<quote who="PMHager"> > denot...@libero.it wrote on Friday, April 30, 2010 9:30: >> >> I need to generate a BIGNUM C that is relatively prime >> with a BIGNUM N ( GCD(N,C)=1 ) >> is there a pre-built function in openssl library ?? > > > You can do it in a simple loop like > > do{ > BN_generate_prime_ex(C,bits,0,NULL,NULL,NULL)); > BN_gcd(gcd,N,C,ctx); > }while(!BN_is_one(gcd)); >
I am not sure but "BN_generate_prime_ex" sounds like its generates (pseudo)primes. So you have with _very high_ probability gcd(C,N) = 1 for all N.. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org