Changes between 0.9.7 and 0.9.8 [xx XXX 2002]
- *) Add more WAP/WTLS elliptic curve OIDs.
- [Douglas Stebila <douglas.stebila@sun.com>]
+ *) Let BN_rand_range() abort with an error after 100 iterations
+ without success (which indicates a broken PRNG).
+ [Bodo Moeller]
+
+ *) Change BN_mod_sqrt() so that it verifies that the input value
+ is really the square of the return value. (Previously,
+ BN_mod_sqrt would show GIGO behaviour.)
+ [Bodo Moeller]
+
+ *) Add named elliptic curves over binary fields from X9.62, SECG,
+ and WAP/WTLS; add OIDs that were still missing.
+
+ [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila
+ (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)]
+
+ *) Extend the EC library for elliptic curves over binary fields
+ (new files ec2_smpl.c, ec2_smpt.c, ec2_mult.c in crypto/ec/).
+ New EC_METHOD:
+
+ EC_GF2m_simple_method
+
+ New API functions:
+
+ EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m
+ EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m
+ EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m
+ EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m
+ EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m
+ EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m
+
+ Point compression for binary fields is disabled by default for
+ patent reasons (compile with OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP defined to
+ enable it).
+
+ As binary polynomials are represented as BIGNUMs, various members
+ of the EC_GROUP and EC_POINT data structures can be shared
+ between the implementations for prime fields and binary fields;
+ the above ..._GF2m functions (except for EX_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m)
+ are essentially identical to their ..._GFp counterparts.
+ (For simplicity, the '..._GFp' prefix has been dropped from
+ various internal method names.)
+
+ An internal 'field_div' method (similar to 'field_mul' and
+ 'field_sqr') has been added; this is used only for binary fields.
+
+ [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila
+ (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)]
+
+ *) Optionally dispatch EC_POINT_mul(), EC_POINT_precompute_mult()
+ through methods ('mul', 'precompute_mult').
+
+ The generic implementations (now internally called 'ec_wNAF_mul'
+ and 'ec_wNAF_precomputed_mult') remain the default if these
+ methods are undefined.
+
+ [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila
+ (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)]
+
+ *) New function EC_GROUP_get_degree, which is defined through
+ EC_METHOD. For curves over prime fields, this returns the bit
+ length of the modulus.
+
+ [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila
+ (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)]
+
+ *) New functions EC_GROUP_dup, EC_POINT_dup.
+ (These simply call ..._new and ..._copy).
+
+ [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila
+ (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)]
+
+ *) Add binary polynomial arithmetic software in crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c.
+ Polynomials are represented as BIGNUMs (where the sign bit is not
+ used) in the following functions [macros]:
+
+ BN_GF2m_add
+ BN_GF2m_sub [= BN_GF2m_add]
+ BN_GF2m_mod [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_arr]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_mul [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_mul_arr]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_sqr [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_sqr_arr]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_inv
+ BN_GF2m_mod_exp [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_exp_arr]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_sqrt [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_sqrt_arr]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_solve_quad [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_solve_quad_arr]
+ BN_GF2m_cmp [= BN_ucmp]
+
+ (Note that only the 'mod' functions are actually for fields GF(2^m).
+ BN_GF2m_add() is misnomer, but this is for the sake of consistency.)
+
+ For some functions, an the irreducible polynomial defining a
+ field can be given as an 'unsigned int[]' with strictly
+ decreasing elements giving the indices of those bits that are set;
+ i.e., p[] represents the polynomial
+ f(t) = t^p[0] + t^p[1] + ... + t^p[k]
+ where
+ p[0] > p[1] > ... > p[k] = 0.
+ This applies to the following functions:
+
+ BN_GF2m_mod_arr
+ BN_GF2m_mod_mul_arr
+ BN_GF2m_mod_sqr_arr
+ BN_GF2m_mod_inv_arr [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_inv]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_div_arr [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_div]
+ BN_GF2m_mod_exp_arr
+ BN_GF2m_mod_sqrt_arr
+ BN_GF2m_mod_solve_quad_arr
+ BN_GF2m_poly2arr
+ BN_GF2m_arr2poly
+
+ Conversion can be performed by the following functions:
+
+ BN_GF2m_poly2arr
+ BN_GF2m_arr2poly
+
+ bntest.c has additional tests for binary polynomial arithmetic.
+
+ Two implementations for BN_GF2m_mod_div() are available (selected
+ at compile-time). ...
+TBD ... OPENSSL_NO_SUN_DIV ... --Bodo
+
+ [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila
+ (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)]
*) Add new error code 'ERR_R_DISABLED' that can be used when some
functionality is disabled at compile-time.
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