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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/crypto/rsa/rsa.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/crypto/rsa/rsa.go | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/rsa/rsa.go b/src/pkg/crypto/rsa/rsa.go index c7353ea31..bce6ba4eb 100644 --- a/src/pkg/crypto/rsa/rsa.go +++ b/src/pkg/crypto/rsa/rsa.go @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type PrivateKey struct { type PrecomputedValues struct { Dp, Dq *big.Int // D mod (P-1) (or mod Q-1) - Qinv *big.Int // Q^-1 mod Q + Qinv *big.Int // Q^-1 mod P // CRTValues is used for the 3rd and subsequent primes. Due to a // historical accident, the CRT for the first two primes is handled @@ -120,16 +120,18 @@ func (priv *PrivateKey) Validate() error { return nil } -// GenerateKey generates an RSA keypair of the given bit size. +// GenerateKey generates an RSA keypair of the given bit size using the +// random source random (for example, crypto/rand.Reader). func GenerateKey(random io.Reader, bits int) (priv *PrivateKey, err error) { return GenerateMultiPrimeKey(random, 2, bits) } // GenerateMultiPrimeKey generates a multi-prime RSA keypair of the given bit -// size, as suggested in [1]. Although the public keys are compatible -// (actually, indistinguishable) from the 2-prime case, the private keys are -// not. Thus it may not be possible to export multi-prime private keys in -// certain formats or to subsequently import them into other code. +// size and the given random source, as suggested in [1]. Although the public +// keys are compatible (actually, indistinguishable) from the 2-prime case, +// the private keys are not. Thus it may not be possible to export multi-prime +// private keys in certain formats or to subsequently import them into other +// code. // // Table 1 in [2] suggests maximum numbers of primes for a given size. // |