[openssl.org #482] man page bug for BN_prime_check(s)

[Bodo Moeller via RT]

Thanks for the report.  Actually by coincidence I noticed this typo
(which has been in OpenSSL for quite a while) a couple of days ago and
corrected it.

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Re: [openssl.org #482] man page bug for BN_prime_check(s)

[Cameron Gregory via RT]

cool :)

actually, it bit me, then it bit my friend the very next day :-)
I figured it actually gets everybody who reads the docs :-)
Anyway ,great product, saved me an unbelievable amount of time!

catch ya,

Cameron


Bodo Moeller via RT wrote:

Thanks for the report.  Actually by coincidence I noticed this typo
(which has been in OpenSSL for quite a while) a couple of days ago and
corrected it.
  



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[openssl.org #482] man page bug for BN_prime_check(s)

[Cameron Gregory via RT]

Missing the s in BN_prime_check in man BN_generate_prime


Both BN_is_prime() and BN_is_prime_fasttest() perform a
Miller-Rabin probabilistic primality test with checks
iterations. If checks == BN_prime_check, a number of
iterations is used that yields a false positive rate of at
most 2^-80 for random input.

the actual check should be  If checks == BN_prime_checks, a number of 

see the missing s :-)

thanks,

Cameron

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