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Diffstat (limited to 'cipher')
-rw-r--r-- | cipher/ChangeLog | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | cipher/Makefile.am | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | cipher/elgamal.c | 117 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | cipher/random.c | 6 |
4 files changed, 101 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/cipher/ChangeLog b/cipher/ChangeLog index 8e5461274..2a53aff1a 100644 --- a/cipher/ChangeLog +++ b/cipher/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +Thu Jan 13 19:31:58 CET 2000 Werner Koch <[email protected]> + + * elgamal.c (wiener_map): New. + (gen_k): Use a much smaller k. + (generate): Calculate the qbits using the wiener map and + choose an x at a size comparable to the one choosen in gen_k + + * random.c (read_pool): Print a more friendly erro message in + cases when too much random is requested in one call. + + * Makefile.am (tiger): Replaced -O1 by -O. Suggested by Alec Habig. + Sat Dec 4 12:30:28 CET 1999 Werner Koch <[email protected]> * primegen.c (generate_elg_prime): All primes are now generated with diff --git a/cipher/Makefile.am b/cipher/Makefile.am index ac637920e..f3b087eb8 100644 --- a/cipher/Makefile.am +++ b/cipher/Makefile.am @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ libcipher_a_LIBADD = @STATIC_CIPHER_OBJS@ tiger: $(srcdir)/tiger.c `echo $(COMPILE) $(DYNLINK_MOD_CFLAGS) -o tiger $(srcdir)/tiger.c | \ - sed -e 's/-O[2-9s]*/-O1/g' ` + sed -e 's/-O[2-9s]*/-O/g' ` tiger.o: $(srcdir)/tiger.c `echo $(COMPILE) -c $(srcdir)/tiger.c | sed -e 's/-O[2-9s]*/-O1/g' ` diff --git a/cipher/elgamal.c b/cipher/elgamal.c index 9f98ce2e0..f968a29d4 100644 --- a/cipher/elgamal.c +++ b/cipher/elgamal.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* elgamal.c - ElGamal Public Key encryption - * Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + * Copyright (C) 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * * For a description of the algorithm, see: * Bruce Schneier: Applied Cryptography. John Wiley & Sons, 1996. @@ -62,6 +62,45 @@ progress( int c ) fputc( c, stderr ); } +/**************** + * Michael Wiener's table about subgroup sizes to match field sizes + * (floating around somewhere - Fixme: need a reference) + */ +static unsigned int +wiener_map( unsigned int n ) +{ + static struct { unsigned int p_n, q_n; } t[] = + { /* p q attack cost */ + { 512, 119 }, /* 9 x 10^17 */ + { 768, 145 }, /* 6 x 10^21 */ + { 1024, 165 }, /* 7 x 10^24 */ + { 1280, 183 }, /* 3 x 10^27 */ + { 1536, 198 }, /* 7 x 10^29 */ + { 1792, 212 }, /* 9 x 10^31 */ + { 2048, 225 }, /* 8 x 10^33 */ + { 2304, 237 }, /* 5 x 10^35 */ + { 2560, 249 }, /* 3 x 10^37 */ + { 2816, 259 }, /* 1 x 10^39 */ + { 3072, 269 }, /* 3 x 10^40 */ + { 3328, 279 }, /* 8 x 10^41 */ + { 3584, 288 }, /* 2 x 10^43 */ + { 3840, 296 }, /* 4 x 10^44 */ + { 4096, 305 }, /* 7 x 10^45 */ + { 4352, 313 }, /* 1 x 10^47 */ + { 4608, 320 }, /* 2 x 10^48 */ + { 4864, 328 }, /* 2 x 10^49 */ + { 5120, 335 }, /* 3 x 10^50 */ + { 0, 0 } + }; + int i; + + for(i=0; t[i].p_n; i++ ) { + if( n <= t[i].p_n ) + return t[i].q_n; + } + /* not in table - use some arbitrary high number ;-) */ + return n / 8 + 200; +} static void test_keys( ELG_secret_key *sk, unsigned nbits ) @@ -108,38 +147,45 @@ gen_k( MPI p ) MPI k = mpi_alloc_secure( 0 ); MPI temp = mpi_alloc( mpi_get_nlimbs(p) ); MPI p_1 = mpi_copy(p); - unsigned int nbits = mpi_get_nbits(p); - unsigned int nbytes = (nbits+7)/8; + unsigned int orig_nbits = mpi_get_nbits(p); + unsigned int nbits; + unsigned int nbytes; char *rndbuf = NULL; + /* IMO using a k much lesser than p is sufficient and it greatly + * improves the encryption performance. We use Wiener's table + * and add a large safety margin. + */ + nbits = wiener_map( orig_nbits ) * 3 / 2; + if( nbits >= orig_nbits ) + BUG(); + + nbytes = (nbits+7)/8; if( DBG_CIPHER ) - log_debug("choosing a random k "); + log_debug("choosing a random k of %u bits", nbits); mpi_sub_ui( p_1, p, 1); for(;;) { - if( DBG_CIPHER ) - progress('.'); if( !rndbuf || nbits < 32 ) { m_free(rndbuf); rndbuf = get_random_bits( nbits, 1, 1 ); } else { /* change only some of the higher bits */ - /* we could imporove this by directly requesting more memory + /* we could impprove this by directly requesting more memory * at the first call to get_random_bits() and use this the here - * maybe it is easier to do this