/* * RSA key generation. */ #include "ssh.h" #define RSA_EXPONENT 37 /* we like this prime */ int rsa_generate(struct RSAKey *key, int bits, progfn_t pfn, void *pfnparam) { Bignum pm1, qm1, phi_n; /* * Set up the phase limits for the progress report. We do this * by passing minus the phase number. * * For prime generation: our initial filter finds things * coprime to everything below 2^16. Computing the product of * (p-1)/p for all prime p below 2^16 gives about 20.33; so * among B-bit integers, one in every 20.33 will get through * the initial filter to be a candidate prime. * * Meanwhile, we are searching for primes in the region of 2^B; * since pi(x) ~ x/log(x), when x is in the region of 2^B, the * prime density will be d/dx pi(x) ~ 1/log(B), i.e. about * 1/0.6931B. So the chance of any given candidate being prime * is 20.33/0.6931B, which is roughly 29.34 divided by B. * * So now we have this probability P, we're looking at an * exponential distribution with parameter P: we will manage in * one attempt with probability P, in two with probability * P(1-P), in three with probability P(1-P)^2, etc. The * probability that we have still not managed to find a prime * after N attempts is (1-P)^N. * * We therefore inform the progress indicator of the number B * (29.34/B), so that it knows how much to increment by each * time. We do this in 16-bit fixed point, so 29.34 becomes * 0x1D.57C4. */ pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PHASE_EXTENT, 1, 0x10000); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_EXP_PHASE, 1, -0x1D57C4 / (bits / 2)); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PHASE_EXTENT, 2, 0x10000); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_EXP_PHASE, 2, -0x1D57C4 / (bits - bits / 2)); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PHASE_EXTENT, 3, 0x4000); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_LIN_PHASE, 3, 5); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_READY, 0, 0); /* * We don't generate e; we just use a standard one always. */ key->exponent = bignum_from_long(RSA_EXPONENT); /* * Generate p and q: primes with combined length `bits', not * congruent to 1 modulo e. (Strictly speaking, we wanted (p-1) * and e to be coprime, and (q-1) and e to be coprime, but in * general that's slightly more fiddly to arrange. By choosing * a prime e, we can simplify the criterion.) */ key->p = primegen(bits / 2, RSA_EXPONENT, 1, NULL, 1, pfn, pfnparam); key->q = primegen(bits - bits / 2, RSA_EXPONENT, 1, NULL, 2, pfn, pfnparam); /* * Ensure p > q, by swapping them if not. */ if (bignum_cmp(key->p, key->q) < 0) { Bignum t = key->p; key->p = key->q; key->q = t; } /* * Now we have p, q and e. All we need to do now is work out * the other helpful quantities: n=pq, d=e^-1 mod (p-1)(q-1), * and (q^-1 mod p). */ pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PROGRESS, 3, 1); key->modulus = bigmul(key->p, key->q); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PROGRESS, 3, 2); pm1 = copybn(key->p); decbn(pm1); qm1 = copybn(key->q); decbn(qm1); phi_n = bigmul(pm1, qm1); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PROGRESS, 3, 3); freebn(pm1); freebn(qm1); key->private_exponent = modinv(key->exponent, phi_n); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PROGRESS, 3, 4); key->iqmp = modinv(key->q, key->p); pfn(pfnparam, PROGFN_PROGRESS, 3, 5); /* * Clean up temporary numbers. */ freebn(phi_n); return 1; }