Joseph Ashwood wrote:
>
> I've found a problem with BN_mod_inverse, in particular when it is called
> many times in quick succession when verifying DSA signatures. Originally
> this showed up when use DSA_do_verify, so I wrote my own, and I've isolated
> the problem as being in BN_mod_inverse. It seems to only occur on about 0.2
> % of the data sets, and I've only verified it when running in fast
> succession (several a second) on a Pentium III @ 750 MHz running
> windows2000, I've found a dataset of 2 where the second fails verification
> while the first succeeds regardless of the order of the two of them. Has
> anyone else experienced this or closely related problems? Is there a known
> workaround?
Nope - do you have a test program for this problem?
Cheers,
Ben.
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