directly in random.c */ + * maybe it is easier to do this directly in random.c + * Anyway, it is highly inlikely that we will ever reach this code + */ char *pp = get_random_bits( 32, 1, 1 ); memcpy( rndbuf,pp, 4 ); m_free(pp); + log_debug("gen_k: tsss, never expected to reach this\n"); } mpi_set_buffer( k, rndbuf, nbytes, 0 ); for(;;) { - /* make sure that the number is of the exact lenght */ - if( mpi_test_bit( k, nbits-1 ) ) - mpi_set_highbit( k, nbits-1 ); - else { - mpi_set_highbit( k, nbits-1 ); - mpi_clear_bit( k, nbits-1 ); - } + /* Hmm, actually we don't need this step here + * because we use k much smaller than p - we do it anyway + * just in case the keep on adding a one to k ;) */ if( !(mpi_cmp( k, p_1 ) < 0) ) { /* check: k < (p-1) */ if( DBG_CIPHER ) progress('+'); @@ -153,6 +199,8 @@ gen_k( MPI p ) if( mpi_gcd( temp, k, p_1 ) ) goto found; /* okay, k is relatively prime to (p-1) */ mpi_add_ui( k, k, 1 ); + if( DBG_CIPHER ) + progress('.'); } } found: @@ -171,7 +219,7 @@ gen_k( MPI p ) * and an array with n-1 factors of (p-1) */ static void -generate( ELG_secret_key *sk, unsigned nbits, MPI **ret_factors ) +generate( ELG_secret_key *sk, unsigned int nbits, MPI **ret_factors ) { MPI p; /* the prime */ MPI p_min1; @@ -179,19 +227,15 @@ generate( ELG_secret_key *sk, unsigned nbits, MPI **ret_factors ) MPI x; /* the secret exponent */ MPI y; MPI temp; - unsigned qbits; + unsigned int qbits; + unsigned int xbits; byte *rndbuf; p_min1 = mpi_alloc( (nbits+BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB-1)/BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB ); temp = mpi_alloc( (nbits+BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB-1)/BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB ); - if( nbits < 512 ) - qbits = 120; - else if( nbits <= 1024 ) - qbits = 160; - else if( nbits <= 2048 ) - qbits = 200; - else - qbits = 240; + qbits = wiener_map( nbits ); + if( qbits & 1 ) /* better have a even one */ + qbits++; g = mpi_alloc(1); p = generate_elg_prime( 0, nbits, qbits, g, ret_factors ); mpi_sub_ui(p_min1, p, 1); @@ -202,18 +246,26 @@ generate( ELG_secret_key *sk, unsigned nbits, MPI **ret_factors ) * This must be a very good random number because this is the * secret part. The prime is public and may be shared anyway, * so a random generator level of 1 is used for the prime. + * + * I don't see a reason to have a x of about the same size + * as the p. It should be sufficient to have one about the size + * of q or the later used k plus a large safety margin. Decryption + * will be much faster with such an x. */ - x = mpi_alloc_secure( nbits/BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB ); + xbits = qbits * 3 / 2; + if( xbits >= nbits ) + BUG(); + x = mpi_alloc_secure( xbits/BITS_PER_MPI_LIMB ); if( DBG_CIPHER ) - log_debug("choosing a random x "); + log_debug("choosing a random x of size %u", xbits ); rndbuf = NULL; do { if( DBG_CIPHER ) progress('.'); if( rndbuf ) { /* change only some of the higher bits */ - if( nbits < 16 ) {/* should never happen ... */ + if( xbits < 16 ) {/* should never happen ... */ m_free(rndbuf); - rndbuf = get_random_bits( nbits, 2, 1 ); + rndbuf = get_random_bits( xbits, 2, 1 ); } else { char *r = get_random_bits( 16, 2, 1 ); @@ -222,9 +274,9 @@ generate( ELG_secret_key *sk, unsigned nbits, MPI **ret_factors ) } } else - rndbuf = get_random_bits( nbits, 2, 1 ); - mpi_set_buffer( x, rndbuf, (nbits+7)/8, 0 ); - mpi_clear_highbit( x, nbits+1 ); + rndbuf = get_random_bits( xbits, 2, 1 ); + mpi_set_buffer( x, rndbuf, (xbits+7)/8, 0 ); + mpi_clear_highbit( x, xbits+1 ); } while( !( mpi_cmp_ui( x, 0 )>0 && mpi_cmp( x, p_min1 )<0 ) ); m_free(rndbuf); @@ -311,7 +363,6 @@ decrypt(MPI output, MPI a, MPI b, ELG_secret_key *skey ) MPI t1 = mpi_alloc_secure( mpi_get_nlimbs( skey->p ) ); /* output = b/(a^x) mod p */ - mpi_powm( t1, a, skey->x, skey->p ); mpi_invm( t1, t1, skey->p ); mpi_mulm( output, b, t1, skey->p ); diff --git a/cipher/random.c b/cipher/random.c index 5af5349df..465e7b8be 100644 --- a/cipher/random.c +++ b/cipher/random.c @@ -270,8 +270,10 @@ read_pool( byte *buffer, size_t length, int level ) int i; ulong *sp, *dp; - if( length >= POOLSIZE ) - BUG(); /* not allowed */ + if( length >= POOLSIZE ) { + log_fatal(_("too many random bits requested; the limit is %d\n"), + POOLSIZE*8-1 ); + } /* for level 2 make sure that there is enough random in the pool */ if( level == 2 && pool_balance < length ) { |