It appears that one reason GMP may sometimes be faster than OpenSSL for RSA is that it seems that GMP does not do blinding or constant time arithmetic, both of which are needed to defend against known attacks.
So, if you are going to use GMP for speed, be aware that you may be risking your private keys. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
