_256_u(h, length, digest);

  if (8 * length > bit_size)
    /* We got a few extra bits, at the low end. Discard them. */
    mpz_tdiv_q_2exp (h, h, 8*length - bit_size);
}