Mailing List Archive: reality check

reality check

Dec 19, 1997, 4:36 AM

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Hi,

I have implemented a much faster prime number generator which is
now used to generate strong ElGamal keys. Because it is now
possible to sign keys, I'm sure that I can make a first preview
release in the next days.

The German Unix User Group was so kind to setup a directory
on their server ftp.guug.de, which will be used to store the stuff.

The current version does only work on Linux for i386, it may
work on other little endian boxes if they have a random device.
Big Endian boxes may have some problems; I can try it on a HP in
some days.

please stay tuned ....

--
Werner Koch, Duesseldorf - werner.koch@guug.de - PGP keyID: 0C9857A5

Re: reality check [ In reply to ]

mmastrac at acs

Dec 20, 1997, 10:06 AM

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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Werner Koch wrote:

> I have implemented a much faster prime number generator which is
> now used to generate strong ElGamal keys. Because it is now
> possible to sign keys, I'm sure that I can make a first preview
> release in the next days.

Sounds great. How far from a completed project do you feel you are? In
any case, I can start on the documentation for the program over Christmas
(if noone has any objections), so we can have both done at the same time.

> The current version does only work on Linux for i386, it may
> work on other little endian boxes if they have a random device.
> Big Endian boxes may have some problems; I can try it on a HP in
> some days.

When you've got source available, I can try in on an IBM AIX system, as
well as compiling an MSDOS version.

/\/\att /\/\astracci mmastrac@acs.ucalgary.ca

"Tout choses sont dites deja, mais comme personne n'ecoute, il faut
toujours recommencer."

Re: reality check [ In reply to ]

wk at isil

Dec 20, 1997, 11:14 AM

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Matthew Mastracci <mmastrac@acs.ucalgary.ca> writes:

> When you've got source available, I can try in on an IBM AIX system, as
> well as compiling an MSDOS version.

We need the random device, so it will not work on systems without such
a thing. But you can try to configure it on AIX if you like.

--
Werner Koch, Duesseldorf - werner.koch@guug.de - PGP keyID: 0C9857A5

Re: reality check [ In reply to ]

pgut001 at cs

Dec 21, 1997, 2:28 PM

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>>When you've got source available, I can try in on an IBM AIX system, as
>>well as compiling an MSDOS version.
>We need the random device, so it will not work on systems without such
>a thing. But you can try to configure it on AIX if you like.

You don't really need a random device, there are other ways to get randomness
from the system such as the one I use in cryptlib,
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/cryptlib/, feel free to use that if you
want. Works under Unix, BeOS, Win16, Win'95, and NT, and (to some extent)
OS/2. I'll be presenting a paper on this at the Usenix security symposium in
January.

Peter.