From 5ff4c17907d5b19510a62e08fd8d3b11e62b431d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ondřej Surý Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:13:40 +0200 Subject: Imported Upstream version 60 --- src/pkg/crypto/rand/util.go | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/pkg/crypto/rand/util.go (limited to 'src/pkg/crypto/rand/util.go') diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/rand/util.go b/src/pkg/crypto/rand/util.go new file mode 100644 index 000000000..77028476e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pkg/crypto/rand/util.go @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +package rand + +import ( + "big" + "io" + "os" +) + +// Prime returns a number, p, of the given size, such that p is prime +// with high probability. +func Prime(rand io.Reader, bits int) (p *big.Int, err os.Error) { + if bits < 1 { + err = os.EINVAL + } + + b := uint(bits % 8) + if b == 0 { + b = 8 + } + + bytes := make([]byte, (bits+7)/8) + p = new(big.Int) + + for { + _, err = io.ReadFull(rand, bytes) + if err != nil { + return nil, err + } + + // Clear bits in the first byte to make sure the candidate has a size <= bits. + bytes[0] &= uint8(int(1<