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/* LibTomCrypt, modular cryptographic library -- Tom St Denis
 *
 * LibTomCrypt is a library that provides various cryptographic
 * algorithms in a highly modular and flexible manner.
 *
 * The library is free for all purposes without any express
 * guarantee it works.
 *
 * Tom St Denis, tomstdenis@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
 */
#include "tomcrypt.h"

/**
  @file rand_prime.c
  Generate a random prime, Tom St Denis
*/

#define USE_BBS 1

int rand_prime(mp_int * N, long len)
{
	int err, res, type;
	unsigned char *buf;

	LTC_ARGCHK(N != NULL);

	/* get type */
	if (len < 0) {
		type = USE_BBS;
		len = -len;
	} else {
		type = 0;
	}

	/* allow sizes between 2 and 512 bytes for a prime size */
	if (len < 2 || len > 512) {
		return CRYPT_INVALID_PRIME_SIZE;
	}

	/* allocate buffer to work with */
	buf = XCALLOC(1, len);
	if (buf == NULL) {
		return CRYPT_MEM;
	}

	do {
		/* generate value */
		get_random_bytes(buf, len);

		/* munge bits */
		buf[0] |= 0x80 | 0x40;
		buf[len - 1] |= 0x01 | ((type & USE_BBS) ? 0x02 : 0x00);

		/* load value */
		if ((err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(N, buf, len)) != CRYPT_OK) {
			XFREE(buf);
			return err;
		}

		/* test */
		if ((err = mp_prime_is_prime(N, 8, &res)) != CRYPT_OK) {
			XFREE(buf);
			return err;
		}
	} while (res == LTC_MP_NO);

#ifdef LTC_CLEAN_STACK
	zeromem(buf, len);
#endif

	XFREE(buf);
	return CRYPT_OK;
}

/* $Source: /cvs/libtom/libtomcrypt/src/math/rand_prime.c,v $ */
/* $Revision: 1.7 $ */
/* $Date: 2006/12/28 01:27:23 $ */