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authorBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>2007-03-28 18:41:23 +0000
committerBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>2007-03-28 18:41:23 +0000
commitb002265ee34d1f0310009c4266ca865253b1a844 (patch)
tree17703aa296a37a438590d30b512b426dc99db5a5 /CHANGES
parentbd31fb21454609b125ade1ad569ebcc2a2b9b73c (diff)
make BN_FLG_CONSTTIME semantics more fool-proof
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@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@
BN_mod_inverse_no_branch() of BN_div() and BN_mod_inverse(),
respectively, which are slower, but avoid the security-relevant
conditional branches. These are automatically called by BN_div()
- and BN_mod_inverse() if the flag BN_FLG_CONSTTIME is set for the
- modulus. Also, BN_is_bit_set() has been changed to remove a
- conditional branch.
+ and BN_mod_inverse() if the flag BN_FLG_CONSTTIME is set for one
+ of the input BIGNUMs. Also, BN_is_bit_set() has been changed to
+ remove a conditional branch.
BN_FLG_CONSTTIME is the new name for the previous
BN_FLG_EXP_CONSTTIME flag, since it now affects more than just