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.TH IPINTS-GENPRIME 2 .SH NAME ipints: genprime, gensafeprime, genstrongprime, DSAprimes, probably_prime \- prime number generation .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "ipints.m"; ipints := load IPints IPints->PATH; IPint: import ipints; probably_prime: fn(n: ref IPint, nrep: int): int; genprime: fn(nbits: int, nrep: int): ref IPint; gensafeprime: fn(nbits: int, nrep: int): (ref IPint, ref IPint); # p, alpha genstrongprime: fn(nbits: int, nrep: int): ref IPint; DSAprimes: fn(): (ref IPint, ref IPint, array of byte); # q, p, seed .EE .SH DESCRIPTION This set of functions in .B IPints (see .IR ipints (2)) helps Limbo applications generate and test large prime numbers with relative efficiency. The numbers are all represented by .BR IPint . .PP .I Probably_prime uses the Miller-Rabin test to test .IR n . It returns true (non-zero) if .I P is probably prime. The probability of .I n not being prime is 1/4**\fInrep\fR. If .I probably_prime returns false (zero), .I n is certainly not prime. .PP .I Genprime returns a random prime of length .IR nbits . Since it uses the Miller-Rabin test, .I nrep is the repetition count passed to .IR probably_prime . .PP .I Gensafeprime returns a tuple .BI ( p,\ alpha ), where .I p is a prime of length .I nbits and .I alpha is a generator of the multiplicative group of integers mod \fIp\fR; there is a prime \fIq\fR such that \fIp-1=2*q\fR. .PP .I Genstrongprime returns a prime .I p with the following properties: .IP \- (\fIp\fR-1)/2 is prime. Therefore .IR p -1 has a large prime factor, .IR p '. .IP \- .IR p '-1 has a large prime factor .IP \- .IR p +1 has a large prime factor .PP .I DSAprimes uses the NIST recommended algorithm for generating DSA primes and returns a tuple .BI ( q,\ p,\ seed ) , where .I p and .I q are primes, and .I q divides .IR p -1. The random .I seed used is also returned, so that sceptics can later confirm the computation. .SH SOURCE .B /libinterp/ipint.c .br .B /libsec/port/probably_prime.c .br .B /libsec/port/dsaprimes.c .br .B /libsec/port/genprime.c .br .B /libsec/port/gensafeprime.c .br .B /libsec/port/genstrongprime.c .br .SH SEE ALSO .IR crypt-intro (2), .IR crypt-crypt (2), .IR crypt-dsagen (2), .IR crypt-gensk (2), .IR ipints (2)