prime.c revision 296465 
1/* demos/prime/prime.c */
2/* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
3 * All rights reserved.
4 *
5 * This package is an SSL implementation written
6 * by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
7 * The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL.
8 *
9 * This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as
10 * the following conditions are aheared to.  The following conditions
11 * apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA,
12 * lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code.  The SSL documentation
13 * included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms
14 * except that the holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
15 *
16 * Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in
17 * the code are not to be removed.
18 * If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution
19 * as the author of the parts of the library used.
20 * This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or
21 * in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package.
22 *
23 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
24 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
25 * are met:
26 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright
27 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
28 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
29 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
30 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
31 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
32 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
33 *    "This product includes cryptographic software written by
34 *     Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"
35 *    The word 'cryptographic' can be left out if the rouines from the library
36 *    being used are not cryptographic related :-).
37 * 4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from
38 *    the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgement:
39 *    "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com)"
40 *
41 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG ``AS IS'' AND
42 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
43 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
44 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
45 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
46 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
47 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
48 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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50 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
51 * SUCH DAMAGE.
52 *
53 * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or
54 * derivative of this code cannot be changed.  i.e. this code cannot simply be
55 * copied and put under another distribution licence
56 * [including the GNU Public Licence.]
57 */
58
59#include <stdio.h>
60#include <stdlib.h>
61#include <openssl/bn.h>
62
63void callback(type, num)
64int type, num;
65{
66    if (type == 0)
67        fprintf(stderr, ".");
68    else if (type == 1)
69        fprintf(stderr, "+");
70    else if (type == 2)
71        fprintf(stderr, "*");
72    fflush(stderr);
73}
74
75int main(argc, argv)
76int argc;
77char *argv[];
78{
79    BIGNUM *rand;
80    int num = 256;
81
82    /*
83     * we should really call RAND_seed(char *bytes,int num); to fully
84     * initalise the random number generator
85     */
86    if (argc >= 2) {
87        num = atoi(argv[1]);
88        if (num == 0)
89            num = 256;
90    }
91
92    fprintf(stderr, "generate a strong prime\n");
93    rand = BN_generate_prime(NULL, num, 1, NULL, NULL, callback, NULL);
94    /* change the third parameter to 1 for a strong prime */
95    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
96
97    BN_print_fp(stdout, rand);
98    fprintf(stdout, "\n");
99    BN_free(rand);
100    exit(0);
101    return (0);
102}
103