bignum.h

/* bignum.h

   Bignum operations that are missing from gmp.

   Copyright (C) 2001 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
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   or both in parallel, as here.

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*/
 
#ifndef NETTLE_BIGNUM_H_INCLUDED
#define NETTLE_BIGNUM_H_INCLUDED

#include "nettle-meta.h"

#include <gmp.h>
#include "nettle-types.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* Size needed for signed encoding, including extra sign byte if
 * necessary. */
size_t
nettle_mpz_sizeinbase_256_s(const mpz_t x);

/* Size needed for unsigned encoding */
size_t
nettle_mpz_sizeinbase_256_u(const mpz_t x);

/* Writes an integer as length octets, using big endian byte order,
 * and two's complement for negative numbers. */
void
nettle_mpz_get_str_256(size_t length, uint8_t *s, const mpz_t x);

/* Reads a big endian, two's complement, integer. */
void
nettle_mpz_set_str_256_s(mpz_t x,
			 size_t length, const uint8_t *s);

void
nettle_mpz_init_set_str_256_s(mpz_t x,
			      size_t length, const uint8_t *s);

/* Similar, but for unsigned format. These function don't interpret
 * the most significant bit as the sign. */
void
nettle_mpz_set_str_256_u(mpz_t x,
			 size_t length, const uint8_t *s);

void
nettle_mpz_init_set_str_256_u(mpz_t x,
			      size_t length, const uint8_t *s);

/* Returns a uniformly distributed random number 0 <= x < 2^n */
void
nettle_mpz_random_size(mpz_t x,
		       void *ctx, nettle_random_func *random,
		       unsigned bits);

/* Returns a number x, almost uniformly random in the range
 * 0 <= x < n. */
void
nettle_mpz_random(mpz_t x, 
		  void *ctx, nettle_random_func *random,
		  const mpz_t n);

void
nettle_random_prime(mpz_t p, unsigned bits, int top_bits_set,
		    void *ctx, nettle_random_func *random,
		    void *progress_ctx, nettle_progress_func *progress);

void
_nettle_generate_pocklington_prime (mpz_t p, mpz_t r,
				    unsigned bits, int top_bits_set, 
				    void *ctx, nettle_random_func *random, 
				    const mpz_t p0,
				    const mpz_t q,
				    const mpz_t p0q);
  
/* sexp parsing */
struct sexp_iterator;

/* If LIMIT is non-zero, the number must be at most LIMIT bits.
 * Implies sexp_iterator_next. */
int
nettle_mpz_set_sexp(mpz_t x, unsigned limit, struct sexp_iterator *i);


/* der parsing */
struct asn1_der_iterator;

int
nettle_asn1_der_get_bignum(struct asn1_der_iterator *iterator,
			   mpz_t x, unsigned max_bits);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* NETTLE_BIGNUM_H_INCLUDED */