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author | William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu> | 2017-05-02 16:06:33 (GMT) |
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committer | William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu> | 2017-05-02 16:06:33 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_blinding_on.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_blinding_on.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd2c69a --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_blinding_on.pod @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +RSA_blinding_on, RSA_blinding_off - protect the RSA operation from timing attacks + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/rsa.h> + + int RSA_blinding_on(RSA *rsa, BN_CTX *ctx); + + void RSA_blinding_off(RSA *rsa); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +RSA is vulnerable to timing attacks. In a setup where attackers can +measure the time of RSA decryption or signature operations, blinding +must be used to protect the RSA operation from that attack. + +RSA_blinding_on() turns blinding on for key B<rsa> and generates a +random blinding factor. B<ctx> is B<NULL> or a pre-allocated and +initialized B<BN_CTX>. The random number generator must be seeded +prior to calling RSA_blinding_on(). + +RSA_blinding_off() turns blinding off and frees the memory used for +the blinding factor. + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +RSA_blinding_on() returns 1 on success, and 0 if an error occurred. + +RSA_blinding_off() returns no value. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)> + +=head1 HISTORY + +RSA_blinding_on() and RSA_blinding_off() appeared in SSLeay 0.9.0. + +=cut |