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| author | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-01-22 20:05:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-01-22 20:05:23 +0000 |
| commit | 4486d0cd7a715aed7ca3728aa24413d91666bb68 (patch) | |
| tree | 36342c32d8bd73c31ea5e3d33e9ee7796bab873c /crypto/dh/dh_gen.c | |
| parent | 09483c58e3b21841d2761ce90b1f12b24f814881 (diff) | |
| download | openssl-4486d0cd7a715aed7ca3728aa24413d91666bb68.tar.gz | |
Document the DH library, and make some minor changes along the way.
Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/dh/dh_gen.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/dh/dh_gen.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/dh/dh_gen.c b/crypto/dh/dh_gen.c index b7bcd2c7a4..f0ee43ed87 100644 --- a/crypto/dh/dh_gen.c +++ b/crypto/dh/dh_gen.c @@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ * Having said all that, * there is another special case method for the generators 2, 3 and 5. * for 2, p mod 24 == 11 - * for 3, p mod 12 == 5 <<<<< does not work for strong primes. + * for 3, p mod 12 == 5 <<<<< does not work for safe primes. * for 5, p mod 10 == 3 or 7 * * Thanks to Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com> for the pointers about the * special generators and for answering some of my questions. * * I've implemented the second simple method :-). - * Since DH should be using a strong prime (both p and q are prime), + * Since DH should be using a safe prime (both p and q are prime), * this generator function can take a very very long time to run. */ @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ DH *DH_generate_parameters(int prime_len, int generator, BN_set_word(t2,11); g=2; } -#ifdef undef /* does not work for strong primes */ +#ifdef undef /* does not work for safe primes */ else if (generator == DH_GENERATOR_3) { BN_set_word(t1,12); |