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-rw-r--r--cipher/primegen.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cipher/primegen.c b/cipher/primegen.c
index d240d9620..9ee3436bf 100644
--- a/cipher/primegen.c
+++ b/cipher/primegen.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include "util.h"
#include "mpi.h"
#include "cipher.h"
+#include "i18n.h"
static int no_of_small_prime_numbers;
static MPI gen_prime( unsigned nbits, int mode, int randomlevel );
@@ -304,8 +305,11 @@ gen_prime( unsigned nbits, int secret, int randomlevel )
if( 0 && DBG_CIPHER )
log_debug("generate a prime of %u bits ", nbits );
- if (!nbits)
- log_fatal ("trying to generate a prime of zero bits\n");
+ if (nbits < 16)
+ {
+ log_error (_("can't generate a prime with less than %d bits\n"), 16);
+ exit (2);
+ }
if( !no_of_small_prime_numbers ) {
for(i=0; small_prime_numbers[i]; i++ )