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Diffstat (limited to 'cipher/elgamal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | cipher/elgamal.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cipher/elgamal.c b/cipher/elgamal.c index 2141db0cc..b211d7f6c 100644 --- a/cipher/elgamal.c +++ b/cipher/elgamal.c @@ -152,9 +152,14 @@ elg_generate( ELG_public_key *pk, ELG_secret_key *sk, if( DBG_CIPHER ) log_debug("choosing a random x "); do { + byte *rndbuf; if( DBG_CIPHER ) fputc('.', stderr); - mpi_set_bytes( x, nbits, get_random_byte, 2 ); + rndbuf = get_random_bits( nbits, 2, 1 ); + mpi_set_buffer( x, rndbuf, (nbits+7)/8, 0 ); + m_free(rndbuf); + mpi_clear_highbit( x, nbits+1 ); + log_mpidump(" x: ", x ); } while( !( mpi_cmp_ui( x, 0 )>0 && mpi_cmp( x, p_min1 )<0 ) ); y = mpi_alloc(nbits/BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB); |